SNL: Hillary Clinton Is Funny. Barack Obama? Not So Much
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
SNL does not hate Hillary Clinton, really. It’s just that Amy Poehler gets camera time playing her, and writers can more easily gin up skits for laughs: “Over the past year, viewers tuning into Saturday Night Live have seen Hillary Clinton depicted as a ruthless, power-hungry, arrogant witch. On the rare occasions that Barack Obama’s name is so much as mentioned, he receives gentle, if not admiring, treatment.” MORE »
SNL does not hate Hillary Clinton, really. It’s just that Amy Poehler gets camera time playing her, and writers can more easily gin up skits for laughs: “Over the past year, viewers tuning into Saturday Night Live have seen Hillary Clinton depicted as a ruthless, power-hungry, arrogant witch. On the rare occasions that Barack Obama’s name is so much as mentioned, he receives gentle, if not admiring, treatment.” MORE »