It is a Fight Club kinds of morning, as in "I am Jack's lack of imagination."
Saturday Night Live turned into simulacrum last night and charted us further into the electoral abyss as its opening sketch parodied the last Democratic Debate from MSNBC. We have now reached the point where last night was a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy. Overall, the skit was not too funny as it repeated the charges from last week's skit, which was much stronger. However, the sight of "Russert" and "Williams" playing the violins in response to Senator Clinton's complaints was a good moment.
After, the skit, Senator Hillary Clinton appeared and delivered an "Editorial Response" that looked forced & awkward, as if the writers and her campaign provided a scripted moment for her voters to see that she is human after all, which has helped her before. The important thing to take away: the Democratic race may likely not be over after Tuesday, even as they split the states 2 - 2, as Senator Clinton used her appearance to campaign for the votes in Pennsylvania.
TV Funhouse developed a cartoon about Senator Obama preventing Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson from campaigning for him and with him. You can watch it here. Again, it has its moments but the joke never develops.
America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani appeared on Weekend Update. He delivered the best line of the show as he compared his campaign to an SNL skit: "It started off strong and had no ending."
Unfortunately for SNL and the dear Ellen Page, who hosted the show, the entire episode was terrible. While watching Megs asked if the writers really were back from their strike.
On a side note, according to Time, after Tina Fey's "Bitch is the New Black Editorial," former President William Clinton called Tina Fey to thank her for her support.
Here are the Clinton clips:
Interesting: you can only get the clips from NBC. Apparently, NBC is prevented You Tube from broadcasting the clips.
4 comments:
Actually, I thought her appearance on SNL last night was quite charming, and a lot less awkward than Obama's (whose appearance, by the way, was just as scripted as Clinton's--but demonstrated almost no sense of humor on his part).
I know well that both were scripted, as everything on that show is to such a degree that the show ends up being terrible. A little improv. would help. But Norm McDonlad's influence still holds us down...
I also think it is important to note that neither politician is an actor or a comedian, although certainly being a politician requires one to act a bit. And to be fair, Solon, it seems in your mind that Senator Clinton can do no right and Senator Obama can do no wrong . . .
Actually, if you reread the posts on the debates I clearly noted Senator Clinton's skills in the debates, especially with her display of knowledge on policy issues, especially health care. Also, I believe that she is an excellent Senator, maybe one of the best.
I have been consistent on this point.
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