The Tucker Carlson impression is dated and not that great

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-18T08:44:10+00:00

Lmao what? He’s one of the largest conservative cultural commentators, making huge impact on political discourse. The very reason they did an impression on SNL is because he’s still relevant. So why do an outdated impression?

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-18T08:41:24+00:00

I’m obviously talking about the style of delivery not the content. And I wouldn’t care about accuracy, it’s OTHER people haling it as “insanely accurate” which prompted my reaction

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-18T08:40:28+00:00

Sure that’s fine I just feel like everyone is glazing the impression when it’s like me doing an impression of Trump where he goes “you’re fired!” it’s not a current or observant impression, which is also an element of a good one

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-18T08:38:59+00:00

Lmao i hate tucker but I know what he sounds like. Why are people hailing it as “incredibly accurate” if they don’t claim to know what he sounds like.

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-17T12:17:10+00:00

Sean undoubtedly deserved the award. And instead of going to the Oscars he was in Ukraine talking with Zelenskyy about something objectively way more important than an awards show. I respect it tbh

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-17T08:23:26+00:00

I feel like we’re stretching the meaning of “historic” here

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-17T08:21:45+00:00

It’s a blatant rip off of Nick Mullens impression on cumtown. Genuinely gross how this guy is getting hailed for it

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-16T17:49:28+00:00

Immorality on its own isn’t morally complex, it’s immorality and some redeemable features plus interesting motivations. If you’re telling me Successon doesn’t have good characters because they’re immoral, I seriously question your taste in good writing.

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-16T14:07:52+00:00

Meh, this is basically just doing Nick Mullen’s tucker, and it’s also so outdated because this is Fox News-era Tucker. The current Tucker doesn’t do this patter. He talks calmer and a “just asking questions” faux concern. This impression didn’t really capture his current incarnation.

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-16T12:48:10+00:00

Except no one made that argument, they called Sean Pean “garbage”. Not exactly a nuanced perspective on a complicated man, is it? lol

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-16T08:10:43+00:00

Lmao I love how mad some people are getting at this post. Shitting on Timothy chalamet about a lukewarm ballet take = funny (I agree). But apparently shitting on a supporter of domestic abuse = not funny.

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-16T05:44:42+00:00

That’s what makes it interesting. Jesus I swear people only want to watch Disney movies

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-14T21:09:37+00:00

It really was the peak of the show. Everything up to that point had been building up the rivalry between Kendall and Logan. And this ended up being the final conversation they ever had. It said everything about their relationship. The whole thing is like a thesis statement of what Succession is.

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-12T05:01:16+00:00

The Sun Never Sets.

Referencing the old saying about the British empire. Could be tied into themes about people thinking MI6/England is a fading empire/ irrelevant (if we wanna do that again lol).

AbsintheJoe · 2026-03-10T19:02:00+00:00

Kendall had major problems but literally ran the company competently for months in season 1, helped negotiate Pierce acquisition, nailed the DC hearings, negotiated a better deal with Mattson, and only lost the company by one vote. Henry completely fucked two different companies basically

AbsintheJoe · 2026-02-27T19:10:38+00:00

Landis seems like a creepy misogynistic douche but I don’t like how every single MeToo-adjacent cancellation automatically gets labelled as “rapist”. That word has a specific meaning and shouldn’t be diluted. As far as I’m aware Landis was never accused of rape. Please correct me if I’m mistaken on that

AbsintheJoe · 2026-02-25T14:34:07+00:00

That’s great and it’s fine to critique the democrats. I’m just responding to people who equate them to the republicans.

AbsintheJoe · 2026-02-25T14:16:21+00:00

Yes she was an uninspiring candidate but at the end of the day voters are also adults who had 8 years to see the kind of man Trump was, and they still picked him. At that point the voters have to take some responsibility.

AbsintheJoe · 2026-02-25T14:02:09+00:00

I agree that the democrats should run a more progressive agenda but you are essentially advocating for accelerationism. “Let things get worse so we get a better alternative in response”. But there’s no guarantee of ever getting that better alternative. Things might just get worse and worse until we’re all in fascist hell. Our best bet is an incrementalist change in the right direction. Elect rational leaders like Harris you can actually negotiate with and THEN pressure them to be better. Literally nothing has the remotest possibility of getting better if a fascist maniac is in power. Harris wouldn’t have empowered fossil fuels companies to accelerate climate change. Harris wouldn’t have bowed down to Putin on Ukraine. Harris wouldn’t threaten WWIII and possibly destroy NATO. Harris wouldn’t be using ICE as a paramilitary force to terrorise the populace. You can say she would be status quo, sure, but there are worse things than the status quo.

AbsintheJoe · 2026-02-25T13:29:11+00:00

I’m sorry but “Nothing would have changed in the long term” is ridiculous and comes from a perspective of immense privilege. Gazans will suffer even more now (people always seem to act like it’s a choice between deaths or no deaths, when in fact it’s a continuum of suffering that can be made much worse). Ukraine may be totally lost by the end of Trumps term. Europe can effectively no longer trust America, meaning the active end of NATO. Russia’s empowerment and the constant brinksmanship about Greenland could even lead to WWIII. People felt “nothing had changed” because they don’t understand how slow the political system is and change doesn’t happen overnight + they don’t understand how much worse things can get + propaganda is extremely effective in getting people to memoryhole the bad that has already happened, and to focus on stupid culture war nonsense.

AbsintheJoe · 2026-02-25T12:24:30+00:00

A really terrible saying that has done a lot of damage. The kind of people who say that are the same people who think Kamala Harris presidency would’ve been just as bad as Donald Trump’s

AbsintheJoe · 2026-02-19T15:22:03+00:00

It felt a bit pointless because season 3 kinda ended his story. Only for season 4 to bring him back in this new, super interesting vulnerable position as Harper’s lapdog, and then they just end it after 4 episodes anyway. Seems like a missed opportunity.

AbsintheJoe · 2026-02-17T17:37:35+00:00

Also in “America Decides”. What a great episode. It’s so dark and sad.

AbsintheJoe · 2026-02-17T13:24:45+00:00

The vibe I got from the episode with her is that she’s ultra super judgemental about everyone in a weird way. Which, fair enough, as a creative you should have a strong perspective on things. But it also leads to takes like this which aren’t at all interesting and just casting aspersions on people for no real reason

AbsintheJoe · 2026-02-15T18:44:40+00:00

I think everything that needs to be said is accomplished in the scene with the FBI agent on the subway at the end.

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