Here's How Much Editing Work is Cutting for SNL

May 9, 2014, 04:38 AM

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By now, pretty much everybody has seen and social media'd last week's epic Saturday Night Live sketch, The Beygency. It was a potent jab at the almost suffocating unanimity of Beyoncé-fandom, and what happens when one man--episode host Andrew Garfield--dares to be lukewarm on Queen Bey. As viewers watched the sleek sci-fi parody unfold, though, what they didn't see is just how much work goes into making a film of that caliber in less than a week and editing it for airing on national television.