Saturday Night Live – TV – Clinton – Obama – Politics – New York Times
This article says some people believe SNL is supporting Clinton and denigrating Obama. Personally, since I don’t watch much network news, the funny thing is that every time I hear Barack Obama on the radio, I envision Fred Armisen talking rather than the real Obama.
Those complaints have only increased in subsequent weeks after two more election sketches have appeared, with Mr. Obama being played by Fred Armisen. That choice has raised a few eyebrows because Mr. Armisen’s ancestry is Venezuelan, German and Japanese but not African-American. Mr. Michaels said he was sensitive to that criticism but said Mr. Armisen simply had the best comic take on the character of Mr. Obama.