Mary
12-15-2008, 04:30 PM
PATERSON IN A BLIND RAGE OVER 'SNL' SKIT
Gov. Paterson didn't see the humor in a "Saturday Night Live" bit that mocked his blindness.
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During the "Weekend Update" segment of NBC's irreverent comedy show, actor Fred Armisen played Paterson, imitating his wandering eye, gravelly voice and blunt, self-effacing demeanor.
But Paterson and advocates for the visually impaired didn't appreciate stock blind jokes that had Armisen pretending to be disoriented and wandering aimlessly.
"I can take a joke," Paterson told reporters.
But he called the SNL spoof a "third-grade depiction of people and the way they look" that could lead others to believe that "disability goes hand-in-hand with an inability to run a government or business."
Gov. Paterson didn't see the humor in a "Saturday Night Live" bit that mocked his blindness.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12152008/photos/new0s.jpg
During the "Weekend Update" segment of NBC's irreverent comedy show, actor Fred Armisen played Paterson, imitating his wandering eye, gravelly voice and blunt, self-effacing demeanor.
But Paterson and advocates for the visually impaired didn't appreciate stock blind jokes that had Armisen pretending to be disoriented and wandering aimlessly.
"I can take a joke," Paterson told reporters.
But he called the SNL spoof a "third-grade depiction of people and the way they look" that could lead others to believe that "disability goes hand-in-hand with an inability to run a government or business."