Posted on 02/29/2008 5:18:51 AM PST by Nick Thimmesch
We had completely missed this controversy, so we’re glad Friday’s Washington Post gets us up to speed:
Is Fred Armisen, who is not African American, “black enough” to embody Obama on “Saturday Night Live”?
Debate over that question has been pinging around the Internet since Armisen, a veteran cast member, donned darker makeup to portray the Democratic candidate for the first time Saturday. Armisen played Obama opposite Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton in a sketch satirizing the supposedly cushy treatment his candidacy has received from the media.
“SNL” impresario Lorne Michaels said yesterday by phone that he thought the sketch played so well that the show intends to air another Obama/Clinton debate spoof tomorrow night, with Armisen and Poehler reprising their characters.
Truth be told, we don’t really have an opinion on this. After all, we haven’t
(Excerpt) Read more at extrememortman.com ...
Since Barack isn’t really African-American, maybe they should get an Arab cast member to play him.
That’s a great idea; however, last I heard, Eddie Murphy was not on speaking terms with anyone at SNL. Some sort of unresolved conflict from the 90s, I believe.
I listen to my Rat Pack CDs all the time. My friends think I’m nuts. (That’s Flip Wilson as “Geraldine” on the right.)
Yep. Definitely Murray.
Make that Eddie Murphy.
Murray was baseball.
What a silly negro.
That's the one.
Eddie has indeed played several white characters- and he was funny!
Is Obama's maternal family who raised him "black enough"?
Obama's mother, Ann Duhnam, his grandfather, Stanley Armour Dunham, and his grandmother, Madelyn Lee Payne.
Barack Obama with his grandparents
Michelle Obama at her wedding with Barrack and her mother-in-law
>> What a silly negro. <<
Oh, great. Now we’ve scrood the pooch. Some WP writer’s gonna write an article about how a Freeper referred to Barrack Obama as a “silly negro.” :^D (Don’t worry, I know the reference had nothing to do with Obama.)
yeah, the outrage
“pales”
by comparison.
FYI...apparently someone pulled the video...when you try to play it, a message says it is no longer available.
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