Kristen Wiig on Working With Her Hero, Carol Burnett

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( a long talk [A Royale Lineage]( The Carol Burnett Show inspired her career in comedy. Now Kristen Wiig is starring in a TV show with her hero. Photo: Mark Seliger for New York Magazine As a social-climbing hustler trying to gain access to an exclusive country club, Kristen Wiig plays [Palm Royale](’s Maxine like a steamroller. Spouting torrents of nonsense in a Tennessee accent, she hides her ever-present terror of being exposed behind sunglasses and an enormous smile. It’s the sort of character [Carol Burnett](, who plays Maxine’s comatose aunt Norma, might’ve embodied on her classic CBS variety series The Carol Burnett Show — one of the many eccentrics and neurotics who would influence Wiig’s run on Saturday Night Live nearly four decades later. [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • The Real Housewives of Potomac: [Much Ado About Nothing]( • The Regime: [A Situation With a Horse]( • The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live: [Cabin in the Woods]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [How D.E.B.S. Became a Queer Cult Classic 20 years since its release, Angela Robinson’s spy parody still provides what so many lesbian movies do not: fun!]( By Bessie Yuill [Kendrick Lamar Comes Out of Hibernation Swinging Drake responds with … a motivational speech?]( By Zoe Guy [Nicole Scherzinger Is Ready for Her Close-up She’s making her way to the St. James in Sunset Boulevard this September — a musical by her former nemesis Andrew Lloyd Webber.]( By Jason P. Frank [A Timeline of Normani Not Releasing Her Debut Album Five years … she’s sick.]( By Zoe Guy [The Complete History of Dakota Johnson: Agent of Chaos “I’m not breaking any silence. I’m just talking.”]( By Bethy Squires [Becoming Brian Friel: Philadelphia, Here I Come! At the Irish Rep, early work by a future master.]( By Sara Holdren [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Games [Today’s Crossword]( 11-Across, Five Letters: Berlant’s comedy partner Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty, MAX [Today’s Cinematrix]( Can you name a Will Smith sports movie? Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Michael Stewart/WireImage, Amanda Edwards/Getty Images, NBC/Getty Images [Pretty Major at Union Hall]( Photo: Vulture Tomorrow at Union Hall at 7 p.m., Vulture’s comedy show Pretty Major will be hosted by Jay Jurden and Zach Zimmerman and feature comedy from Brittany Carney, Yurié Collins, Caleb Hearon, and Isa Medina. [Buy tickets here](. A newsletter about the perpetual Hollywood awards race, for subscribers only. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved