Sunday, September 7, 2008

My Burning Question About Sarah Palin...

Which of the Saturday Night Live chicks will play her? As of a few days ago, producers still had not officially picked their player. I know there's a lot of buzz in the media about what a Tina Fey look-alike Palin is (because she has dark hair and glasses, I guess -- beyond that, I don't really see it). But the problem with this is that Tina Fey is no longer on SNL. Aside from the occasional hosting gig or cameo appearance, they're going to need to appoint one of their regulars: Kristen Wiig, Amy Poehler, or Casey Wilson.

I don't think Poehler has the look or the voice to pull off the impression, but she could surprise us. And though Wiig is incredibly talented (her Suze Orman is spot-on, and I love her in the "Two A-Holes" sketches), she's also incredibly overused. I haven't been impressed with what I've seen of Casey Wilson so far (her Rachael Ray is dreadful; and the only other sketch I can recall her in was the hammy, neverending Quadraplegic Stripper). However, I think Casey might prove to be the best choice for the role.



(Palin and Wilson)


It's quite hard to find videos of Casey online (I was only able to scrounge up this one) but I really think she has the look and the voice to bring Palin to life for our amusement. What do you think?

3 comments:

Drizzly said...

I think Sarah Palin looks like Tina Fey and the chick from the movie Doc Hollywood had a baby. If they could get her ( do not know her name right now), she could do a guest spot on Palin LOL.

What a cute angle to take on the race,, Politics according to SNL ,, I LOVE IT !!

Have you seen that spoof video called I PICKED A GIRL? Making fun of McCain to that new song I kissed a girl? The gal they got for that does not really look like her, but close enough for a spoof video I guess.

Mystery Man said...

hmmm...that is quite the intersting dilemma. what wll they do? but i don't think they've really locked anyine diown for Obama yet, either, so maybe trhey cna just experiment. It'll be intersting to see what they decide to do.

Identity Crisis Girl said...

Drizzly: You mean Julie Warner? Heh! Maybe!
And I had to hunt down the spoof video. Is this it? Pretty funny. The woman's not a bad choice. I've seen some worse YouTube impressions!


Mystery Man: It was crazy how they couldn't figure out what to do for Obama. Armisen is okay, but I was really looking forward to seeing Seth Meyers' take on him -- I'd read in Entertainment Weekly last year that Seth was really anxious to do it -- I was disappointed to have never seen it (unless he did it behind my back).

 
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