Lindsay Lohan had hoped to cement her cultural comeback from addiction and jail time with an appearance on the traditional forum for Hollywood career rehabilitation - Saturday Night Live.
According to early reviews, her hosting stint had highs and many lows - but are the highs enough to mark her return as a credible talent, and not just tabloid fodder? As promised, she lampooned her recent troubles, but for much of the show, viewers saw her in supporting roles in sketches.
"Lohan started strong with an opening monologue that openly acknowledged her recent circumstances," wrote the Washington Post's Jen Chaney in her Celebritology blog. "But Lohan also didn't fully reclaim her status as a young comic performer worthy of casting in major Hollywood projects."
Many critics lashed out at her clear use of cue cards, which made the skits stilted. "The show winked at Lohan's history of legal troubles in the monologue — Lohan got a pat-down from Kristen Wiig — and in a new "Scared Straight" sketch, in which Lohan played herself... Lohan's dependency on cue cards became excruciatingly clear during a long soliloquy," wrote Entertainment Weekly's Darren Franich on his blog.
