by Mark Silva
Rahm Emanuel is dreaming: Barack Obama is "getting angry.''
Can you smell what Barack is cooking?
"You need to get angry,'' the Emanuel player goads the Obama player in the play Oval Office, as members of Congress taunt the president about the "socialism'' in his spending plans. "Get angry... get angry,'' he says, with some pretty good Emanuel eyes.
When they finally push the president too far in this worthy production of Saturday Night Live - but when are they going to figure out that one cannot see the dome of the Capitol from the window of the Oval Office? - the Dwayne Johnson transformer takes charge. "What happened was, you make Barack Obama angry and he turns into The Rock Obama.''
What happens next in this take on No-drama Obama and the World Wrestling Federation is here for you to see, above.
Comments
SNL has lost its cutting edge in trying to satirize the current WH.
Can't satirize someone you are in love with, not at all.
Contrast the brilliant treatment of Sarahhhhh Palin, Katie, and even Joe in those classics before the election.
But now SNL needs some other target.
Posted by: ornery | April 26, 2009 12:05 PM
There's plenty SNL can do, but they are self-censoring.
That is indicative of serious problems with the media's psyche. They've become victims of their own minds. And when you censor for fear of offending then, they have lost their edge.
It's spreading like wildfire and the whole of media is infected.
Then let them die.
Posted by: dying out | April 26, 2009 3:05 PM
"but when are they going to figure out that one cannot see the dome of the Capitol from the window of the Oval Office?"
You can't be serious, Silva. This is a comedy show. The dome in the background is just for effect. I don't think anyone really thinks it can be seen from the oval office.
Posted by: SNL Forever | April 27, 2009 9:13 AM