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...have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy." A bemused Obama responded, "I think that Joe sometimes engages in rhetorical flourishes." In a matter of days, Biden's comments were the subject of both a John McCain television ad and the opening skit on Saturday Night Live...
That could change. Real Palin may have given Fey more material for Public Palin--just as, in her debate skit, Fey turned maverick from an honorific into a punch line. Public selves are moving targets, and as the comedians and media redefine them, a candidate can fight the definition, embrace it or use it as a shield. How Real Palin deals with her Fey-controlled image over the next few weeks will determine if Public Palin is her new best friend or her own worst enemy...
...posturing and righteous-pimp drawl. (The joke, by the way, is clearly not on African Americans; it's on the actor's belief that he can play anyone.) But Lazarus and the others out there in the jungle don't evolve or devolve; they are figures from an SNL skit or the director's own very smart Ben Stiller Show back...
What do you get when you leave seven of Harvard’s undergraduate writers in a room? According to the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, the answer is “Sketches!!,” a compilation of 17 original comedic skits that will run at the Loeb Ex through May 10. Several months ago, the writers were offered the theme “Plan B” in order to kick-start the writing process. The theme was integrated into the sketches to varying degrees. One skit follows two men trying to come up with an alternative source...
...unique approach has broadened his audience to include even those he mocks. He is popular within the ANC and is frequently invited to perform at their events. However, Uys refuses to be a simple court jester: during a Winnie Mandela impersonation at an ANC event, Uys performed a skit about “necklacing,” a violent execution tactic endorsed by Winnie Mandela during Apartheid. Mandela, sitting in the front row surrounded by bodyguards, simply laughed. “You’ve got guts,” one of the bodyguards said after the show. Uys responded...