Posted on 12/10/2017 11:45:58 PM PST by nickcarraway
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With Kenan Thompson as a department store Santa and Kate McKinnon as his elf, the sketch featured children sitting on his lap and, instead of asking for toys, asking questions about the news, such as, “What did Al Franken do?” “Is President Trump on the naughty list?” and “Why are football players kneeling? Do they hate the troops?” The approach was risky for two reasons. For one, depending on kids in a live TV setting led to a few line failings, although the risk was minimal here, as the few mistakes (save for Thompson answering one question that wasn’t asked) came off as adorable.
Riskier still was having liberal anxiety funneled though kids. While the “have children say what we’re thinking” gambit is cute and seemingly bold, it’s hard to see what the payoff was supposed to be once we get past the gimmick. McKinnon’s elf – first referred to by Santa as “Sugarplum,” she says that in “this environment,” it’s best if he just called her Amy – is a barely veiled stand-in for McKinnon herself, stating her views to the kids outright as McKinnon has sometimes done in her Kellyanne Conway sketches. Interjecting, in response to the kids’ questions, that 19 women have accused the president of various forms of sexual impropriety, or that “The tax bill is like Harry Potter. It’ll make your healthcare disappear,” the sketch became more of a soapbox than a cause for laughs. That said, special mention to the girl who knocked “I want a Barbie – unless the feminazis are gonna take that away from me, too” out of the park.
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Because it is a way to get fake moral high-ground. They are not concerned about women. They want to advance the leftist agenda.
franken did not actually resign so the concept is gratuitous.
whatever you do, DO NOT bother to reat this cr@p.
Franken is not new to the game of abusing women.
As a comedian, Franken gained notoriety on SNL......
He went on tour....a partner would read off names of Franken’s SNL female stars.
Al would smirk and say: say “F***** her.” Or “she B*** me.”
Did those girls feel sexually abused about Franken using them in a comedy act?
The upshot of all this is attractive women will not be hired. It’s justtoo much of a risk. The only women who will be mentored will be the unattractive. These stupid women are cutting their own throats.
Never mind not actually resigning. I agree with people who believe Franken isn’t going anywhere.
Didn’t he say he is “going to resign”?
I’m not really sure he’s resigned.
I question why the brain trust over at SNL thinks Franken is resigning.
He didn’t resign. He just said he would.
Thanks nickcarraway. IOW, there really wasn't any criticism of Lyin' Al Franken in anything that was said. Saturday Night Vile continues to back him to the hilt. If they wanted a sketch idea that would work, they should have put a Harvey Weinstein imitation in the Santa suit, and explain how it's a NY thing.
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