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Photo: Courtesy of NBC  Lorne Michaels took some heat for
picking Venezuelan-Japanese cast member Fred Armisen to play
Barack Obama when Saturday Night Live returned to the air at the
end of February, but Armisen himself isn't having any trouble
with it. "I just want to have fun," he said at the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame induction ceremony on March 10. "I like wearing
outfits and doing things." So how does he turn himself into the
country's potentially first black president? "It's really
quick," Armisen said. "There's shading on my eyebrows and
plastic behind my ears. And there's a little bit of something
called Honey, a honey color, that is something I would wear when
I play Prince." About the perception that "Weekend Update"
favors Hillary Clinton, Armisen's response was similar to what
SNL writer Jim Downey told today's Times: "I think they're not
favoring anyone," he said. "The pi