I recently saw the season finale for SNL. It was pretty good, a typical hit and miss experience although I thought the hits were pretty good for that particular episode. For the final skit, I didn’t really tune into what was going on until partway through. The actors were participating in a graduation ceremony, and they were saying a special good-bye to one of their classmates played by Kristen Wiig. One by one, all the actors took their turn spinning and dancing with Ms. Wiig.

Of course the dance moves were well-executed but a little silly. Everyone was having fun but then I could see the lady of the hour fighting back tears. I shouldn’t be surprised because of couse everyone has emotions and it was no doubt an emotional experience.  But I’ve always thought Kristen Wiig to be a bit on the crazy-side and I always thought of her as a collection of different personas, not necessarily a singular person. She is incredibly talented and hilarious (in my opinion) yet I always suspected that she was always ‘on’ and always in character, thereby creating an almost untouchable personality and an inability for others to see her for who she really is.

But watching her dancing with her cast mates and close friends and getting all choked up, well I thought I finally saw the real person underneath all the laughter and performances. It was refreshing to say the least.