salon: Horatio Sanz warned us about #SNL's "conservative bullsh*t"
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Horatio Sanzs brutal SNL takedown: The show has too much conservative bullsh*t and might have helped George W. Bush win the presidency
The "SNL" comedian speaks candidly about how the show has lost its way politically
After parting ways with SNL in 2006, comedian Horatio Sanz is ready to speak candidly about some of the shows deep political flaws. (This time, without the risk of showrunner Lorne Michaels sending him to time-out.)
In SNLs unaffiliated tell-all book Live From New York from 2014, Sanz did just that. And again, in a recent interview with ESPNs Bill Simmons, he opened up about how the show has lost its way in its quest to be popular. The comedian told Simmons that, the message of the show has become less about these leftist politics and more about being popular. ...
Sanz also singled out one particular SNL sketch Kristen Wiigs cold opening as Nancy Pelosi which he felt epitomized the shows weak political commentary. Referring to veteran writer Jim Downeys (the Karl Rove of SNL) choice to include two men in S&M outfits (because you know! San Fran), Sanz said: Thats what you get out of that story? That everyone in San Francisco is so weird that theyre wearing fucking leather and whipping each other. ...
http://www.salon.com/2015/03/20/horatio_sanz_brutal_snl_takedown_the_show_has_too_much_conservative_bullsht_%E2%80%94_and_might_have_helped_george_w_bush_win_the_presidency/