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    The uncanny catharsis of Saturday Night Live

    by Daniel D’Addario Feb 18, 2017 2 minutes
    McCarthy’s Spicer, an irate pitchman, praised his Ivanka Trump–brand heels to SNL viewers

    EVEN BEFORE HIS INAUGURATION in January, President Trump faced sustained criticism from predictable quarters, including celebrities like Meryl Streep, commentariat on both the left and the right, groups of protesters around the world and the news media.

    Yet in a turn fittingly strange for our times, the most stinging critique of the new Administration has come from NBC’s Saturday Night Live. The show is in its 42nd season, and

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