Sarah Sherman, Our Socialist at SNL
We spoke to Saturday Night Live’s Sarah Sherman about doing body horror at a time of real horrors, the hope at the heart of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty, and her emergence as a top local canvasser for Bernie Sanders’s last presidential run.
Sarah Sherman brings Bernie-era politics into a moment defined by ICE raids, massive inequality, and creeping authoritarianism. (Todd Owyoung / NBC / Getty Images)
“I’m very sensitive. I’m afraid of seeing the video,” Sarah Sherman tells me in the days after federal agents killed a second protester in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sherman, a stand-up comedian whose over-the-top body horror under the stage name Sarah Squirm has earned her a spot in the cast of Saturday Night Live (SNL) and, recently, […]
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