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Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Ep 237 | SNL: How To FAIL At Political Comedy

Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Lauren Chen

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

"Saturday Night Live" used to be the gold standard of comedy, and with big names like Alec Baldwin and Jim Carrey, you might think it still is ... Unless you've watched the most recent episode that reenacted the first presidential debate, in which case you're also aware that not even the best laugh track could make this seem funny. Get the higher education you’ve always dreamed of. Apply to Ashford University for free now by going to https://Ashford.edu/Lauren Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Phil Robertson here, they told me Hollywood doesn't want hard stories these days.

0:05.7

Well my stories about as messy as they come, but it turns out our movie The Blind

0:11.5

is reaching a mighty throng out there. You break a few box office records

0:16.5

and suddenly Hollywood takes notice that this is a message you'll want to hear.

0:23.4

You're never too far gone.

0:25.2

God can reach you.

0:26.9

Wherever you are, no matter how dark things have gotten,

0:30.0

if you're lost, he can give you refuge. If you're weary, he can give you refuge.

0:32.6

If you're weary, he can bring you strength.

0:36.3

It was hard to watch my darkest moments on the screen.

0:40.4

But when I hear that people are finding hope after seeing this movie, I know the embarrassment was worth it.

0:48.7

I hope you'll watch the blind and share it with someone who needs to know it's not too late to turn it around.

0:55.5

On the blind today at blaze so much for tuning in. Today we are going to be talking about Saturday Night Live,

1:14.5

the comedy sketch show that at this point

1:16.8

is pretty much all about politics.

1:19.5

And you know, it's interesting for as long

1:21.4

as I've been doing videos talking about the intersection of

1:24.4

politics and culture at least as far as I can remember I have never actually done an

1:30.0

episode about SNL and I think the reason behind that is pretty simple. I don't watch

1:36.6

SNL and not only that but I also feel like not enough other people watch it to the

1:42.4

point where I would see stuff from them in the media

1:46.1

or on my social media feed. I mean, maybe I'm just really out of the loop, which is of course possible,

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