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Cecily Stong at WH Correspondent Dinner (Original Post) avebury Apr 2015 OP
She's awful! RavensChick Apr 2015 #1
the horrified faces of the audience hollysmom Apr 2015 #2
It began to feel a bit uncomfortable... The empressof all Apr 2015 #3
You're not missing a thing. RavensChick Apr 2015 #9
President Obama is ALWAYS great. neighbor tim Apr 2015 #37
Did she take a shot at Amanda Knox? Suich Apr 2015 #4
Her whole speech is DOA. RavensChick Apr 2015 #5
Yes nt avebury Apr 2015 #7
Yes she did. elleng Apr 2015 #8
No. I think it was a shot at the specific journalist who had biased stories pushing guilt Evergreen Emerald Apr 2015 #24
I agree. I thought see took some pretty good shots at the Journalists still_one Apr 2015 #38
Not at all, but finally, elleng Apr 2015 #6
It's a mixed bag malaise Apr 2015 #10
That is how I view it malaise still_one Apr 2015 #11
Just a few... HipChick Apr 2015 #13
Not for the light heads malaise Apr 2015 #15
I thought it was pretty good. DanTex Apr 2015 #12
so I am not missing anything.....good chillfactor Apr 2015 #14
Not all the jokes stuck but blogslut Apr 2015 #16
Yup. Agschmid Apr 2015 #30
That's how I viewed it. I thought overall she was great. Beaverhausen Apr 2015 #40
She was great! Evergreen Emerald Apr 2015 #17
I agree. Quite funny once PCIntern Apr 2015 #19
I enjoyed it too. nt woolldog Apr 2015 #21
I thought the joke about the Secret Service justiceischeap Apr 2015 #18
I thought she did a good job... Tom_Foolery Apr 2015 #20
I liked her fadedrose Apr 2015 #22
I wonder if she shows up on SNL tonight fadedrose Apr 2015 #23
Repeat erpowers Apr 2015 #29
She Took A Shot At MSNBC For Showing Lock-Up Programs..... global1 Apr 2015 #25
I liked her for the most part gwheezie Apr 2015 #26
She made all the white house correspondents pledge applegrove Apr 2015 #27
I did too. Agschmid Apr 2015 #31
I thought she was funny question everything Apr 2015 #28
She really off. procon Apr 2015 #32
maybe she is nervous JI7 Apr 2015 #34
had never heard of her JI7 Apr 2015 #33
Thought she was good. LiberalFighter Apr 2015 #35
I thought she held her own. Didn't like the Hillary focus though. glinda Apr 2015 #36
Some of her jokes were great but President Obama did a better job Gothmog Apr 2015 #39
I love Cecily Strong B2G Apr 2015 #41
Some high points, some ok, and some low points. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #42

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
2. the horrified faces of the audience
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:01 PM
Apr 2015

she needed those 6 months to do this? If she wanted a woman there are so many more politically funny they could have gotten.

The empressof all

(29,098 posts)
3. It began to feel a bit uncomfortable...
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:01 PM
Apr 2015

I turned it off... Interested to hear how it will be seen over-all. POTUS was GREAT!

Suich

(10,642 posts)
4. Did she take a shot at Amanda Knox?
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:01 PM
Apr 2015

I was in the kitchen and just heard part of it. Something about DNA.

TIA!

still_one

(92,394 posts)
38. I agree. I thought see took some pretty good shots at the Journalists
Sun Apr 26, 2015, 12:26 AM
Apr 2015

and politicians also. Two lines that struck out for me was the oath she asked them to take. "I will not focus on what Hillary is wearing because that isn't journalism"

The line about the only law enforcement group that gets in trouble for not protecting an African American, is the secret service. That was an entire indictment on the police forces, local governments, and the secret service, and I sensed with the nervous laughter in the audience when that was said, they knew they didn't cover it as well as they should have

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
18. I thought the joke about the Secret Service
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:17 PM
Apr 2015

being the only police force that'd get in trouble if a black man was shot was good. Could've done without the Schock bit.

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
22. I liked her
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:20 PM
Apr 2015

From the stuff she said, she's pretty well caught up with what's going on in Washington. She was very good, but if you are a supporter of the frontrunner, you may not a have liked her.

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
23. I wonder if she shows up on SNL tonight
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:22 PM
Apr 2015

What a night that would be. They probably will air a repeat, or show a filmed clip on a live show....

global1

(25,270 posts)
25. She Took A Shot At MSNBC For Showing Lock-Up Programs.....
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:30 PM
Apr 2015

I just clicked my remote to MSNBC because they were talking about this dinner before I switched to CSPAN - and guess what - MSNBC has a Lock-Up program on now. So funny!!!!!

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
26. I liked her for the most part
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:35 PM
Apr 2015

She had some pretty cutting jokes. Some fell flat. Some might have hit too close to home.

applegrove

(118,778 posts)
27. She made all the white house correspondents pledge
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:37 PM
Apr 2015

to not write about Hillary's physical appearance "because that's not journalism". I enjoyed her.

question everything

(47,534 posts)
28. I thought she was funny
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:41 PM
Apr 2015

I (reporter) do solemnly swear not to talk about Hillary appearance because it is not journalism.

Secret Service guys are the only ones who will have to worry about a black man being shot.

procon

(15,805 posts)
32. She really off.
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:57 PM
Apr 2015

Oh my, she doesn't even know her material. She keeps looking down to read her notes; bad delivery. Watch the audience, the ones who aren't giving her the death stare, look uncomfortable and keep glancing at each other and shaking their heads. What was with that unfunny hit piece on Aaron Schock that dragged on forever?

JI7

(89,264 posts)
33. had never heard of her
Sun Apr 26, 2015, 12:00 AM
Apr 2015

just looked her up and saw she is on SNL. i haven't watched that show in years.

LiberalFighter

(51,084 posts)
35. Thought she was good.
Sun Apr 26, 2015, 12:02 AM
Apr 2015

You got to remember she was playing to a different audience than SNL. If this was on SNL it likely would had gone further than what she did tonite. Yes there were some bad ones.

Part of what made anything that appeared bad was following Obama as he had some of the same material.

 

B2G

(9,766 posts)
41. I love Cecily Strong
Sun Apr 26, 2015, 02:20 PM
Apr 2015

Her character 'the girl you don't want to run into at a party' is hilarious!

aikoaiko

(34,183 posts)
42. Some high points, some ok, and some low points.
Sun Apr 26, 2015, 02:44 PM
Apr 2015


The long Aaron Schock bit was terrible. Shock is old news.
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