This video is what to me would be a perfect example of blurring the lines between entertainment business and politics. "The last night with Gay Lenon show" is not just a mocking of "The last night with Jay Lenon show" but also of how America 'worries' about Bin Laden. Jay Lenon's show already does this several times on his show with Bin Laden and Bush etc. but this video mocks both the show as well as the political issue of trying to find Bin Laden. It is made fun of that it "was so hard to find you Bin Laden", and how he want "world domination". These issues are to take very serious. Videos like the one above make you want to take sorts of political issues light-heartedly more and to laugh about 'ourselves' almost for fearing Bin Laden. The more we watch shows, such as Jay Lenon show, Saturday Night Live or The Connely show...we loose the seriousness of political issues. Especially among my generation I believe people are too bored almost to watch 'real' news shows anymore because we are so used to being constantly entertained. These comedy shows and videos offer us entertainment and updates us on political issues - killing two birds with one stone. The 'problem' is with this is that we tend to ignore, or not realize the blurring of political issues with entertainment no longer.
Furthermore the video above is another example of how the lines are being blurred between politics and entertainment shows. Having former president Bush on Jay Leno is a bridge that connects entertainment and politics - we have THE former president (as political as can get) on a television talk show with Jay Leno, who when he is not on the show always makes fun of Bush. The viewers that watch this could probably hardly take Bush serious for what he stands or entertainment and politics has just simply become the "same thing".
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