I wasn't expecting much from the inevitable SNL cold opening, and that's exactly what I got.
While it wasn't as bad as I figured it would be, casting ScarJo in the part was a major mistake. Between her usual one-note acting and utter inability to capture either Britt's vocal quality or cadences or bland vacuousness, there wasn't a lot there. --Dave Sikua On Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 12:59:31 PM UTC-8 Steve Timko wrote: > I wanted to comment on Sen. Katie Britt’s response to the president’s > State of the Union address. > > I streamed her rebuttal with the sound on low. So I didn’t really hear it > live. But I glanced at it from time to time. My first reaction was, > “Putting her in a kitchen makes her look like a housewife, not a senator.” > > What really stopped me was her creepy smile. She is a successful > politician but she can’t produce a decent smile? Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis > has the same problem. > > Afterward, I heard the recap of what she said. And how she said it. The > Republicans have known for four years they would be giving the response to > the State of the Union and this is what they offer? Especially after > previous flubs by Bobby Jindal and Marco Rubio. > > It’s like someone gave her the assignment to connect with the public and > she proved herself incapable of doing that. It’s not that hard. Just speak > with genuine emotion. Not the manufactured emotion she stumbled through. > > We all know the cold open for tonight’s “Saturday Night Live.” > > There’s a lot of good rebuttals to Britt’s rebuttal, but I like this best: > > https://www.tiktok.com/@joyreidofficial/video/7344440653272698154 > > At the risk of being a complete chauvinist, Megyn Kelly is looking totally > hot. I suspect there’s some digital manipulation of her image. > > https://youtu.be/iqxURf4EiKw?si=Q4c_Jud0ceyxu4zt > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/850db813-074c-4cdd-8c4c-69b88a4d55c9n%40googlegroups.com.
