"My Life Is Made”: Stars of The Hunting Wives talk about the SNL spoof of their series

The internet could not help laughing when Saturday Night Live chose to parody The Hunting Wives. Viral content was shared on all social media platforms, memes were created, and chats were filled with their most preferred moments. However, the best responses were made by the very people who appear in the show.

The Hunting Wives actresses Malin Åkerman, Brittany Snow, Jaime Ray Newman, and Katie Lowes were excited rather than angry. They adored how SNL mocked their highly-rated series in a light-hearted manner.

The sketch, which was hosted by Amy Poehler with a surprise visit by Aubrey Plaza, made all the over-the-top antics of the show, the steamy classes, the winking, and the small-town insanity, of pure comedic value. The stars reacted by laughing, getting excited and enjoying the parody altogether.

The reaction of the stars was perfectly summed up by one of the cast members, Brittany Snow, who wrote a cheerful post:

“It’s just us & the beans. My life is made.”

Saturday Night Live spoofing The Hunting Wives

SNL created their own fake trailer of The Hunting Wives: Season 2 for fun, and labeled it as “the straight-but-lesbian, horny Republican murder drama.” The spoof took everything that fans love about the show and turned it over the top: dramatic voiceovers, slow looks, gunshots, wig adjustments, and excessively blowing out of proportion with the double meanings.

Amy Poehler portrayed a parody of Malin Åkerman’s character Margo Banks, and began the sketch by flashing the camera and stating, “Look what the cat dragged in,” while adjusting her outfit.

Chloe Fineman played Sophie (the role of Brittany Snow) and the rest of the “wives” followed, all posing as if they were in the most dramatic soap ever.

Even the voiceover promised that “thighs will be squeezed, guns will be drawn,” and even joked about wigs “doing their best” to make sure that no single moment of the melodrama in the show would pass unnoticed.

The Hunting Wives cast’s joyful reaction

The most straightforward way of explaining that the original cast of The Hunting Wives took the spoof as a compliment was the manner in which they responded to it. They posted it everywhere, on Instagram, discussed it with captions, and even watched the sketch together.

Malin Åkerman claimed in her post, “Omg @nbcsnl this is the best thing I’ve ever seen!!! Hunting wives Season 2 premiere (?!) Yessssss!!!!!” and Jaime Ray Newman said on her Instagram story that her mind was “officially BLOWN.” Katie Lowes also shared a video of her watching the SNL sketch with Åkerman and Newman, and wrote, “HUNTING WIVES ON @nbcsnl!! We were DYING. Love you.” Brittany Snow also mentioned in her post that her life was made.

Their responses were not an act of showing off, they were simply happy that their show was now a part of pop culture references. Being spoofed by SNL is an indication of a successful show. It demonstrates that your story and style are distinct enough to be noticed, and such notoriety generally attracts more viewers and web chatter.

What this means for The Hunting Wives

SNL parodies can be really effective for they can popularize a show again. The moment a sketch becomes viral, people begin discussing it on social media and most of them tend to watch the actual show out of curiosity. This may even result in the streaming numbers going up or attracting new subscribers over the weekend.

In the case of The Hunting Wives, the SNL spoof did not merely parody the crazy scenes of the show but instead returned the series to the limelight. It was a reminder as to why people loved it initially: the melodramatic nature, scandalous turns, and provocative, glamorous characters. Even the jovial reactions from the cast helped. Fans love it when actors themselves share and joke about being parodied, and as for the new viewers, they are just compelled to watch the show.

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