Playing for laughs when the agenda is so horrifying and has such direct human fallout (e.g. mass deportations) isn't something I will want to watch this season.
chiming in having not yet listened to the podcast but - my hope is that they focus on being funny bc it’s a sketch comedy show and think weekend update does do that (to varying degrees of success).
They in this case is mostly just me, but do point out that one of the few bright spots of the last week is my teenager’s obsession with the Domingo sketch.
not to give away the podcast, but I think they need to be clear about what they satirize well, which is not really political figures but the culture around them (they have said far more insightful things about white liberals than about Trump)
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Satire is more important now than ever.