Mad TV and Saturday Night Live.
I have enjoyed many of the skits on these two programs over the years. Even the political ones. But this year, Mad TV is over the top this year with their portrayal of John McCain. McCain is portrayed by Bobby Lee, a very talented comic. Last week, there was a portrayal of McCain vs Obama on a spoof of dancing with the stars. Obama was portrayed as hip--he was break dancing. McCain was portrayed as a music-box robot.
This is proof that one group that it is still OK to discriminate against is older citizens. There are reasons to vote for Barak Obama. One of them is not because he is younger. It amazes me that this portrayal comes from Mad TV on fox. Rupert Murdock is one of the most powerful Octogenerians in the world. Perhaps this is proof that you can sometimes bite the hand that feeds you and get away with it.
Turning 40 this year has made me come to the realization that eventually we will all get older. The best thing about being older is that you have had the time to make mistakes and learn from them.
Saturday Night Live's portrayal of Sarah Palin is not over the top. But it will get old. Palin is smarter than a lot of people give her credit for. I think that Palin's candidacy for VP is proving that there is the right kind of feminist and the wrong kind of feminist. Palin is not the right kind of feminist.
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