Post by Luanne Fan on May 26, 2011 22:58:02 GMT -8
Curiosity got the better of me, and I finally saw the deleted SNL sketch.
brittanymurphy-snl-skit.blogspot.com/2009/12/snl-parody-video-of-brittany-murphy.html
I'm just ambivalent over the whole thing. The timing was terrible on SNL's part, and no, they did not essentially "kill" Brittany by making fun of her stalled career. If she hadn't died though, I still probably would not have enjoyed this. Not so much for Saturday Night Live in general being a hit-or-miss program, but in some ways, this may or may not have been a snapshot of where Brittany was at the time.
Particularly since marrying Simon Monjack in 2007, and based from how many people are still just learning of her passing, Brittany's whole career seemed to have faded into obscurity. Some low-tier projects, as well as her continued work on King of the Hill kept her going. But from what I recall, the main reason why her role as Luanne Platter was scaled back and her role as Joseph Gribble was passed onto another was to accommodate what seemed back in 2000 to have been Brittany's steadily rising movie career. If only King of the Hill itself hadn't become a "forgotten" series, the show could have benefitted from having a prominent star in its roster.
Maybe it's a huge coincidence that both King of the Hill and Brittany Murphy bowed out quietly in what had already proven to be a turbulent year in the world of celebrities. Brittany didn't seem to get in as much trouble as many other celebrities. At the same time though, there was something very self-destructive about some of her personal decisions. Whatever she was going through early on, her marriage to Simon Monjack could only have made things worse. Apparently, both were in pretty poor shape. Simon himself was having heart problems only weeks before Brittany died. Around the same time, Brittany looked strangely thin.
Brittany wasn't getting much attention in 2009, but despite hosting SNL seven years earlier, SNL cared enough to make fun of her tanked career, only days before it would end anyways. It's sad to think of what could have been, if Brittany Murphy's career was on a brighter path, and if SNL cared enough to take a less awkward snapshot.
brittanymurphy-snl-skit.blogspot.com/2009/12/snl-parody-video-of-brittany-murphy.html
I'm just ambivalent over the whole thing. The timing was terrible on SNL's part, and no, they did not essentially "kill" Brittany by making fun of her stalled career. If she hadn't died though, I still probably would not have enjoyed this. Not so much for Saturday Night Live in general being a hit-or-miss program, but in some ways, this may or may not have been a snapshot of where Brittany was at the time.
Particularly since marrying Simon Monjack in 2007, and based from how many people are still just learning of her passing, Brittany's whole career seemed to have faded into obscurity. Some low-tier projects, as well as her continued work on King of the Hill kept her going. But from what I recall, the main reason why her role as Luanne Platter was scaled back and her role as Joseph Gribble was passed onto another was to accommodate what seemed back in 2000 to have been Brittany's steadily rising movie career. If only King of the Hill itself hadn't become a "forgotten" series, the show could have benefitted from having a prominent star in its roster.
Maybe it's a huge coincidence that both King of the Hill and Brittany Murphy bowed out quietly in what had already proven to be a turbulent year in the world of celebrities. Brittany didn't seem to get in as much trouble as many other celebrities. At the same time though, there was something very self-destructive about some of her personal decisions. Whatever she was going through early on, her marriage to Simon Monjack could only have made things worse. Apparently, both were in pretty poor shape. Simon himself was having heart problems only weeks before Brittany died. Around the same time, Brittany looked strangely thin.
Brittany wasn't getting much attention in 2009, but despite hosting SNL seven years earlier, SNL cared enough to make fun of her tanked career, only days before it would end anyways. It's sad to think of what could have been, if Brittany Murphy's career was on a brighter path, and if SNL cared enough to take a less awkward snapshot.