M aking a movie about the institution that is Saturday Night Live has to be challenging. For starters, the audience comes to the movie with its own preconceived notions about the

Chevy Chase has a reputation for saying exactly what’s on his mind. The comedic actor and famed “Saturday Night Live” alum did just that when he attended a screening of “Saturday Night,” according to the film’s director Jason Reitman.

I think Chevy Chase did too. To be clear, it’s not important to me that Chase liked the flick. The infamous curmudgeon/jerk/racist is lucky a generation’s worth of tall white dudes see him as a comedy icon.