Considering Walkers dropout in the 2016 presidential election, his name is not showing up
much in the news and media nearly as much as it had been before. However, it is still easy to find current and past information about Walker if you find the right news source or search the web. Looking at Walker in the media and in todays pop culture, I can honestly say I feel like he was a candidate that was very easy to poke fun at, especially for those who were not in favor of him. Exhibit A:
But then again, that is the case for almost all of the candidates. There is always somebody who is going to make a joke. These jokes turn into entertainment and the American people love them (for the most part).
I found a video clip of Scott Walker being made fun of on the popular show Saturday Night Live or better known as SNL. SNL is known for poking fun at a variety of different people who are popular in the media, politicians being one of their most common topics. In many cases, the actors on SNL will actually act out scenes and portray a specific person. This clip is unique because they are simply just making fun of Scott Walker using real clips from his speeches and his now infamous Khol’s story:
This clip shows Walker talking about the exact same scenario, wording the story the exact same way on four different occasions. How the clip was put tother was hilarious and shows the viewers that Walker is literally repeating himself again and again. I don’t think that this is particularly good for Walker’s image. It shows that he is repetitive and it also shows that a story he deems as important is comical to the American people. That being said I think this clip pushes back at his strong image he wished to portray and flat out makes fun of it. I do not however think that this clip changes Walkers image as much as it just pokes fun at his image.
This next clip portrays Walker on The Colbert Report, another comical show very similar to SNL. In this clip, I believe his image is definitely portrayed in a negative way, but through a comical approach.
This clip had a much larger negative impact on me versus the first clip. Walker was trying to make a point and make it known that he is accepting to the Jewish religion, but most importantly he did not make a point of making sure he knew what he was talking about. He instead made the mistake and closed his statement with, “Thank you again and Molotov” where he should have said, “Thank you again and Mazel Tov”. Although he did not mean to say molotov he should have made sure he had his words correct. Throughout this clip Colbert mocks him by butchering several different words such as calling Hanukkah, hannu-kunna-matata. As a whole, I think that this clip is a huge embarrassment to Scott Walker.
I think this is interesting that when making fun of him they use his real stuff. I think that would be very effective in making him look stupid, do you?
ReplyDeleteI also agree that using real content especially when he may have made some "dumb" comments. I do like how you stated that most people may not like his stance but he has some good points to be made.
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