Alec Baldwin says he might give up his Trump impression on 'SNL'

[Liberal In Texas]

(CNN)Alec Baldwin might be hanging up his fake tan and red tie.
The actor tells "Extra" he thinks viewers may tire of his portrayal of President Trump on "Saturday Night Live."

"His policies aside, which you can hate, I thought he would have just relaxed," Baldwin says. "The maliciousness of this White House has people worried. ... That's why I'm not going to do it much longer, the impersonation, I don't know how much more people can take it."

Baldwin adds: "Trump just overwhelmingly lacks any sportsmanship, he remains bitter and angry, and you just want to look at him and go, 'You won!'"
Related: Baldwin gets 'SNL' its biggest ratings in six years, outdraws Trump's host stint

It's not clear how long 'SNL' plans to have Baldwin play Trump. The gig was originally supposed to last through the election.
Baldwin may irritate the president, but he has given "SNL" a ratings bump. NBC's sketch comedy show averages 10.6 million viewers an episode if you include people who watch within the week, according to NBC -- the show's biggest audience in 22 years.

Say it isn't so Alec!



http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/celebrities/alec-baldwin-trump-impression-snl/

[sunonmars]

1. Bring forth the ROSIE......

[Hortensis]

2. "You won. You out-caricatured my caricature."

[NCjack]

9. A rotation of 45, Conway, Spicer, Sessions, etc. would keep the blossoms fresh. nt

[Hortensis]

11. Actually, yes. I hope he comes back now and then.

He's right. I can imagine the delight right now.

[Blanks]

3. He doesn't need to...

There are other characters like Sessions and Spicer that others are doing to take up the slack.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Trump functions only from revenge and greed. So when Alec makes fun of him like Obama

did it only drives fuckface to harm more of us.

Given that I know he is going to greatly harm most if not all of us and soon, I say do the impression anyway.

[niyad]

5. I can understand his thinking, but, Alec, dear Alec, we need all the comic relief we

can find.

[Hekate]

8. Stephen Colbert is doing a great job of satirizing this horrible gang....

And yes, hubs and I absolutely need the comic relief.

That said, I have never cared for SNL, which is 80% gross and juvenile. Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon and some others have been brilliant on the Trumpsters, so it's worth tuning in for the first 15 minutes. Failing that, I'll just look for clips of the best bits here.

[niyad]

16. yes, agree with you.

[smirkymonkey]

6. Noooooo!

I still think he can get a lot more comedy mileage out of the character. There is so much to work with here! Trump is an absolute buffoon - the material almost writes itself. He can't quit now!

[Phoenix61]

7. I think he has a point

Maybe just bring him back for a special occasion, like impeachment hearings.

[Liberal In Texas]

14. LOL

[Jim__]

10. "Baldwin ... outdraws Trump's host stint"

I'm looking forward to Trump's tweet declaring that statement fake news.

[Charles Bukowski]

12. SNL (like most of us) thought HRC would win easily, so they cast Baldwin as Trump,

thinking they would only need him until November. Not only did that not turn out to be the case, but Baldwin owns the impression so completely now, I can't imagine anyone else playing Trump.

SNL needs to pay Baldwin bigly. Anything to convince him not to give up the character. We need him.

[Mendocino]

13. The act, not just his

is wearing thin. Some of these bits are getting...meh. Remember Colonel Flagg on MASH. They only utilized him about 8 times during the entire run. The character stayed fresh and always funny.

[jeanmarc]

15. My take is this skit is getting closer to normalization

Oh, that crazy Trump, he'll say anything. Can't wait for the latest Baldwin impression.

No, we're dealing with a mental patient and the comedy I don't think is working to say how awful a situation we're in.

Plus, it reminds me and depresses me of how awful a President we have. At some point, it's not really comedy. It's tragedy. I think it's become tragedy.