Cecily Strong Informative Speech

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Cecily Strong is a comedian of the famous and popular show Saturday Night Live on NBC. She often works with her coworkers to made fun of what happening in the world. As a comedian, many of her jokes fall into the category of dry sarcasm. So, it is important to take that into consideration when watching the speeches she gives. In in April of 2015, she gave a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner at the Washington Hilton. The comedic speeches at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner allows people to criticize high ranking politicians, mainly the president, in a way that draws attention to what needs to be taken care of and what needs to stop which is what makes it both a persuasive and informative speech. While she is bring …show more content…

That's not my job I mean, can you even imagine?”(“Cecily Strong Complete Remarks at 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner”) This remark is criticizing the Supreme Court’s decision to let the lower court deal with the Notre Dame birth-control case where Notre Dame, a Catholic university, did not want to cover contraception with their health plans for employees. Obviously Cecily Strong believes that a women should be able to decide for herself whether or not to use contraceptives, not the government or the people she works …show more content…

I don’t want to be too hard on those guys. You know, because they’re the only law enforcement agency that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot.”(“Cecily Strong Complete Remarks at 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner”) Police brutality is an ongoing dilemma in the United States and the current issue relating to it was Freddie Gray’s death in police custody. This was a very important incident that months later would lead to violent riots in

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