They don’t get the joke

What’s weird about this opening sketch from Saturday Night Live isn’t that it takes pot shots at Barack Obama’s attempts to micromanage American businesses. Nor is it weird that the dude doing the Obama impression isn’t very good. And, given that this is SNL, it’s certainly not weird that it’s not clever or funny. What’s weird is that the audience so totally didn’t get it. It’s clear from their response, which is neither enthusiastic nor hostile, that they have no idea what Obama-trait is being ridiculed. And that’s not just weird, it’s scary: