Maureen Ryan on 'SNL''s Toxic Culture

[Mark Jeffries]

Her new book "Burn It Down" comes out Tuesday and after the excerpt on Cuse and Lindelof's writers room behavior on "Lost" was released by Vanity Fair last week, THR prints from the same book a detailed tale of the very toxic culture that has been a part of "SNL" from the beginning--and how Lorne escapes blame for it every time (except now):

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/burn-it-down-book-excerpt-snl-lorne-michaels-1235507730/

She also makes some points about the fact that for all of the self-righteous posturing comedy likes to make about "truth-telling" and rebellion, so much of it is sexist, racist and homophobic.