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1. Gonna confess my unpopular opinion here: Alec Baldwin's impression of Trump has nothing interesting or cutting about it and the writing of these sketches is weak. Now let's compare to previous ones...
2. Will Ferrell captured something important about GW Bush: He wasn't just a dumb guy, but a dumb guy trying to sound smart who thought he was totally killing it.
3. Darrell Hammond captured Bill Clinton's joy, the fact that he wasn't just a con artist but someone who loved every minute of the con, who took pleasure in winning you over.
4. SNL never did Obama well. He was so controlled he was hard to parody, which is why only Key & Peele cracked it by creating an entirely separate character to portray his inner anger.
5. The good impressions have something in common: They get underneath the surface mockery to find an extra layer that reveals something important. Baldwin hasn't gotten anywhere near that. /end
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