Alec Baldwin played displayed his considerable skills as an actor comedian on SNL last night: playing both Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly (noting the sexual harassment scandals swirling around O’Reilly) and President Donald Trump. It’ll be a segment that’ll go viral due to the political humor and caricatures, but it is also fascinating to study it as an actor displaying his incredible work in studying each person and capturing the essence (aided by great writing — and great make up). Watch it for all of these elements:
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.