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Melissa McCarthy on SNL shows the power comedians have under a Trump presidency
Melissa McCarthy on SNL shows the power comedians have under a Trump presidency
By Elahe Izadi February 7 at 4:54 PM
[font size=1]At left, Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer on SNL (Will Heath/NBC); at right, Sean Spicer during a Jan. 31 briefing (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) [/font]
No attempt to ridicule Donald Trump’s controversies — from his remarks about Mexicans to the “Access Hollywood” tape — could derail his successful road to the White House.
Trump acknowledged as much a year ago when he spoke about supporters so loyal that “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters.”
But that was candidate Trump. Now Trump is running the government as a president who cares very deeply about appearances — so much so that a “Saturday Night Live” sketch could affect how he does it.
Melissa McCarthy’s frustrated, unhinged parody of White House press secretary Sean Spicer on last weekend’s SNL unsettled the White House and bothered Trump, and her performance was seen as potentially hurting Spicer’s longevity in the job, Politico reported, citing people close to the president.
{Melissa McCarthy was the perfect choice to play White House’s Sean Spicer on SNL}
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Elahe Izadi is a pop culture writer for The Washington Post. Follow @ElaheIzadi
By Elahe Izadi February 7 at 4:54 PM
[font size=1]At left, Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer on SNL (Will Heath/NBC); at right, Sean Spicer during a Jan. 31 briefing (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) [/font]
No attempt to ridicule Donald Trump’s controversies — from his remarks about Mexicans to the “Access Hollywood” tape — could derail his successful road to the White House.
Trump acknowledged as much a year ago when he spoke about supporters so loyal that “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters.”
But that was candidate Trump. Now Trump is running the government as a president who cares very deeply about appearances — so much so that a “Saturday Night Live” sketch could affect how he does it.
Melissa McCarthy’s frustrated, unhinged parody of White House press secretary Sean Spicer on last weekend’s SNL unsettled the White House and bothered Trump, and her performance was seen as potentially hurting Spicer’s longevity in the job, Politico reported, citing people close to the president.
{Melissa McCarthy was the perfect choice to play White House’s Sean Spicer on SNL}
....
Elahe Izadi is a pop culture writer for The Washington Post. Follow @ElaheIzadi
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so it's constantly in the news and the cheato see it often... just because.
