Oktubre 2, 2016

"Saturday Night Live" does the presidential debate, with Alec Baldwin brilliantly impersonating Donald Trump...



... and the funniest thing about it is how closely it sticks to material from the actual debate.

25 komento:

Birkel ayon kay ...

And now I remember why the ratings for SNL are down.

PB ayon kay ...

Alec Baldwin didn't have to work that hard. He's more like Trump than he realizes, but irony is a gene missing from the Democrat gene pool.

mockturtle ayon kay ...

Alec Baldwin was brilliant.

William ayon kay ...

He imitates the parts about Trump that one finds disagreeable, not the cartoonish bits. His is a hate worthy Trump. There was a time when McKinnon's Hillary was more unlikeable than the SNL Trump. Glad they got that straightened out before the election.......If someone with Alicia Machado's background had criticized Hillary, what are the chances that SNL would not have parodied her. It's the jokes that don't get made.

Leigh ayon kay ...

Laughed so hard I cried. But they left out the screeching, "Why am I not 50 points ahead, you may ask!" and her non-answer.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

"Alec Baldwin didn't have to work that hard. He's more like Trump than he realizes..."

You are so wrong. It is hard to do what he is doing and it is the better way of doing an impersonation. You try to get very close to the original. It's the way Phil Hartman performed, and no one did it better. You have to be an excellent actor to do it, and it's the funniest approach.

Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together ayon kay ...

Well, they say it takes one to know one... and Baldwin certainly has a reputation for being an @$$.

Left Bank of the Charles ayon kay ...

Alec Baldwin doing Trump for 4 years on SNL. The dread.

Meade ayon kay ...

"Well, they say it takes one to know one... and Baldwin certainly has a reputation for being an @$$."
— Rhythmald J. Ballswin

Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together ayon kay ...

Thank you, Cardinal. If only your animal spirit was more crow and less hyena.

tds ayon kay ...

idle observation:

- 58 years old plays 69 years old
- 32 years old plays 68 years old

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Rhythm and Balls, he seems so easy
“It takes one to know one,” he smiles
And puts his hands in her back pockets
Bette Davis style
And in comes Meade, he’s moaning
“You Belong to Me I Believe”
And someone says, “You’re in the wrong place my friend
You better leave”
And the only sound that’s left
After the ambulances go
Is Rhythm and Balls sweeping up
On Basket of Deplorables Row

mockturtle ayon kay ...

Baldwin is a highly skilled and talented actor but I wish he'd keep his pathetic political views to himself. Likewise with the entire Hollywood bunch.

Wince ayon kay ...

I thought they let Lester Holt off easy.

There was humor to be mined from his disparate treatment of the candidates.

Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together ayon kay ...

Don't quit your day job.

Oh wait, you just did.

If there's room for a serious question, can you actually explain what you mean by the skill required by Alec Baldwin's Trump impression - or why understanding the character personally wouldn't make it easier for him? No one ever said he was a horrible actor.

"Methinks the lady doth protest too much," was just a line in a play. Not a spiritual mantra or a professional code of conduct.

Earnest Prole ayon kay ...

I've always suspected Donald Trump, Alec Baldwin, and Sean Hannity had the same puffy white mother.

MayBee ayon kay ...

Alec Baldwin's acting is a national treasure.

Robert Cook ayon kay ...

"Baldwin is a highly skilled and talented actor but I wish he'd keep his pathetic political views to himself. Likewise with the entire Hollywood bunch."

Why should public figures be any less free than private citizens to express their political beliefs? If you don't agree with any person's political views--whether they're a public figure or someone you happen to know--can't you just ignore their politics, and accept or appreciate them otherwise, (assuming you like the public figures for what they do professionally or those you know for who they are as people)?

mockturtle ayon kay ...

Just as I enjoy watching football, I enjoy good acting performances. While I'm capable of objectivity, political outspokenness by athletes and actors tends to diminish the experience for me. YMMV. Celebrities, unlike average citizens, seem to be taken seriously, at least by the media, giving them far more credibility than they deserve.

I'd rather not hear from any more 'oppressed' overpaid athletes, either.

Birkel ayon kay ...

Alec Baldwin: When a little bit of smug just isn't enough.

Birkel ayon kay ...

Acting requires the suspension of disbelief on the part of the viewer. Injecting personal politics or insane personal lives into the public perception of actors makes the suspension of disbelief harder. Therefore, it makes the acting less believable for people on the margins.

It matters little if it is Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah's couch or Alec Baldwin's politics. They may have views and express whatever they choose a part of the audience will be alienated.

Mountain Maven ayon kay ...

When a performer's behavior is so disgusting, like Baldwin or Kaepernick, I can't watch them anymore. Maybe I'll make an exception for the skinny little guy who was married to madonna.

Phil 314 ayon kay ...

Wasn't Trump funny enough.

Johanna Lapp ayon kay ...

I congratulate the writers for keeping Alec Baldwin away from Trump's alleged "Miss Piggy" slur. I know Baldwin likes to reserve the word pig for insulting his own daughter.

Brando ayon kay ...

They should have actually shown the actual debate without commentary or editing. You really can't top the real thing this year.

Mag-post ng isang Komento

Please use the comments forum to respond to the post. Don't fight with each other. Be substantive... or interesting... or funny. Comments should go up immediately... unless you're commenting on a post older than 2 days. Then you have to wait for us to moderate you through. It's also possible to get shunted into spam by the machine. We try to keep an eye on that and release the miscaught good stuff. We do delete some comments, but not for viewpoint... for bad faith.