*Leslie Jones has grown weary of the political comedy that permeated “Saturday Night Live” last season, mostly at the expense of Donald Trump.
“I hope next year we can do more funnier stuff instead of a lot of political stuff this year, which we had to,” Jones told The Wrap.
But the 50-year-old “Ghostbusters” star said “SNL” has a responsibility to respond to headlines and news happening in Washington. “It was just too important,” she added. “But I do hope that next year will be a lot more funny-funny based stuff, more comedy-based stuff instead of a lot of political stuff.”
Jones, who has been with “SNL” since its headline-making search for black female comics in 2014, says up-and-coming comics need to try harder to be funny and not do what’s expected.
“One thing that I always made a goal was never to talk about what everybody else is talking about, because most of the time, maybe 10 comics are doing literally the same Trump joke,” she advised.
She added, “No one just gets up and does a simple joke that makes you laugh.”
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