At the risk of sounding like I'm whining, I think it's time for Saturday Night Live to shut up.
No one laughed harder than me at the first skit, where Jorge Ramos et al brushed past Senator's Clinton's opinions in favor of cyclic, impressive sounding rhetoric from Senator Obama. It was honest, unexpected, and very funny. Last week still got me to smile with Tim Russert's quiz on hard-to-pronounce world leaders. It was less funny, and definately pushing the truth, but I thought Clinton's delivery of the show's famous "it's Saturday Night!" quip was a nice touch. Fast forward to last night, when a 3am phone call in Washington D.C. portrayed a harried, newly elected President Obama seeking help from Senator Clinton on international unrest. Fred Armisen plays Senator Obama as a fledgeling child who doesn't have the experience to turn on the heat in his own home, let alone deal with the responsiblities of his position. Could they really not have found ANY other way to mock the "3am Phone Call" ad?
Call me biased, but I found this most recent sketch as pretty far-fetched, and not at all funny. Maybe I'm being a sensitive Obama supporter, personally identifying with his campaign far more than I should. Or maybe I'm just unaware of SNL's past investment in presidential primaries. Either way, I think we get it, SNL. Move on.
Feel free to comment with your thoughts and outraged opposition...
3 comments:
i COMPLETELY agree!!!
I'm publishing this post on my blog.... I was thinking the same EXACT thing
I would have to disagree. I think what it was doing here was exaggerating what Hillary says about experience. I don't think they were doing it to make him look bad I think they were doing it to make her look foolish.
Well, you ARE whining. It's customary to take swipes at the frontrunner, not the underdog.
Did you think it was funny when Obama appeared on the program around Halloween and Hillary Clinton was portrayed as a witch?
Or did you forget about that appearance?
He's been asked back--if he wants a favorable skit, he's got to show up and play the game.
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