r/LiveFromNewYork • u/shipwrecked97 • Jan 19 '26

Discussion This isn’t funny anymore

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This administration of pure cruelty should no longer be normalized with “satire”, we are well past that point. this shit isn’t funny anymore.

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u/InnocentTailor Jan 19 '26

Eh. SNL is more minstrel and less telling truth to power, so this move wouldn’t fit with the troupe.

Expect more biting comedy from The Daily Show and South Park.

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u/deadbodydisco Jan 19 '26

It's like people are expecting SNL to completely change who they are. Their political humor has always been light hearted. They're not the leftist beacon some people must think they are. They had Trump host during his first campaign.

It'd be nice if they'd get mean and actually satirical. But what they're giving us is probably better than ignoring it.

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u/thirtythirdthrowaway Jan 19 '26

Wiki has Lorne listed as a democrat but he feels more like an 1860s democrat

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u/InnocentTailor Jan 19 '26

He’s a businessman. His political loyalty is to money and his projects.