I saw an SNL skit that really got me thinking. There was a woman actress from the Huffington post who was being interviewed on the Weekend Update portion of SNL and she was so funny! I was laughing so hard, but a few hours after I watched the very controversial news skit, I began thinking. There are a lot of problems with political skits. One of the problems is that if the broadcast station, like NBC Studios, becomes too biased towards one of the presidential candidates, then the other candidate's followers will lose interest in the broadcast station. The station needs to keep their fan base, and the candidates need to keep their fan base. That is why political parodies can be good or bad. From an article that I found online from the Huffington Post itself, it read, "Appearances on late-night comedy programs have become an essential part of campaign strategy and, increasingly, political strategy more generally," and "The fact that the candidates go on "The Daily Show," SNL and the "Tonight Show" means they believe the shows have impact on the voters." These are pretty wise remarks because a lot of people do listen to these political parodies and enjoy them, but their influence is stronger than we all may think. For example, there was so much popular belief that Sarah Palin actually said, "I can see Russia from my house" when in reality, Tina Fey had played the Alaska governor and said this in a skit. I believe that these political parodies have as much weight to bring a candidate to success as they do to make a candidate lose his/ her chances at a win. I'm interested in seeing who will win the presidential election this coming November, and I'm excited to compare it to the SNL skit I have just seen in order to make assumptions to see if the skit worked towards one specific candidate or not.
article referenced: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/saturday-night-live-political-skits_n_1901761.html
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