When do impressions stop being funny and start being mean?
After British actress Aimee Lou Wood called a Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch that impersonated her using exaggerated prosthetic teeth “mean and unfunny,” impressionists have told BBC News how they tread the line between being funny and offensive.
It all began with five minutes on NBC last Saturday night.
Titled The White Potus – a spin on hit HBO dark comedy The White Lotus – an SNL sketch depicted US president Donald Trump, his family and top team spending time at a fictional tropical hotel.
After jokes showing Eric Trump blending a gold Rolex watch and Ivanka Trump rejecting a spiritual call to give up material wealth, Wood’s White Lotus character Chelsea is portrayed by cast member Sarah Sherman using a pronounced accent and large teeth.
In response to a comment made by a character playing US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, she asks: “Fluoride? What’s that?”
Source: BBC | Language: English