Cold Open: State of the Union
CNN covers Biden’s address and Republican senator Katie Britt’s response to it.
• It still feels so wrong seeing Mikey as Biden. Now that I know in hindsight that even this casting choice won’t last, I hate it even more.
• By this point, it has become obvious that Punkie will not be coming back next season. Witness her pointless silent appearance in this cold open!
• Biden hoping that Kamala didn’t skip “Leg Day” is the type of shit I hate in these presidential pieces where they try to have the President come off as “hip” by referencing modern slang, even though he would never do that in real life.
• Heidi’s brief appearance as Marjorie Taylor-Greene was unnecessary, unfunny, and just plain stupid.
• I see we’re back to casting random celebrities as politicians that the writers don’t like. This time, it’s Scarlett Johansson as some senator named Katie Britt. Why is this necessary? Who is this for?
• Couldn’t they have cast somebody who’s actually on the show to play this woman? Chloe Troast really needs some airtime, why not let her do that? Then again, the last time she did a political impression was that in that horrid Elise Stefanik sketch, so maybe they didn’t want her to face all of that backlash again?
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