'We're back because we want to be. Nobody dragged us back. This was a hard-fought choice to be here and to tell this story in this way and invite all these new people.'
A successful and necessary remake can only be created when the new adaptation is able to stand apart from the original with a unique and necessary message that answers, in the confines of its own right, the critical artist's question, "Why now?".
Insecure, the hit series by and starring Issa Rae aired it's last episode of the last season yesterday, December 26th. Rae took great care to ensure that this show had the correct send-off.
Despite the missing live audience, SNL managed to salvage their special Christmas episode and final show for 2021 with the help of returning host Paul Rudd, Tom Hanks, and Tina Fey.