People Want Maya Rudolph to Play Kamala Harris on TV Again

July 22nd, 2024

Maya Rudolph is an actress who used to be on a TV show called "Saturday Night Live" or "SNL". She has played Kamala Harris, the Vice President of the United States, on "SNL". People are talking about if she will play Kamala Harris on the show again. Maya Rudolph has done well in acting. She got four Emmy nominations for acting on "Loot," "Big Mouth," and "SNTV". She acted as Kamala Harris on "SNL" in 2019 and in 2020 during the election. She won an Emmy for playing Kamala Harris in 2019. In the show, she called Harris "America's cool aunt" or "funt". People want Maya Rudolph to come back after President Joe Biden said he would not run for President again. They think Kamala Harris will try to be President. The TV show "SNL" will have a new season starting on September 28. No one knows if Maya Rudolph will return to play Kamala Harris. The TV show is taking a break and has not talked about it. Many actors have played U.S. Presidents and politicians on "SNL". Chevy Chase played President Gerald Ford, and Dan Aykroyd played President Jimmy Carter. Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey, and others have also played Presidents like Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. President Barack Obama was played by Jay Pharoah and Fred Armisen, and several actors have played President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden was played by Jason Sudeikis, Jim Carrey, and James Austin Johnson. Tina Fey played Sarah Palin and Kate McKinnon played Hillary Clinton.

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💭 Discussion Questions

. Who is Maya Rudolph and what TV show did she use to be on?

. What character did Maya Rudolph play on 'Saturday Night Live' that people are talking about?

. Which actors have played U.S. Presidents and politicians on 'SNL'?

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🌐 Cultural context

"Saturday Night Live" (SNL) is a popular American comedy TV show that often parodies politicians. Maya Rudolph, an actress from the US, is known for impersonating public figures on the show. Kamala Harris is the Vice President of the United States. SNL has a tradition of actors mimicking presidents and politicians.

🧠 Further reading

Spin (propaganda)

Some people who work in public relations and politics try to change the way we see events or information. This is called "spin." They sometimes tell the stories in a way that makes people or organizations look better than they really are. Spin can be tricky and sometimes not very honest. There is a place called a "spin room" where news people talk about government announcements. Here, experts might use special words or ideas to make a story sound different, so people think about it in a new way. If something bad happens to a company, these experts might make it look like it's not so bad or that other companies have the same problem. They use special phrases to change what we think about it. People who are very good at spin are sometimes called "spin doctors." Large companies pay these experts to help them with their image, but some politicians also use spin to make their ideas look better. Spin can also mean hiding bad news by sharing it when they think not many people will notice. Spin is used in both business and politics to change the way people think about different things.

Political satire

Political satire is a special way of making fun of politics to entertain people. It can be used when people are not allowed to talk freely about politics. Political satire is different from protesting because it doesn't always try to change things. Most of the time, it just wants to make people laugh. Even though political satire is mostly for fun, it can make people think about political ideas. Sometimes it jokes about political leaders or groups in a big way. This can make them look silly and change how people think about them. Long ago, people already made political jokes. Anywhere there was a government or different social groups, there was satire. For example, a very old satire was by a man named Aristophanes who made fun of important politicians and even religion. Throughout history, many others have used satire to talk about politics in a clever way. In places where people could not speak freely about politics, they often used satire to say what they thought without getting in trouble. Long time ago in Athens, where there was democracy, satire was very important to what people thought about politics. People have enjoyed political satire from ancient times to today. It helps them think about politics and have a laugh at the same time.

Saturday Night Live season 30

The TV show "Saturday Night Live" had its 30th series on TV from October 2004 to May 2005. It is a funny show with short plays and jokes. During this series, a singer named Ashlee Simpson made a mistake while trying to sing without really singing. The show also had many funny parts about the American President election that happened in 2004. A funny man named Jimmy Fallon left the show. He was with the show for six years. After he left, Fred Armisen got a bigger part. Finesse Mitchell and Kenan Thompson were still on the show but not in big parts. New funny people joined the show, too. One new man was Rob Riggle. He was good at making things up on stage and he was also in the U.S. Marines before. He was the first person from the Marines to be on the show. Jason Sudeikis, who used to write for the show, also became part of the funny team for a little while. When Jimmy Fallon left, a lady named Amy Poehler started working with another lady named Tina Fey. They told jokes together on part of the show called "Weekend Update." They were the first two women to do that together. At the end of the series, Jason Sudeikis stopped writing so he could be in front of the camera more. This was all about the 30th series of "Saturday Night Live."