In his Saturday Night Live debut, Colman Domingo cements himself in that rarified class of novices whose technical lack of experience belies a natural understanding of stage gravitas and sketch comedy.
An obligatory search to confirm the Emmy-winning Euphoria star had never hosted the Lorne Michaels-helmed late-nighter was baffling spiritually, even if it was accurate factually. By the end of the night, the ease with which the actor held his own — not a break in sight — was almost enough to elevate middling sketch material, a problem that has plagued Season 51 since its inception.
This was best exemplified by the Sing Sing star’s opening monologue; I would say it screamed effortless cool, but the reality was that the opener mostly crooned it, Domingo’s rich timbre directed R&B sounds, mood lighting and a “sexy slow push” on the camera to communicate: “When you come to my
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