• alcoholicorn
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    The trump portion was a 4/10, the rest was like watching paint dry. Something I noticed back in the bush era, SNL writers really aren’t good when the writer doesn’t have any substantive criticism and are trying to make content from aesthetics or the way a politician talks. “Last time I had this much trouble with a mic, I tried to have it killed” hits harder than “Eeehh heeh heeh. Do I really laugh like that? Yeah, you do”

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      And you’re not going to get a candidate to be in the skit if they’re receiving substantial criticism.

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        Maybe. I think you could get away with a lot if you’re making the criticism of the other candidate harsher and still doing the job of making the candidate seem likable.

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      Some hard digs would be good for sure


      So seeing the two Kamalas see each other didn’t make you feel something?!

      😭🤌🥰

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        No. To someone without a parasocial connection to a politician, those posts are incredibly bizarre.

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          Fair enough!

          non-parasocial perspective

          Well-practiced impersonator actually meets impersonatee (who has ~49% chance of becoming like most powerful person alive) & both seem quite pleased about it, even some giddiness. Charming human moment