Saturday Night Live

There are moments when the loud sounds reverberating off of the colorful homes onto the cracked pavements of the lively Berkeley streets can make the quiet in my roommate-free apartment that much quieter. 

Redd’s comedy is about real life, which enables his gregarious demeanor and blunt honesty to deepen the personal impacts of his comedy.

These emotional states evoked by Chastain are as potent an actor could desire from their observers, signaling possibly the most prominent talent in the industry today.

While its brand of comedy has changed dramatically since the show’s founding, “Saturday Night Live” has done little to keep its recent seasons fresh, relying on trite gags and gimmicks.

The roster of sketches was unfortunately — and unusually, even judging by the season standard so far — lacking.

Former Disney Channel star and current Priyanka Chopra husband Nick Jonas isn’t a natural comedy performer — his practiced brand of rigid geniality translated into some very stilted reading off of the cue cards on this week’s “Saturday Night Live.”

Host Regé-Jean Page tackled the series from the jump in his monologue, which featured a few of the “SNL” ladies lusting over him and eagerly invoking his show’s much-discussed sex scenes.

The best of this week’s sketches smartly called on King’s Oscar-winning acting chops, allowing her to commit to outsize characters.

It will be interesting to watch “SNL” leave the Trump era in the second half of its 46th season, hopefully transitioning to more cold opens that don’t include Alec Baldwin’s shopworn Trump impression.

The SNL I loved as a kid wasn’t perfect, but it had imagination. If the show wants to stay focused on its political humor, it needs to take risks and bring some of that magic back.