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Newark native talks about 'Murder Durder' and other highs after six seasons of writing bits, skits and other funny stuff for Saturday Night Live Delaware native Sudi Green is on to her next chapter.
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udi Green has been on a hot streak. And she admits it. “I’ve been lucky to be able to express myself,” Green says from her New York City apartment during a recent Zoom interview. For the past six years, the Delaware native has been fulfilling her dream of being a comedy writer living in New York City and writing for Saturday Night Live, the undisputed paragon of TV comedy. From the early days of Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase and John Belushi, to its current roster of comedians that includes stars like Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Kenan Thompson, SNL has successfully thrived and survived through multiple generations, regularly reinventing itself along the way. As SNL enters its 47th season, in some way it will have to reinvent itself again, as Green has left this summer to bravely explore new territories. She departs on a high mark, after a season that saw one of her most well-received skits, “Murder Durder,” generate laughs coast to coast even though, as a spoof on Mare of Easttown, the jokes were aimed specifically at the HBO hit series’ use of the Delco accent — a local dialect most Out & About readers know all too well (and may be very fluent in, admittedly). So what’s next for Green? “I’m kind of writing the next chapter as we speak,” the funny woman says of her career status, adding that she’d like to act more, which was an aspect she pursued before her many days at SNL. ► AUGUST 2021
By Jim Miller
| OUTANDABOUTNOW.COM
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