Mediaite » Obama SNL http://www.mediaite.com Mediaite Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:05:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2012.06 SNL Gives It To Obama Over Unemployment And Debt To China http://www.mediaite.com/tv/snl-gives-it-to-obama-over-unemployment-and-debt-to-china/ http://www.mediaite.com/tv/snl-gives-it-to-obama-over-unemployment-and-debt-to-china/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:34:28 +0000 Joe Coscarelli http://www.mediaite.com/?p=49033 wasn't the only political figure to get satirically served by Saturday Night Live this week. In fact, Barack Obama got his turn first, in the opening sketch depicting a joint press conference between Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao. But did the show consciously sacrifice laughs in order to make a political point?]]> Picture 2Sarah Palin wasn’t the only political figure to get satirically served by Saturday Night Live this week. In fact, Barack Obama got his turn first, sort of like being president, right Sarah? (Kidding. Sort of!) The show opened with a CSPAN segment depicting a joint press conference between President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao, played by Will Forte and speaking through an interpreter. Thus, your requisite foreign language jokes and conjugation issues. The homosexual jokes can not so easily be accounted for, but rest assured, they’re there too.

But though the skit seemed a bit short on laughs, the same can not be said for its political content. Did the show consciously sacrifice funniness in favor of make a political point? We report, you decide!

]]> http://www.mediaite.com/tv/snl-gives-it-to-obama-over-unemployment-and-debt-to-china/feed/ 7 “The Earth Is Going Rogue”: SNL’s Palin 2012 Disaster Movie Parody http://www.mediaite.com/tv/the-earth-is-going-rogue-snls-palin-2012disaster-movie-parody/ http://www.mediaite.com/tv/the-earth-is-going-rogue-snls-palin-2012disaster-movie-parody/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:53:40 +0000 Joe Coscarelli http://www.mediaite.com/?p=49009 voilà. Laughs. A topical movie parody paired with the author of the biggest book in the land: Sarah Palin, 2012, Glenn Beck, Going Rogue -- just watch.]]> Picture 1

The joke may have been obvious, but the execution was flawless — which is more than you can usually say for Saturday Night Live. Last night, the show got off to a shaky start with a plodding President Obama and China press conference that dithered with gay jokes, followed by a musical theatre-type monologue from host Joseph Gordon-Levitt, in which he sounded like Kermit the Frog and committed acts of physical comedy. But then, a digital short! That means tons of editing and high-quality footage and no line flubs and celebrity cameos and… voilà. Laughs. A topical movie parody paired with the author of the biggest book in the land: Sarah Palin, 2012, Glenn Beck, Going Rogue — just watch:

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