I have to say Im a little star-struck.
I love you as Aunt Lydia in
The Handmaids Tale
.
Mike Pence, if you havent seen it, you would love it.
Its shirts and skins, and this time dont be such a little bitch, Jim Acosta!
I actually really like Sarah.
I think shes very resourceful.
She burns facts, and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smoky eye.
Like maybe shes born with it, maybe its lies.
And Im never really sure what to call Sarah Huckabee Sanders, you know?
Like, whats Uncle Tom but for white women who disappoint other white women?
Oh, I know.
There is literally nothing here mocking the Sanders appearance.
But lets imagine, for a moment, that Michelle Wolfdidgo too far.
First off, what issupposedto happen at a roast?
The roasts on Comedy Central, she points out, showcase the comics making fun of each other.
Id say Wolf is managing pretty well:
The Trumpers seem pretty butt-hurt for a joke about eye shadow.
So how do you know if your jokes are working?
When Villepique worked on political comedy at Second City, we knew something landed when someone laughed.
When we shined a light on something in the right way, the laughs told us.
If her jokeshadfocused on a womans looksas Trumps often haveno one would be laughing.
When we went too dark, we wouldnt get laughswed get groans or boos.
How do you know your joke has gone too far?
Whens theres silence, says Villepique.
Id rather have boos or groans than silence.
Silence is a disconnect.
The role of the comic is speaking truth to power.
You know youve done the job when youve said something thats both true and profoundandpeople are laughing.
The comics role is to ring a bell and tell the truth, says Villepique.
I think the truth is so awful right now that her speaking it shook people.
