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Political Impersonations on Saturday Night Live during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

2017; European Association for American Studies; Volume: 12; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4000/ejas.12153

ISSN

1991-9336

Autores

Outi Hakola,

Tópico(s)

Rhetoric and Communication Studies

Resumo

The sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live is known for political impersonations. During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, these impersonations were widely followed and debated, and it can be argued that they had an influence on public and political discussions about the election. This article analyzes how Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were impersonated, interpreted, and reframed on Saturday Night Live.

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