She's no Tina Fey

Although I have a fine regard for Sarah Palin, I am a bit disappointed that she is exploiting her uncanny resemblance to Tina Fey.

I guess I can't blame her. Tina Fey is greatly respected in show business for both her talent and her beauty. I would imagine it would help the upstart actress's image to piggyback on someone of such high regard.

After all, Sarah Palin's acting experience has been limited to small town venues and, more recently, regional and state performances. She was a Miss America candidate, so she did have some limited national exposure. She has virtually no experience on the international stage, however, though her supporters say that she can see a Russian troupe perform from where she lives.

All in all, it would also help if she would study Fey's technique.

Audiences that have seen Ms Palin's act sometimes feel that she is not delivering the script with quite the polish of a veteran perfomer. For that reason, it would serve the governor well to learn from an accomplished actress like Tina Fey. For example, Ms Palin needs to learn to better fake an appearance of sincerety when she delivers her more unbelievable lines, intended to invoke emotion--particularly fear--in her audiences.

It would seem that Palin's skills most resemble Fey's in her ability to make people laugh by pretending to be something they are not. Clearly, Sarah Palin has a special knack for that form of humor.

It is clear that Palin was thrust on the national stage before she was able to completely hone her comedic skills. Even though her handlers are proceding with caution and being very selective with the parts they give her, she still sometimes muffs her lines and often lacks verisimilitude.

In spite of her physical resemblance, unfortunately, Palin's appearance on Saturday Night Live proved that she's no Tina Fey.