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Jennifer Lawrence labors through 'SNL' opening

The half-baked material is neither here nor there, the trash talking is something no one will take seriously, but what disappoints me most about Jennifer Lawrence's "Saturday Night Live" monologue is how frozen her eyes are on the cue cards. She's simultaneously winning and disconcerting. 

Interestingly, Lawrence fares better in the bit below, in which she is supposed to be a wooden actress.

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