SNL, Please Hire Some More Comedians of Color
Fred Armisen can't play Michelle Obama as well
 


Saturday Night Live has been the launching pad for the careers of Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, and Tim Meadows. But for the past several seasons, the only reoccurring African-American member in the cast is Keenan Thompson. And as talented as Keenan is, he's a little too hefty to play Barack Obama.

So last January, when the cast needed an Obama impersonator to play against Amy Poehler's Hillary Clinton, they sent out a casting notice for an African-American male, but ultimately ended up putting the Lebanese Fred Armisen in black(er) face.

And now it looks like they've done it again: Cashing in on Tina Fey's resemblence to Sarah Palin, Lorne Michaels has set up another cameo for his former employee as the Alaskan governor, this time aping Palin's performance at the debates last night. But hmm…who to play the moderator, Gwen Ifill?

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