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Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts) Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:39 AM Jan 2018

I would like to express my sympathy to Lorne Michaels and everyone else associated with SNL.

They had a good run while it lasted, but unfortunately reality eventually rendered satire to be obsolete.

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I would like to express my sympathy to Lorne Michaels and everyone else associated with SNL. (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Jan 2018 OP

No shit. Satire and sarcasm are dying under assault from Repub reality...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #1

The Onion and Mad Magazine are having a hard time keeping up with the shit show dalton99a Jan 2018 #2

Like, really obsolete Zambero Jan 2018 #3

Not to mention the strong sense that the sharpness of their trump work pales in comparison to Gabi Hayes Jan 2018 #4

Wounded Bear

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1. No shit. Satire and sarcasm are dying under assault from Repub reality...nt

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Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:40 AM

Jan 2018

dalton99a

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2. The Onion and Mad Magazine are having a hard time keeping up with the shit show

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Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:42 AM

Jan 2018

Zambero

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3. Like, really obsolete

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Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:48 AM

Jan 2018

Eventually the skit writers at SNL will be accused of plagiarism since there isn't much wiggle room left for the art of satire.

Gabi Hayes

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4. Not to mention the strong sense that the sharpness of their trump work pales in comparison to

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Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:29 PM

Jan 2018

Colbert, Bee, Myers, and especially The President Show

In which Bannon can be seen, well, you figure it out

Payoff at 1:22

Won’t see that on any of the other shows

And nobody comes close to Anthony Atamanuik as T

Kurt Andersen’s writing in the audiobook he did with AB is genius. He perfectly captures T’s unraveling, stream of consciousness ramblings. I found myself laughing out loud a LOT!

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