Saturday Night Live's Answer to Not Having a Fitting Black Guy to Play Barack Obama

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Is cast member Fred Armisen in borderline-blackface. [SH]

Feb 25, 2008 · posted by david · Link · 4 Responses
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    No. 1 Cha Cha Walters says:

    Since Obama is half white, I guess they have to get someone who is mixed to play him?

    Posted: Feb 25, 2008 at 5:30 pm
    No. 2 nina says:

    HELLO DOPEY JOSSIP PERSON,

    NEWSFLASH- OBAMA IS BIRACIAL, MIXED RACE, HALF-WHITE AND HALF-BLACK JUST LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WHAT PART OF THAT DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?

    Posted: Feb 25, 2008 at 8:08 pm
    No. 3 dee dee says:

    Well, Nina, how come his whole campaign is aimed at "people of color", those poor oppressed Harvard educated people like his wife who constantly play the race card to move ahead. He was raised by white grandparents but he's preaching to the choir when he campaigns, it's like a revival meeting. If he's both why doesn't he address both sides and why is he off limits, nobody will take him on for any reason, on the View yesterday Whoopi said Hillary "has to be careful" about what she says or it might be taken out of context. Why can't she say what she wants, she is taking bullets left and right.

    Posted: Feb 26, 2008 at 1:35 pm
    No. 4 Apple says:

    Any Amy Pohler's only in her 30's and she's playing someone in her 60's. Can't they find old actors at SNL? It's ageist.

    Posted: Feb 26, 2008 at 4:13 pm
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