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I thought it was being ironic. That on SNL he's competent and gets stuff done. Even if those things are shady and questionnable. And as a teen who didn't know s

I thought it was being ironic. That on SNL he's competent and gets stuff done. Even if those things are shady and questionnable. And as a teen who didn't know shit about anything that's the impression it made on me. And frankly that's the point I was making. Not that Reagan was competent, but rather that Phil Hartman did a good job at portraying him as competent. If you just see the skit for what it is, Phil Hartman had a lot of dialogue to deliver with precision and skill. Especially when you compare with other performers. Fast forward to a decade later and you got Jimmy Fallon who can't utter one line without cracking up

JojoFatsani 2y ago
It was satire. The joke of the sketch was that the if the WH and their damage control campaign were being genuinely transparent, the response would have had to have been an act of sheer genius, and not the clear debacle everyone knew it was. I mean, the sketch was written by Al Franken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_12#:~:text=In%20a%20sketch%20written%20by,Guest%20appearance%20by%20Eric%20Idle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_12#....