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Chris Rock on Bill Clinton Playing the Race Card: ‘Sorry, Blackies!’
5:00AM Kyle Buchanan | Chris Rock famously tore into Bill Clinton last week, and judging from his appearance last night on Larry King Live, he’s not quite done yet. If you’ll recall, the two first tangled on The Late Show with David Letterman, when Clinton’s less-than-enthused support for Barack Obama was attacked by Rock, who memorably shrieked, “Hillary lost!” On Larry King last night, Rock reiterated that he likes Bill Clinton and has met him several times, but when asked whether the former president can ever be absolved for “playing the race card” during the South Carolina primary, Rock offers a defence that’s unconventional to say the least. Though, perhaps not as unlikely as his comparison of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to vanquished Dancing with the Stars contestant Kim Kardashian. Clip above. [Larry King Live] More »
Is it The Job of ‘SNL’ To Be Fair and Balanced?
3:00AM Kyle Buchanan | Saturday Night Live has a long, storied history of political satire, a reputation that was only burnished after this past Saturday’s well-received Tina Fey-as-Sarah Palin skit. The venerable comedy institution has been known to move the cultural dial with some of its depictions, whether it was the spring sketch that famously declared the media to be “in the tank” for Barack Obama or its 2000 impersonation of Al Gore as a “lockbox”-brandishing scold. Still, we’re a bit puzzled by some of the quotes from an event held Monday at the Museum of the Moving Image, where Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, and Lorne Michaels met to discuss their satirical process: More »
