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Oct 5 2021 07:37am
Quote (Black XistenZ @ Oct 5 2021 07:45am)
Oh, yeah, one more thing: can we talk about the 1984-esque way this skit turns the truth on its head? It attacks Manchin and Sinema as the ones who hate sensible infrastructure spending, who don't want Americans having good roads and such.
In reality, they both support the bipartisan infrastructure bill and it is the House progressives who hold the infrastructure bill hostage to ram through their $3.5 trillion slush fund bill. (And Biden let's it happen.)


So in this sense, the skit does not turn on the Democratic party or its agenda at all - the main point of the skit is to slander the few Democrats who are roadblocks (pun intended) to the liberal agenda.


You're doing a political autopsy on a sketch show that historically makes jokes about people mispronouncing words or having on a funny shirt.

even during the Trump era the common thread of jokes were how creepy people like Steven Miller's eyes were, or how Trump's adlibs would lead him to say mildly non-PC phrases like "the blacks love me, where are my blacks".

behavior like yours ruins comedy as much as when people complained that Trump was being lampooned for speech when he should be roasted for kids in cages or being racist and sexist.

stfu boomer.
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You're doing a political autopsy on a sketch show that historically makes jokes about people mispronouncing words or having on a funny shirt.

even during the Trump era the common thread of jokes were how creepy people like Steven Miller's eyes were, or how Trump's adlibs would lead him to say mildly non-PC phrases like "the blacks love me, where are my blacks".

behavior like yours ruins comedy as much as when people complained that Trump was being lampooned for speech when he should be roasted for kids in cages or being racist and sexist.

stfu boomer.


Meh. If SNL is supposed to be light-hearted jokes about nuissances and minor stuff, that's all the more reason to call them out when they sneak in flagrant propaganda.


Anyway, what I posted is the answer to the question that started this thread: no, SNL/Hollywood has not turned on Dems; they're still trying their best to advance the Dem agenda.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Oct 5 2021 07:46am
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Oct 5 2021 08:12am
I think the much bigger problem is they aren't funny anymore. Or they're afraid to say funny things now. The only thing left to talk about is politics.

Quote (iWorshiptheBlahaj @ Oct 3 2021 04:33pm)
where were the jsp threads when colbert used to "own" obama almost every week on his show? what exactly are you trying to prove here


This is like comparing a spitball to a sucker punch.

You have to be a complete zombie to not notice the bias and implicit programming.

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Meh. If SNL is supposed to be light-hearted jokes about nuissances and minor stuff, that's all the more reason to call them out when they sneak in flagrant propaganda.


Anyway, what I posted is the answer to the question that started this thread: no, SNL/Hollywood has not turned on Dems; they're still trying their best to advance the Dem agenda.


in the skit Joe mockingly called the afghanistan pullout good and they called out AOC for hanging out with rich people at the meta gala. they're notoriously light on Schumer and always have been, likely due to the writers room being cozy with his daughter Amy, but otherwise it's honestly not the propaganda laced DNC suckfest you pretend it is.

they will mock the Biden administration plenty, and the gap between that and what they gave to the Trump administration is far less about bias than an actual gap of mockworthiness the Trump regime had. That's what happens when you spout gaffes any time off the tele prompter (which to be fair Biden gets zinged on too), elevate brain surgeons to cabinet positions they're entirely unqualified for, and give preferential treatment to both your own kids and total creeps like Steven Miller.

the entire "but if it was Trump" narrative is moronic, he was both elevated as an entirely new agent of change but then expected to be treated the same as anyone else. boo fucking hoo. the amount of unfairness Trump received was real, but far less than it's made out to be. same goes for liberal bias in the media. the republican party made a mockery of itself only to cry when mocked. indignant AOC supporters are the same, crying when their goddess' "work" is mocked in the media as unrealistic and out of touch.

the cure is simple, support pragmatic mainstream politics and get things done. stop making border security and NYC mask policies your party platform, stop making taxing billionaires Panama Papers just showed have 90% of their income offshored anyways a focal point. get things done even if it doesnt make you feel better than the other side. ironically this call to pragmatism in modern times is anything but pragmatic, because people are idiotic dreamers.
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