May 17, 2019
ALL COMEDY IS CONSERVATIVE:
We're Laughing At Trump, Not With Him (CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER MAY 16, 2019, The Bulwark)
In crafting his famous "Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker" sketch for Saturday Night Live, Chris Farley stumbled--literally--onto a name for his style of comedy. The portly actor, who combined a graceful athleticism with a preternatural ability to crash through things, explained his popularity succinctly: "Everybody laughs when fatty falls down." [...]But the only time Trump is truly funny is when he's trying to be deadly serious. Watching him try to explain U.S. trade deficits with China is as adorable as viewing a rat on the New York City streets try to drag a piece of pizza up a flight of stairs. It's funny because we're not laughing with him; we're laughing at him.
If SNL understood comedy it would not impersonate Donald, just show clips of him speaking.
Posted by Orrin Judd at May 17, 2019 12:00 AM