Saturday Night Live 11-17-2012 Weekend Update Skit

In an attempt to please its thousands of weekly viewers, Saturday Night Live constantly works toward one goal: to entertain the audience with satires of the events surrounding the United States and the world. The script writers of SNL are able to do this through their Weekend Update skit, a satire on new broadcast stations and their display of information from a distorted lens. Through the host Seth Meyers, hilarious truths are uncovered in the current events that circulate in our daily news. An example of this is seen in this week's skit, the first episode since the revelation of former CIA director David Petraeus's affair. SNL takes advantage of this news to dissect the events from recent days regarding the affair and create an entertaining product for its audience by putting a humorous twist on the situation. In fact, the skit displays cause and effect in Seth Meyers's assumption that if the director of the CIA can't get away with this kind of relationship, no one can. Chris Christie's appearance is effective in satirizing the public as well, as they make fun of Christie's favorite fleece and his handling of Hurricane Sandy. By revealing all of these satires of political figures through an edgy perspective, especially after the recent election, SNL achieves its goal in entertaining the audience with the hilarious Weekend Update skit.