Gladiator II: The Musical - SNL

A movie trailer introduces a musical version of Gladiator II.

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[PILOSOPAUL]

The fact that they even followed the usual format of a musical is amazingly hilarious
- overture establishing the setting
- protagonist's 'I want' song
- minor character's 'I want' song
- corny antagonist song number
- complete ensemble to end an act (usually in the form of a reprise or referencing previous melodies)

[channelZER]

'I was not told about this' - ridley scott 😂😂😂😂

[laurenw.]

BRO the corpses flopping to the music at the end, then Paul's "Ro-oome" I CAN'T EVEN 😂😂

[margarethmichelina]

I lost it when Paul is flying with broom and sing "Roo-me"

[LC-fxlo]

"Movies are in such a weird place right now." 😂😂

[userin]

Paul hit that last note "Ro-oo-ome" perfectly 😅

[donhailer]

It’s amazing that they can conceive, write, costume, record, sing, lipsynch, special effect, and edit this piece in less than a week. It definitely takes a village — and no sleep. Great job!

[bauti]

when he starts to shimmy 😆 this is an absolute masterpiece

[ManyfiresWoman]

That little hip-shaking Paul does cracked me up. And Mikey Day's rap. Oh yeah! Well done SNL

[Rinslette_Isme]

The little posing jump when he says "someday theyll know my name" 🤣🤣🤣

[Grimsg]

I love how Paul was down for this and did THE SINGING AND THE DANCING!

[Sharpe]

Good for Bowen Yang for being in both Wicked AND Gladiiator. Get that coin!

Also Paul Mescal has a nice voice.

[CocoJone-lx]

NOT THE “LOATHING” dance with swords instead of books😂😂😂😂 2:30

[thepooburner]

This is a caliber of comedy that has been missing from SNL for years. Good job, SNL. Good job. This is magnificent.

[Eevee]

Okay, the composer of SNL needs to get a raise RIGHT NOW. (S)he so perfectly captured the musical sounding aspects, and that rap sounded exactly like something Lin would actually write. Probably the best skit of the night.

[matpat]

the last RO-O-O-O-OME was hysterical!!! it had no business being that funny

[theahaberman]

His incredibly campy little hop at 1:47 🤣

[russialinko]

I lost it at “I have a good feeling about thi-“ 😂

[kunjiklub]

One of the most timely and ingenious skits I’ve seen in a while

[submarinakarate]

i watched both wicked and gladiator in the same week and i never expected SNL to somehow tie the two together, but this is my favorite thing ever. i have not stopped laughing for 10 minutes.