I didn’t bother with SNL so I can’t comment on that. Regarding the Sen Britt response speech:
1. Doing the response to the SOTU is like hosting the Golden Globes. You’re gonna get roasted no matter how well you do. I’m guessing people aren’t lining up to do it. 2. The SOTU response is a good opportunity for someone in the party with a low profile to get in front of a national audience. So the speaker needs to be someone who has leadership ambitions, but not so much that they overshadow Trump as they’ll get marginalized for it. 3. The current GOP platform is whatever Trump wants and nobody wants to get ahead of him so the response speech isn’t going to be about policy or planks from previous GOP platforms. All that’s left are MAGA vibes. 4. Putting Sen. Britt in a kitchen and talking like a housewife rather than a legislator is deliberate. Amanda Marcotte explains it better than I ever could: https://www.salon.com/2024/03/09/biden-said-oppose-womens-rights--katie-britts-tradwife-response-proved-him-right/ Having seen Adam Kinzinger on talk shows, I think he would have been ideal for the SOTU response. But today’s GOP let it be known there’s no room for him there. On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 5:56 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/850db813-074c-4cdd-8c4c-69b88a4d55c9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAJE-FiFZYVyoZT2r6nYEWJvrKfWb%2Bg%3DyDUuXhUQ7MUoXJ_Np3Q%40mail.gmail.com.
