The new “SNL” math is clear. If the politician has a “D” next to his or her name, the jokes are either more measured or nonexistent. If the letter is an “R,” it’s game on. And in the Age of Trump does anyone think that will change?
Every new “SNL” show starts with a “cold open” slamming some aspect of the Trump administration. It might be Trump himself, expertly played by Alec Baldwin. Or Trump spokesman Sean Spicer rages across the screen in the form of Melissa McCarthy.
These comic assaults aren’t simple satire. They’re often mean spirited, and they target anyone in the Trump inner circle. Ferrell’s Dubya may have been withering, but it was rarely cruel.
Heck, do you think liberals might complain if “SNL” depicted David Axelrod as Death, like they’ve done with Steve Bannon?
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