SNL has drawn criticism from sitting Governor of NY Paterson after this SNL News skit (and a follow-up), which by the way are very funny. The question is did SNL go for cheap laughs by mocking the Governors disability? Note, I find the running gag of the Governor detesting New Jersey hilarious. And while I found SNL did make fun of the Governor's blindness he also came off as shrewd and capable of his office. So you can decide for yourself, did SNL take it too far?
In fairness to SNL, they have been mocking blind people since the days of Eddie Murphy when he poked fun at Stevie Wonder ...which by the way riled Stevie up too.
As expected, there is piling on. The National Federation of the Blind says it considers NBC's "Saturday Night Live" skit making fun of New York Gov. David Paterson an attack on all blind Americans.
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