Wednesday, May 3, 2017

You're a Joke, Mr. President

Comedy analysts have already begun to wonder how much longer Trump-Centric humor can last, before audiences tire of the densely saturated landscape of presidential jokes. It's hard to go to a stand up show without hearing at least one mention of President Tr*mp, if not many, many more. This week proved especially heavy in the amount of Trumpian-anchored content: Samantha Bee hosted her special 'Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner' which out-rated the actual White House Correspondents' Dinner.

At her Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner live taping, Samantha Bee appeared, in a way, as a stand-in for Hillary Clinton.

The actual White-House sponsored event, which Donald Trump controversially decided not to attend, was hosted by Hasan Minhaj and also received critical acclaim. Each host didn't hold back in making jabs at the President and confronted him straight on.

Also in the past week, Comedy Central premiered the new late-night talk show THE PRESIDENT SHOW, which garnered more views than the President's actual inauguration, and features comedian Anthony Atamanuik in character as President Trump, hosting his own talk show.




Despite having built quite the reputation for responding to televised satirical content via twitter-rant, the President has yet to directly comment on either Correspondent Dinner or The President Show. God Bless.
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  1. UnknownMay 3, 2017 at 2:58 AM

    I agree to an extent with Ashley. I do think that people get caught up in the joke of it all and forget that this is a real scenario and a real human making these outrageous decisions. I do, at the same time, think that all the jokes are good for coping with the reality of it all. After all, laughter is the best medicine, right? I do find it terrifyingly funny that both satirical shows received more views than their actual real-life counterparts. Quite sad really.

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