In commercial breaks swollen with ominous attack ads, the country teeters on the brink: Liberal Kamala Harris lets killers go free, and Donald Trump is handing out tax breaks for his billionaire pals.
At its most powerful, SNL's political comedy can define a public figure for the ages, with Will Ferrell's George W. Bush and Tina Fey's Sarah Palin feeling more present than their real-life counterparts.
SNL's approach has always been to downplay political comedy in favor of the comedy of politics, focusing on the gamesmanship of the campaign trail.
The famous debate sketch of Darrell Hammond's Gore amplified the idea of him as a humorless technocrat, showing how SNL shapes public perception even if indirectly.
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