For “SNL,” like all long-running TV shows, it’s all about ratings and relevancy. By Sunday afternoon, there were more than 3 million views of Musk’s monologue on YouTube and early ratings showed a big win on the audience front.
For Musk, the apparent goal was to make himself likeable to those who know him only as the Tesla and SpaceX founder who has been criticized for his controversial remarks. And if you watched his monologue in a vacuum, Musk did come across likeable and funny. He also candidly acknowledged he had Asperger’s syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder that affects language and…
