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Trump/Biden: "Saturday Night Live"


 



It's not news that Cecily Strong did great work as Melissa Carone on SNL over the weekend. And it's not surprising; Strong has been an Emmy nominee for her SNL artistry, and she was marked for special praise in Colin Jost's memoir over the summer.


(Strong was briefly a Weekend Update cohost, before the producers committed to Jost/Che.)


Strong's singular gift is for the cheerfully oblivious/ clueless. She has been on Weekend Update as the person you instantly recognize from your memories of awkward parties--the person who routinely interrupts her own boring story to check her cell phone, or makes puzzling announcements with conviction ("Reverse racism is EVEN WORSE"), or does tricks with syntax that can make your head spin ("There are people in Africa right now where it's like.....NO").


Melissa Carone was a skit waiting to happen. My favorite moments:


*"I'm telling my story, and only my story. I signed an After David. I signed in. After. David."

*"Hundreds, if not thousands, of dead people voted. I saw them walking in. Did you talk to them? Did you talk to the dead people?"

*"I have been threatened....My children have been threatened....My children have threatened me....And I have threatened them RIGHT BACK...."


So inspiring. I'd love to see Strong win an Emmy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGsQES_OdrQ

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