Satire Is Dead

Saturday Night Live long ago ceased trying to do satire, and now just aims to be a therapeutic, epistemic hug-box. I could forgive their open contempt for Republicans if they were funny, ever. The Kate McKinnon bits about Kellyanne Conway "texting" each time they went to break was a massive self-own.

Kate McKinnon was shown three times while SNL went to commercial last night as Kellyanne Conway texting while sitting on her knees pic.twitter.com/ZpFlAxFpXV

— Common Gay Boy (@CGBPosts) March 5, 2017

First of all, she's not sitting on her knees. She's sitting on her feet. Nevertheless, what are they trying to convey here?

They want the viewer to understand that Conway is oblivious to whatever situation she is in, that important things are happening around her and she's lost in her own little world.

They want to remove her agency, because if they had to confront the truth, they wouldn't know how to handle it. The truth is, that Donald Trump doesn't get elected without her. The truth is, she is the first winning female campaign manager in Presidential election history.

So they have to try to get you to believe she's texting her friend with something trivial, like yoga routines or wedding details.

Good satire has to come from an essentially truthful place, and the truth is, Conway was sitting on her feet in the Oval Office, as she checked the photo she just took of the representatives from HBCU's.

So keep it up, Saturday Night Live. Keep sending that dyke Kate McKinnon out to mock a true feminist icon. See how far that gets you.

And let us all know how far the open hatred for Southern culture and people gets you. There was also a skit featuring Attorney General Jeff Sessions as Forrest Gump.

They hate the South because they think Yankee culture is superior, and southern people are stupid. And they don't even bother to disguise their rage.