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Saturday Night Live Analysis
The 16th episode of season 29 of Saturday Night Live welcomed the presidential hopeful Donald Trump to host the show. The sold-out performance received copious amounts of criticism from a variety of pro-immigrant, hispanic and other minority organizations. Despite the speculation, the show went on, and Trump was warmly welcomed onto the SNL stage. Despite their host, the show did not hold off in making fun of the guest. Saturday Night Live was adequately funny and witty as usual, though I do not believe that the host contributed to their success.
The night began by winning the favor of the ample Trump supporters in the audience by bashing the Democratic Forum on MSNBC. The skit characterized the three remaining democratic candidates by portraying …show more content…
One was a simple skit with only the cast members of SNL, who received that back end of Mr. Trump’s famous live tweets. The tweets sounded like insults from an elementary school student, lacking wit and reasoning, much like their author. Next came a skit making fun of Drake’s dance moves in his music video “Hotline Bling”, comparing them to a stereotypical white dad, physics teacher, and “tax guy” played by the host. Trump’s moves mimicking Drake made a fool of himself-- apparently we don’t see enough of that in the debates.
The Weekend Update gave the audience a well-earned break from the excess amount of Trump we had seen for the night. The mock news show attacked both political parties by calling out Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, President Obama, and of course Donald Trump. The Update also welcomed a guest speaker, “Drunk Uncle” the self-proclaimed number one Trump fan. The character was spot on in his portrayal of Trump supporters: drunken, insane, and full of hatred.
Donald Trump was not overly funny during his time on SNL. Perhaps the show’s writers are to blame for giving Trump a sub-par episode, or maybe it was just his stern and robotic demeanor. The funniest part of the show was not the acting or script, it was the plain fact that Trump is, by nature, a funny guy. His famous voice, expressions, yellow hair, and over-emphasized hand gestures make him entertaining to watch, even without an appearance on
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