By
James
Hirsen
NBC’s
“Saturday Night Live” is a late-night weekend tradition, which over the course
of its extended run has used an assortment of contemporary political figures as
comedic fodder in its trademark sketches. However, a curious thing has happened
to SNL’s comical programming content over the course of the past several years.
The
liberal bias that has been evident in Hollywood, and has now additionally
permeated an inordinate number of our established media outlets, has also
saturated the humor of the iconic television show. And the ideological comedic
imbalance is hardly a laughing matter. Humor, if chosen to be used to the
detriment of an individual, organization, or company, is one of the most
powerful and injurious weapons in the social and cultural arsenal.
You
may recall that negative humor was lodged against an individual by SNL during
the 2008 presidential election. A caricature of then-GOP vice presidential
candidate Sarah Palin was created, and through the comic weapon of Tina Fey’s
Palin impersonation, the caricature took hold in the pop culture and ultimately
eclipsed the real Sarah. [more...]
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