Part of what’s so remarkable about Tina Fey’s justly celebrated portrayal of Sarah Palin is that her “parody” is really just spot-on, mimetic acting. It’s funny when it’s on SNL, but it should be terrifying when the actual VP candidate, in her own words, is nearly indistinguishable from those who are mocking her.
How do you parody something that’s already over-the-top absurd? How can you satirize a situation simultaneously this ludicrous and this alarming?
Consider this clip, in which CNN’s Wolf Blitzer points out that one of the best moments in the SNL sketch was actually taken verbatim from Palin’s disastrous interview with Katie Couric (embedded below):
The overall effect is like watching your friends put on a show in their basement, only your friends are the smartest people you’ve ever met, and they have access to some really cool technology, boundless energy, impressive discipline, a lot of time to rehearse, and memories of some pretty good drugs.
Radiohole has been around for ten years now. After a decade spent collecting awards, grants, and fellowships, traveling to festivals around the world, playing to packed houses, and receiving glowing (if sometimes perplexed) reviews, the question must be asked: for how much longer can they be considered the enfants terribles of New York’s avant-garde theater? Can icons be iconoclasts? Can stalwarts still be rebels?
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