SNL's portrayal of Mike Pence as a closeted gay men is hacky comedy writing

The Advocate

"The joke that Mike Pence or any other anti-LGBTQ person is a closeted homosexual is hacky, lazy comedy that only comes from the mind of a lazy, hacky, unoriginal comedy writer," says Amanda Kerri, specifically referring to the season finale's cold open. "Yes, this includes you, mister hot shot SNL cast and writers. You’re doing hack comedy, and that’s why your show objectively sucks these days. I mean, sure, Colin Jost and Michael Che, as head writers, spend their time alternating between the kind of jokes only the Harvard rowing team finds funny and the jokes that only Ricky Gervais would smile at, but playing Pence as a closeted camp gay who gets progressively gayer in his excitement and lust for Trump, all set to a Queen song? Well, Christ, that’s what you would expect from an Akron, Ohio, improv troupe … or class. That someone bought with a Groupon."