My humble opinion but I find very little of what SNL does actually funny. It’s not skewering broadly observed trends, erecting silly incongruities or playing with norms. It’s just laughing at the clowns your tribe hates and congratulating yourself for doing it.
Did anyone notice how the sketch treats CNN like they actually deserve respect? What legitimate comedian thinks CNN isn’t worth making fun of? The sketch feels like it’s activly attempting to generate an image of CNN as a rational voice, treating the network like it have nothing to do with the bullshit national disgrace we are now all forced to choke down.
I don’t want comedy to be political as much as I want political comedy to be funny. I honestly worry about a culture where the mainstream image of what is funny is this sanitized. Comedians have treated the media as the life sucking shit show joke they are for decades. Now, during their worst hour they get represented as honestly trying to do a good job? WTF?!
