There just wasn’t enough momentum from the opening for Jost and Che to build from using their style of comedy.
The problem with Colin Jost and Michael Che as masters of ceremonies is that recreating their Weekend Update dynamic made for something of a subdued affair.
It wouldn’t have made much of a difference if the evening had gotten off to a more glamorous start.
There was an entertaining musical number that brought out a number of famous faces to sing and dance — featuring Kristen Bell in sky-high heels, Andy Samberg descending from the ceiling in a dramatic entrance only to be sent away again because he didn’t fit with the diversity theme, and RuPaul totally stealing the scene with only a couple of lines — but there wasn’t much in the way of glitz and glamor.