Is The Crazy McCain Rally Lady Funny?
On last night's pre-election Thursday night special edition of Saturday Night Live, Kristin Wiig pretended to be the "crazy lady" from the McCain rally. She wandered in with a ratted out blonde wig, a pair of Bruce Villanch pharmacy glasses, and a dumpy lump suit under her shirt to make her body look like a scrapbooking convention. Where the scrapbooks are filled with skin and fat. You get it. She mumblingly criticized Obama for a number of outlandish fear-based concerns, and stared into the camera like a deer caught in the headlights, as if she were McCain himself confronting Obama's explanation about his health plan. (Zing! I have a double digit lead in the Zingby polls.)
So the question is, is that funny?
Yes. Pretty much. It pretty much is funny. But, and I don't want to be to much of a stick in the mud (that's a great expression and I'm not a hundred years old [that is not a great expression and I am a hundred years old]), it's also really unfunny. First of all, let us consider the original real life actual "crazy lady" from the McCain rally:
We have to give it up to McCain on this one. He withstood the jeering and ignorance of his goon supporters (most of McCain's supporters aren't goons, but let us say that if you do support John McCain, being a goon doesn't seem to hurt), who are so wrapped up in promoting a culture of negativity and disrespect that they boo when someone is referred to as a human being. [SIDE NOTE: I don't know how this post about a stupid SNL sketch got so serious, but I would like to point out that there are plenty of things happening on the Obama side of the equation that are equally disrespectful and morally repulsive--I'm looking at you, "Sarah Palin Is A Cunt" t-shirts--it just so happens that we are dealing with repugnant behavior on the McCain side right now.] But after we're done giving it up to McCain, we have to be fearful of this lady, who I will group in with another McCain supporter in one of those McCain Rally Parking Lot videos who in response to a protester shouting out the question of whether or not their friend should have to pay for a rape kit if she is attacked shouted back "she should just die."
So the answer is she's also VERY NOT FUNNY!
Posted by Gabe at 11:00 AM in Politics, Sketch Comedy
Tags: Amy Poehler | Election 2008 | John McCain | Kristin Wiig | Saturday Night Live | Seth Meyers
as long as we're having Seriousgum, McCain is to be commended for taking the microphone away from that moronic lady. The thing is, it clashes with the clear disdain he has for Obama when he's in the same room as him. It's confusing why he tries so hard to be the bigger man here, when he continues to insist upon making a fool of himself at the debates by being a condescending, sneering jerk.
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Agreed. Although, the fact that it isn't just assumed that OF COURSE he would take the microphone away from a crazy lady, like we have to commend him on not being a completely disreputable supporter of outlandish bigotry, also says something.
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good point. okay, back to farting, now. fun time is over, you have a job to get fired from.
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you know who's not funny?
kristen wiig.
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I was at the taping last night and she is funny. she can sing pretty well, too. jason sudekis, however, is kind of a fart face.
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she is a total one trick pony.
you guys might like the trick.
but it's still just one trick.
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Crazy wandering lady + Suze Orman. I count two tricks.
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Is the "Sarah Palin is a 'c-word'" equal to the "Kill that terrorist 'n-word'" in a head-to-head ignorant political hate-fest?
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no the latter is miles and miles more offensive.
signed,
nyc female jew.
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But it's not about: "Their ignorance is bigger than our ignorance".
It's about: "Ignorance is sad and disappointing and should not be unfairly pinpointed on one party".
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Yes!
The chocolate factory is yours, Charlie. You did it.
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Yes, it was funny, but only because it pretty directly ripped off Chester from Sifl and Olly.
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really it was more of a reverse chester because he was naturally happy or "crescent fresh" if you will.
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Actually, I have a problem with "He's not an Arab. He's a decent man." Am I the only one hearing that juxtaposition?
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You are certainly not the only person. I found it deathly disconcerting.
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This blog is awful. Please die.
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I'm no McCain lover, but the dude handled that lady pretty gracefully (i hadnt seen the video of her until now.) The man shook his head politely at the same moment that he yanked the mike from her. Golden.
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I dunno. I think those "Sarah Palin is a cunt" shirts were simply misprints. The actual text I sent to the screenprinter's was: Sarah Palin: CoUNTry FIrST. I don't know what a "cunt fist" is either, but I don't like the sound of it.
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