In a new critic's notebook, TheFienPrint breaks down why Jim Carrey's Joe Biden couldn't save toothless SNL season 46 premiere
The stupid line — one I've written myself a couple of times, I'm sure — is to look at a season premiere episode and say,"That's the best they could come up with after being off the air for four months?"
So why bother carefully crafting a debate sketch when five days later, we barely even remember why we were so worked up about the debate? Just go broad and lazy, says I! Why bother crafting an approach to either Donald Trump or Joe Biden when you can just fall back on,"They're both old and unfit to lead...
Even Rock, never afraid to step on toes, took a"The system is broken, top to bottom" approach that was sometimes clever, but more often toothless. The notion that becoming president requires too few qualifications, but also that we need term limits because people spend too much time in government, is the rhetorical equivalent of a shrug emoji.
This was the show's first taping at Studio 8H since March 7. Remember when Daniel Craig was there to promote a James Bond movie that was JUST ABOUT TO PREMIERE? Man.
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