By GottaLaff
If you want to see video of the Top Four, go here. Personally, none of them strike me as all that Obamaesque, but then I'm really picky.While Armisen handily pulled off the arduous task of poking fun at a man we'd follow off a cliff, critics agreed that his interpretation left a little something to be desired. Fred neither looks nor sounds quite like Barry.
[...] Because the rest of the political impressions on the show have been so spot on this season—Tina Fey’s Palin, Jason Sudeikis’ crazy-eyed Joe Biden—an imperfect Obama stands out. With four-years of Barack-baiting to go, it might be time for Michaels to let go of Armisen and pick a replacement. So now big question looms: Who, if anyone, will Michaels hire to match the hype surrounding Obama himself?
Currently, insiders say there are four top contenders who have auditioned for the spot and threaten to topple Armisen from his current position. [...] [Jordan Carlos, who currently plays Alan, Stephen Colbert's token "black friend." Carlos has made the circuits on Funny Or Die.com; Donald Glover, an Emmy-winning writer for his work on 30 Rock and a well-known comedian throughout New York; Wyatt Cenac, now a correspondent on The Daily Show; and Jordan Peele, known for both his work on MadTV and David Alan Grier's Chocolate News, who is the rumored favorite to play Obama.]
The trouble with finding a suitable Obama can be boiled down to this: Michaels needs to find a comedian that can not only portray our president but also play our first black president. The comic chosen has to manage a delicate balance: finding the funny in Obama’s mannerisms without alienating black viewers who might take offense. Right now, Armisen’s interpretation is acceptably mild, but doesn’t advance the conversation about Obama in the way that Fey’s Sarah Palin may have changed the race. Michaels needs to bring in fresh meat; someone to shake up water cooler talk.
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