On Thursday, October 2nd, Vice Presidential Candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin went toe-to-toe in a debate. During the debate, many important issues were discussed. Two days later, Saturday Night Live put together a skit of the two debating. Joe Biden and Sarah Palin were played by Jason Sudeikis and Tina Fey, respectively. Although, in my opinion, it was not as funny as the openers of the previous two weeks, it was good entertainment. In particular, instead of just tearing Sarah Palin apart, The SNL writers decided to poke fun at Senator Joe Biden as if they were mocking him. The writers had Sudeikis say, "I come from Scranton, Pa., as hard scrabble a place as there is. ... It's a hellhole, an absolute jerkwater of a town, you couldn't stand to spend a weekend there. It's just an awful, awful sad place." As this line was delivered it became clear that Biden spends too much time talking about the great city he came from. Sudeikis, impersonating Biden, also pointed out McCain's faults, but while doing so, he couldn't help but compliment McCain as a friend. He once talked about McCain saying, "...a raging maniac and a dear, dear friend." The writers also talked about Biden being a Washington insider. When it came to making fun of Palin, Tina Fey used the usual tricks: "Fey showed no mercy on Saturday night as she skewered Palin with her colloquialisms, gestures and northern accent." Overall, it was a pretty fun opener.
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4 comments:
I did watch a little but of the vice presidential debate on October 2nd. I have not seen this recent skit but I saw a pervious one on SNL. I think that this skit sounds humorous and well put together like the last one. I am getting annoyed with both candidates as several others are. I feel that neither one of them is doing a good job of focusing on what is important.
I also think it the mock debate was funny, and I also think it shows great humility and fairness to also poke fun at Joe Biden.
Although funny, I think there is one important factor behind SNL. The reason that the jokes are funny is because its the truth. It isn't as if they are putting words in the politicians mouths. No, the script they use if what the actual candidates say. Even though it is funny to see on SNL, it is serious and even scary to think that the people we're poking fun at may be at the head of the country soon.
I watched both the debate and the SNL video and it was interesting to see how they compared. Palin's frequent dismissals of questions were made example of on the skit, as well as Joe Biden's tendency to repeat things.
PS. ERIK P. Its called satire for a reason. Although Palin did say some similar things to what they used in the script, that definitely was not all truth.
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