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Is it me – or is Tina Fey getting funnier and funnier? Not only does she look like Sarah Palin and have her mannerisms and speech down pat, but her performance is still subtle, which makes it that much more hilarious. See for yourself.
Now to compare just how much she nailed the interview, check out the original Katie Couric / Sarah Palin interview that CBS ran earlier this week.
Sarah Palin gave a great political speech last night. In it, she was feisty, charming, funny, open, and confident. As a convention speech, where the murmur behind the scenes was about whether she was ready for the national spotlight, I think she proved that she can more than hold her own. As a political speech, in execution, it was a home run. The problem I have is that I also found her speech to be smug, condescending, and containing what I’ve now learned is referred to as “intellectual dishonesty”, basically making something you say you’d support in one breath, sound like something you don’t in the other. (To read more about that idea, see Tom Hall’s IndieWire post - I do agree with the points he makes, but like many bloggers, he lets his anger veer him towards making statements that I don’t think are wholly fair. His points about the absurdity of calling Obama an elitist, however, are dead on!)
These are the things that I love about YouTube and the internet nowadays. Years ago, this type of material would’ve never really seen the light of day unless you saw it live. The commentators thought their mikes were turned off – but of course they weren’t. And so, the viewer was able to hear what they really thought about McCain’s choice of Palin as a running mate. And maybe it’s a bit of an insight into why the media has spent time on this – because in a way, aren’t they just voicing what a lot of people are thinking? Not believing whole-heartedly. But at least thinking, or questioning? And isn’t that part of the responsibility of the media – to reflect the conversation going on in America? When done admirably, the media’s role is to ask the questions we the American people would want to ask if we were there. I haven’t spoken to anyone, Democrat, Republican, or otherwise, who isn’t at least acknowledging the surprise choice, and some of the motives behind it. Even if you love Sarah Palin (and even myself, I find her to be terribly interesting, amusing, fun, competent, and formidable – even if I don’t agree with her politics) – you still have questions? The media is getting a lot of bashing in the past few days from the Republican right – who are saying they’re being too hard – sexist even – in their coverage of Palin. But as I suspect, what we’re seeing is just a measured level of what most of them are thinking. And this clip demonstrates that suspicion. Oh, and remember – these are Republican pundits speaking here – not liberal-leaning left-wing supposed media elitists.
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Michael is a film & TV producer, casting director, teacher, and actor, who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
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