Aidy Bryant Not to sound like a cigar-in-mouth Hollywood blowhard, but Bowen Yang is a star. Bowen is effortlessly funny and a pillar at “Saturday Night Live.” Bowen is the emotional heart of “Fire Island.” Bowen looks perfectly placed on a red carpet in platform boots — a hunk for the ages.
To audiences and our industry, he feels like an old friend — like he belongs, and we need him. So it’s easy to forget that Bowen is still new.
He’s just starting his fourth year on “SNL.” I don’t mean this to diminish him. What I mean is, we have only had our first glances at his talent, just barely breaking the surface of what he’s capable of.
Bowen’s skill is only outmatched by his deeply feeling heart. His work, no matter how silly or pointed, has a clear sense of what is right and wrong, not just for the world but for himself.
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