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Since No Other Black Comediennes Exist, 'SNL' Hopes to Lure Back Maya Rudolph For Michelle Obama [Black Holes]
Posted on September 11, 2008
A while ago, not long after after Barack Obama won the Iowa caucus, NPR put forth a story asking, Is America Post-Racial? Probably not, we thought to ourselves, otherwise America's premiere sketch comedy show would actually have this famously black presidential candidate played by, y'know, a black guy and not Fred Armisen. Now, Saturday Night Live has reminded us of that musing once again, because TV Guide reports that instead of adding a black actress to its troupe to play Michelle Obama, the show would rather entice former cast member Maya Rudolph to return. An excerpt, with new detail...
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