In her new novel, Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld calls it ‘The Danny Horst Rule’ – after one of the characters in the book – but we might think of it as Pete Davidson Syndrome.
Narrator and heroine Sally Milz is a writer for “The Night Owls,” a late-night comedy sketch show and pitch-perfect replica of “Saturday Night Live.” Noah Brewster, “a cheesily handsome, extremely successful singer-songwriter,” shows up as “TNO”’s guest host and musical guest. You can probably guess what happens next.
Curtis Sittenfeld, the author of "Prep," "Rodham" and other Zeitgeisty novels, talks through writing "Romantic Comedy," about a hookup on an SNL-type show.