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A robot-dancing Theresa May has been given the Saturday Night Live treatment after her political week to forget. | A robot-dancing Theresa May has been given the Saturday Night Live treatment after her political week to forget. |
The US late-night show, which often lampoons Donald Trump, turned its comedic lens on British politics for the sketch titled Happy Christmas, Britain. | |
It opens with the prime minister, played by Kate McKinnon, busting her infamous dance moves alongside four gyrating police officers, before addressing the nation with a pained grin. | |
“What a dreadful week it’s been. My Brexit deal is falling apart, I almost got voted out and no one in the world likes me at all. But it’s still Christmas, so let’s try to have some cheer tonight, shall we?” she says. | |
She introduces a high-foreheaded and relaxed-looking David Cameron, played by Matt Damon, as “the man who called for the Brexit vote – then, when it passed, he bounced and left me to clean up his mess.” | |
“You look well rested,” says May, and Cameron tells her he has just returned from a relaxing holiday in the Maldives. | |
“You know what’s funny?” he says. “People hate me, but they really hate you. Even though I did Brexit. I mean, you’ve got to laugh.” | |
The pair are then joined by Elton John, played by Aidy Bryant, who delivers a hamper of presents that all turn out to be faeces, and by Voldemort, “the one person in Britain more reviled than me”. | |
McKinnon, who has impersonated Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber and Angela Merkel on the show, spoke to the Guardian last year about her uncanny impression of May. | McKinnon, who has impersonated Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber and Angela Merkel on the show, spoke to the Guardian last year about her uncanny impression of May. |
“There’s a lot of things about her I found … endearing,” she said. “I found her cheerful, from afar. I don’t live there, so I’m not completely immersed in the nuances of the politics of the UK. But just as a speaking voice, I took delight in it.” | |
The show also sent up the US president in a sketch that spoofed It’s a Wonderful Life, imagining how the world would look had Trump not stood for election. | |
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