People Want Maya Rudolph to Play Kamala Harris on TV Again

July 22nd, 2024

Maya Rudolph is a famous actor. She was on a show called "Saturday Night Live." People want her to play Kamala Harris again. Maya played Kamala in 2019. She won an award for it. Maya has also been in other TV shows. People are talking about Maya because Joe Biden said he will not run for president again. They want Maya to be Kamala on TV. "Saturday Night Live" has had many actors play presidents. The show will be back on TV on September 28. People are waiting to see if Maya will be on it. Lots of actors have played presidents on "Saturday Night Live." There have been funny sketches about presidents like Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. Actors also played George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. Dwayne Johnson was "The Rock Obama." Donald Trump has been played by different actors too. Actors have played Joe Biden. Tina Fey was Sarah Palin and Kate McKinnon was Hillary Clinton. Maya is busy, but people hope she comes back to play Kamala Harris.

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💭 Discussion Questions

. What TV show was Maya Rudolph on?

. Who do people want Maya to play on TV?

. When will 'Saturday Night Live' be back on TV?

📖 Vocabulary

🌐 Cultural context

Maya Rudolph is an entertainer in the United States. "Saturday Night Live" is a popular American comedy TV show. Kamala Harris is a politician in the U.S. The show often makes jokes about U.S. leaders.

🧠 Further reading

Political satire

People have made funny jokes about politics for a long time. These jokes are called political satire. They make fun of leaders and ideas, but don't always want to change things. Political satire is different from protests. Protests want to change things, but satire just wants to make people laugh. It makes fun of leaders and their mistakes. Sometimes, it can make people think differently about these leaders. A long time ago, in places like Greece and Rome, people also made jokes about politics. A man named Aristophanes was one of the first to do it. He made fun of big leaders and even made jokes about gods. Satire was important because sometimes people could not talk freely about politics. Making jokes was a secret way to share what they thought. These funny stories could change what people thought about leaders and their ideas. Even today, we watch shows that make fun of politics. It helps us laugh and think about things in a different way.

Saturday Night Live

"Saturday Night Live" is a funny show on TV in America. It started a long time ago, on October 11, 1975. Every week, someone famous comes to tell jokes and act in funny little plays. They also invite a singer or band to play music. The show likes to make fun of things that happen in America and the people who lead the country. It starts with a funny play about news and ends with someone saying, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" The man who made the show is named Lorne Michaels. He left in 1980 but came back in 1985 and is still leading the show. Many people who act in this show become very famous. The show has been on TV for a very long time and many people in other countries watch shows like it. It has had almost 1000 episodes and is now in its 49th season. The funny little plays on the show are so loved that they sometimes make them into movies.

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy is a famous American man. He is funny and he is also an actor and a singer. People really like him. Eddie has won some big awards and was in a special funny show on TV. He started to be very famous in the 1980s because he was in some movies. People loved him in films about a police officer and a movie where he played many people. Eddie also does voices for cartoon characters. He did the voice for a dragon, a funny man in a TV show, and a talking donkey in a movie. Eddie was in some movies that people did not like. But later, he was in more movies that people liked again. He got a big award for being funny in the TV show he started in. His movies made lots of money. Eddie is still working and making people happy.