“Saturday Night Live” returned from the winter break with a slightly different approach to politics, which many viewers immediately noticed.
After mocking Donald Trump every week for four years, the popular NBC sketch show didn’t open with an impersonation of President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris. That’s not to say the episode eschewed politics. His cold open skewered Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mark Zuckerberg and Tom Brady as the “Weekend Update” segment of the show commented on the riot at the Capitol.
The show had a lot to cover after a busy time in American politics. January alone included the riots, a historic second impeachment of Trump, and the GameStop wave that threw Wall Street through a loop. Despite the inauguration and Biden’s first week in office which also took place during the show’s hiatus, many critics of the show noted that “SNL” did not seem interested in roasting the incumbent president in the same way as when Trump was in the oval. .
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Critics accuse Saturday Night Live of avoiding President Joe Biden.
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“Even a Saturday Night Live is bored with Biden and never mentioned him once!” one user wrote.
“What … NO president’s bashing on SNL? That’s unheard of … we tolerated the weekly bashing, impersonation, disgusting Alec Baldwin and a ton of other ignorance, derogatory President Trump … Now Biden & Harris are NEVER parodied! No skits, no impersonations..NADA! ” another wrote.
SNL cannot say anything bad about Biden. He’s a Democrat, ‘ a third user noted.
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“Why does SNL avoid the best source of comedy by giving Joe Biden a free pass?” added another user. “Poor old Joe is an endless supply of comedy.”
“I’d love to see Jim Carey play Biden again, he’s funny. Will we soon be fooling President Biden, like when SNL makes fun of Trump and other presidents while they were in office? Of the executive orders would be a funny one. to be broken! ” another person wrote.
Although Biden has only been president for a week and the show premiered only one episode in 2021, many seem convinced that “Saturday Night Live” will never mock Biden or Harris. However, the show was not shy about regularly parodying both politicians during the campaign.
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Former cast member Maya Rudolph was on hand to portray Harris during sketches on the debates, while the show tapped Jim Carrey to portray the then-candidate for president. On one of the last shows before hitting hiatus, Carrey revealed that he will no longer be playing Biden on “SNL,” handing over the position to cast member Alex Moffat.
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“Although my tenure would only last six weeks, I was thrilled to be elected as your SNL president … the highest duty of comedy,” Carrey tweeted prior to Moffat’s debut. “I’d like to move forward knowing Biden was the winner because I nailed those s … But I’m just one in a long line of proud, fighting SNL Bidens!”