How Domingo Got His Look on SNL

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In this video, go behind the scenes of ‘Saturday Night Live’ with costume designer Tom Broecker as he discusses the unpredictability of character popularity and how they designed the look for Marcello Hernandez’s Domingo.

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00:00The whole idea of recurring characters and how they come to be,

00:04you truly never know when you start on Wednesday when you read the sketch

00:08if something's going to hit, so to speak,

00:11and therefore after it hits, you need multiple garments again and again.

00:18You know, the Domingo sketch, the writers had an idea for the initial sketch

00:22that it should be sort of autumnal and velvet for the bridesmaids.

00:27These two dresses were part of the Marcelo Domingo sketch.

00:32That first one over on the velvet was the Ariana's.

00:35In fact, you can see it right here.

00:38You know, she's right there.

00:40And then for the 50th, when we did it actually on the show.

00:43In the middle of New York and she screams to the sky.

00:47What she's looking for is this home Latin guy.

00:50We wanted to do a slightly different version,

00:53echoing that from a color standpoint,

00:55but have it be more springtime and have it be a floral.

00:58And then for Marcelo, we knew that it needed to be a black shirt

01:02and a gold chain and a soul patch.

01:04We found this really great suit from stock that we had here.

01:08Monday morning happens and then he realized,

01:10oh, okay, so people like that.

01:13And then all of a sudden, Funco dolls were talked about getting made

01:18and did we have the license to the dress?

01:20And do we have the license for this?

01:21And it snowballed into a very big pop culture, cultural moment.

01:27It snowballed into a world of color.

01:30It was a loaded into a world of colors.

01:32That's the way there are not.

01:34And it was really good.

01:35And it would be a big piece of art that I would like to tell you.

01:37And if you were here, that's the thing.

01:39It would be a big piece of art that I would use for the Several Legend and the naming

01:41that I didn't have to look into it.

01:43I would like to have to write.

01:43And I don't like to write down the story.

01:45And I look at it as the other one of little things that I had come to go.

01:46And I always liked it.

01:48Oh, that's the one of the most common things that I had come to do with that.

01:50But you guys have to relax that.

01:51And I could have to give it to a different perspective.

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