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Laughing Matters.(Saturday Night Live)(Television program review)

The New Yorker

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"Saturday Night Live" got a gift from Senator John McCain on August 29th, when he selected as his running mate Governor Sarah Palin: she looked like a Tina Fey character come to life. Sure enough, the show's thirty-fourth-season premiere, on September 13th, began with Fey, a former cast member, as Palin, and Amy Poehler, a current cast member, as Senator Hillary Clinton. Together, they delivered not quite congruent denunciations of campaign sexism. (Fey's Palin was blithe but not unkind. "Just look at how far we've come," she said, really meaning it. "Hillary Clinton, who came so close to the White House--and me, Sarah Palin, who is even closer! Can you believe it, ...

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