http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/palin-hillary-open/656281/
or for a less detailed version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdDqSvJ6aHc
This clip features an impersonation of Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton. Anyone who follows the elections in America will definitely place more attention on the Sarah Palin character in the parody as most have doubts regarding her capabilities as compared to Hillary Clinton's. And if anyone does notice anything in the clip at all, Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin was one that portrayed her to be totally daft.
While the speech totally demeans Palin's perspicacity, the the physical impersonation was uncanny. Since the speech was not what we expected to hear from Palin's mouth, the only way to make the impersonation convincing would definitely be through the nonverbal aspect of the act. Tina Fey clearly spent hours in front of her (television or computer) screen, dissecting Palin to the smallest hairpin and smile.
There are several types of nonverbal communication and Tina Fey's act of impersonation focused on kinesics, paralinguistic, oculesics and physical appearance.
Kinesics is the study of body movement, which Tina Fey managed to nail perfectly by studying the emblems, illustrators, regulators and adaptors that Palin tended to make in her speeches. Most of them were accurate except for the ones Fey made when 'Hillary' finally lost her cool and started to criticise 'Palin' and Fey was there waving and smiling away serenely. Palin smiles a lot but she does not do those ridiculous rock-guitar actions.
In my opinion, the paralinguistic and physical appearance aspects of the impersonation were flawless. Those Palin-signature spectacles and hairdo made Tina Fey almost indistinguishable from Sarah Palin. Furthermore, even though the verbal aspect was 100% inaccurate, the vocal nonverbal cues were perfectly precise. Fey's in-depth study of Palin's quality of voice, vocalics and non-fluencies were so exact that it seemed as though someone just ripped out Sarah Palin's intelligence and replaced it with rotten eggs. Ok maybe not rotten eggs but you get my point.
Some may refer to this act as blasphemy to the 2 women who are supposed to create a better future to not just America but to the rest of the world as well. However, in light of the solemnity of the elections, a little laughter is just what I think we need. Hope everyone reading this will enjoy the skit as much as I do.
Can you even spot the difference between these 2 people?
Which one is Tina Fey and which one is Sarah Palin?
6 comments:
Yes! The same mob swept hairdo, red business suit, burgundy lipstick, sharp glasses and even that alaskan accent is a perfect resemblance to Sarah Palin! Physical appearance and Paralinguistic all nailed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc9mPh1idj0
watch that...
and can someone tell me how this Alaskan Retarded Moron laughed at what Tina Fey was saying when she supposedely didnt hear a thing??
Marc... like i mentioned before, you idiot...
An impersonation is comprised of THREE elements:
1)visual
2)vocal
3)demeanor/mannerisms.
Two of the three you can get without sound.
My guess is though, that you knew that.
My guess is....you simply wanted an excuse to say "Alaskan Retarded Moron"....most likely because you actually don't know anything about her person OR her politics not spewed venomously from our "pep rally for Obama" media.
But that's just a guess....I may be wrong.
Sarah, nice one. ;)
To 'i am Tina Fey', I fully agree, as I mentioned in my post, of how Fey's meticulous display of even the most intricate detail was very tasteful. It was a 10 out of 10 hit. They even look quite similar in the first place...
To Marc and Tom, I fully appreciate your comments but I forgot to tell you that this is my module assignment and I am graded for it... no more flaming! And Tom, call me 'Koh Sin' here, not Sarah... Sarah isn't in the register, remember? Then again, I must say that your contributions to the discussion is very enlightening, the 3 elements you mentioned are closely linked to the aspects which I mentioned in my post regarding what Tina Fey focused on.
If you have to flame, do it responsibly... =D
Yes... Sarah Palin tends to smile a little too much to the extent that she looks too silly to be the governor of Alaska... I guess she can't help it since she was once the beauty queen and all... occupational hazard perhaps?
Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin is indeed uncanny. And more often than not, this seemly non politcally charged comedy skit extrapolates and magnifies Palin's flaws.
Especially the few other skits that was done after this one was aired. It ruined Palin's credibility as a candidate if she herself has not done so.
One more point to add. No doubt, the master of non-verbal communication, Tina Fey could only do so much to mimic Sarah Palin. We judge a person for the first time, a rough estimate of sixty percent, based on their appearance. And Tina Fey's original appearance, as seen from the photo, is incredibly similar to that of the Republican. If not for that fact, no matter how much effort she puts in, the imitation would not have been as successful.
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