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Grayson Quay wrote at The American Conservative website:

Grayson Quay wrote at The American Conservative website:

{{Cquote|On May 8, the notoriously left-wing Vice ran an opinion piece by Harry Cheadle with the headline “‘[[Saturday Night Live|SNL]]’ Cold Opens Are Unfunny, Elitist Pieces of Liberal Propaganda.” The piece went on to lambast these political segments for consisting almost entirely of “obvious applause lines” meant to reassure the “anti-Trump crowd” that all of their “knee-jerk impulses and prejudices are correct.” This is not satire. This is preaching to the choir, or, as Cheadle puts it, “spoon-feeding the audience their own spit-up.” Satire is under no obligation to mock all sides equally, and it certainly can and should take aim at particular targets. But it cannot be allowed merely to soothe its viewers into complacency. Most anti-Trump comedy exists only to remind liberals that everybody who matters already agrees with them and that anyone who doesn’t agree is crazy... This level of smugness, which bears just as much responsibility for Trump’s rise as Trump himself, is ripe for satire.<ref>[https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-donald-trump-killed-left-wing-political-satire/ How Donald Trump Killed Left-Wing Political Satire] by Grayson Quay, The American Conservative website</ref>}}

{{Cquote|On May 8, the notoriously left-wing Vice ran an opinion piece by Harry Cheadle with the headline “‘SNL’ Cold Opens Are Unfunny, Elitist Pieces of Liberal Propaganda.” The piece went on to lambast these political segments for consisting almost entirely of “obvious applause lines” meant to reassure the “anti-[[Donald Trump|Trump]] crowd” that all of their “knee-jerk impulses and prejudices are correct.” This is not satire. This is preaching to the choir, or, as Cheadle puts it, “spoon-feeding the audience their own spit-up.” Satire is under no obligation to mock all sides equally, and it certainly can and should take aim at particular targets. But it cannot be allowed merely to soothe its viewers into complacency. Most anti-Trump comedy exists only to remind liberals that everybody who matters already agrees with them and that anyone who doesn’t agree is crazy... This level of smugness, which bears just as much responsibility for Trump’s rise as Trump himself, is ripe for satire.<ref>[https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-donald-trump-killed-left-wing-political-satire/ How Donald Trump Killed Left-Wing Political Satire] by Grayson Quay, The American Conservative website</ref>}}

== Current Cast ==

== Current Cast ==