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There's been a lot of controversy recently in the country that some have ironically dubbed "the United States of America", over the antics of a group of typically unwashed and pretentious arty types known as "Saturday Night Live".
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As Saturday Night Live parodied Donald Trump's love of Twitter, the President-elect was already tweeting his disapproval of the skit.
A man called Alec Baldwin, hitherto best known for shouting at his daughter and fighting a bear once, has been donning heavy makeup and an absurd wig in what can only be described as a gratuitously cruel "spoof" of US President-elect Donald Trump.
Why do actors do this? What is it about the thespian mindset that makes them so insecure they need to ridicule their betters? Is it because they are constantly being reminded of the fact that they lack the ability or work ethic to achieve anything worthwhile in life, so are mired in the futile business of putting on silly voices and playing dress-ups as a way to distract from their own glaring inadequacy?
I can only assume so. But though we might feel genuinely sorry for actors, doomed as they are to a life of fully justified self-loathing, there can be no excuse for disrespect.
Particularly for someone who has recently been elected president of an entire country, an achievement that requires enormous amounts of drive and determination and money.
Alec Baldwin has made a "uge'' impression with his impersonation of Donald Trump. Photo: Supplied
But that's the way comedy is going, apparently: where once we were entertained by genuinely humorous and good-natured concepts like the differences between men and women or the consequences of stepping on rakes, now we can't laugh unless decent, hard-working humanitarians like Donald Trump are viciously mocked for their commitment to public service.
In a just world, slanderous impersonations would be banned by law. As it is, we'll just have to fall back on common decency, and boycott any show that undermines the social fabric by bullying those who hold it together.
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