Maybe not. The dictionary defines caricature as “a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect.” So is it still a caricature if nothing really has to be exaggerated?
Maybe not. The dictionary defines caricature as “a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect.” So is it still a caricature if nothing really has to be exaggerated?
New Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown showed up on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Sort of. Actor Jon Hamm of AMC’s Mad Men portrayed Brown as a sexy, gyrating, and stripping senator who comes to life in Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Robert Byrd, Barbara Boxer, and Barney Frank’s sexual fantasies.
New Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown showed up on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Sort of.
Actor Jon Hamm of AMC’s Mad Men portrayed Brown as a sexy, gyrating, and stripping senator who comes to life in Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Robert Byrd, Barbara Boxer, and Barney Frank’s sexual fantasies.
“Thank goodness I like a good laugh,” the new senator told National Review Online. “That was pretty funny. I wish I could host SNL some day. I’ve been watching it since I was young. Jon Hamm is great.”
The gloves have apparently come off. Obama is fair game. Maybe it took that “under 50% approval” thing for SLN to finally see the humor in this administration.
The gloves have apparently come off. Obama is fair game. Maybe it took that “under 50% approval” thing for SLN to finally see the humor in this administration.
What was CNN thinking when they did a “fact check” on a Saturday Night Live skit that criticized President Obama? What were they thinking?
What was CNN thinking when they did a “fact check” on a Saturday Night Live skit that criticized President Obama? What were they thinking?
The so-called news network’s absurd “fact check” of a comedy skit has deservedly become the butt of an on-going joke on Twitter.
The basic idea? If CNN is going to fact check the President Obama skit, they must be fact checking other SNL skits, too.
For example:
@DefiantKembro ‘El Nino’ is not Spanish for “the Nino” #CNNFactCheck
@EnasYorl “Wayne’s World” was not really a public access cable show. #CNNfactcheck
@ArielAkiva The superfans were not actually having heart attacks. #cnnfactcheck
@thecomeback After checking every river in America, we have not been able to find a motivational speaker living in a van. #CNNfactcheck
@jeffdobbs: Over half of Saturday Night Live is NOT ON SATURDAY NIGHT for Eastern time zone. Outrage. #CNNFactCheck
@jkfecke In fact, Blue Öyster Cult never included a cowbell player named Gene Frenkle–the musician didn’t exist. #CNNFactCheck
@mikehassinger: This just in: “Toonces the driving cat” not real cat, can’t even DRIVE! #CNNFactCheck
This is citizen journalism at its finest. OK, second finest after a certain smartass political commentary site that modesty prohibits us from mentioning.