Senator Hillary Clinton makes it clear (video below) that the second Saturday Night Live Debate sketch in which the cast portrays the media as heavily biased toward Barack Obama, is not an endorsement of her. In fact they have featured two sketches in two weeks in which media bias against Clinton is the topic. Sketches in which the cable news network personalities are fawning and in some cases orgasmically gaga over Obama. This along with the fact that she appears live on the broadcast two days before a major election battle, as her candidacy hangs in the balance, one can assume, is merely coincidence.
Thanks to SNL, we now know the press is biased. Glad to see that the people we depend on to shine a satirical light on the abuses of our trust in the press, are not. BTW, Fred Armisen's Barack Obama still stinks. Will Forte's Brian Williams is dead on. Darrell Hammond's Tim Russert is pretty good. And Amy Poehler as Hillary is still poehlerizing, hehehehe, Ok, uh, I did that last week. Sorry. I could have said Brian Williams is Will's Forte.... Ok, quit while I'm behind.
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Sunday, March 02, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
SNL: The Press Has A Crush on Obama
Obama Girl is not the only one who's got it bad for Obama, at least, that is, through the lens of Saturday Night Live's satirical skit comedy. In this skit they slightly exaggerate the press' fawning over Barack Obama. A funny skit, but the guy playing Obama looks, or sounds nothing like him. Which is a bit of a let down, because SNL spent at least a news cycle hyping it. Making a big deal out of who their Fauxbama would be.
The guy they picked, just happens to be a white guy, which I have no problem with. Darrell Hammond did a great Jesse Jackson. Of course Jesse Jackson gives you a lot to work with in terms of speech patterns, facial expressions and body language. And that was part of the hype, that Obama's character and mannerisms were too generic to easily mimic. I don't know if that's true or a cop out for not having someone who could do him. Obama isn't as distinctive a character as Jesse, but there's definitely something to work with there. The skit worked anyway, bad Fauxbama notwithstanding, soooo.... Not live, over the internets, it's Saturday Night!
Oh BTW, Amy made a great Hillary Clinton, because she's Poehlerizing. Hahahahahahaha, get it, Poehlerizing! Whooooo, Ok, I'll stop.
The guy they picked, just happens to be a white guy, which I have no problem with. Darrell Hammond did a great Jesse Jackson. Of course Jesse Jackson gives you a lot to work with in terms of speech patterns, facial expressions and body language. And that was part of the hype, that Obama's character and mannerisms were too generic to easily mimic. I don't know if that's true or a cop out for not having someone who could do him. Obama isn't as distinctive a character as Jesse, but there's definitely something to work with there. The skit worked anyway, bad Fauxbama notwithstanding, soooo.... Not live, over the internets, it's Saturday Night!
Oh BTW, Amy made a great Hillary Clinton, because she's Poehlerizing. Hahahahahahaha, get it, Poehlerizing! Whooooo, Ok, I'll stop.
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