Young Lisa’s desire to marry a man with kids and then twist the kids’ minds via passive aggressiveness, vague threats, and banishments to boarding school may seem troubling for a girl her age, but she’s certainly not wrong that there’s more drama in mind games than in tea parties.
I say that as a former diehard fan of tea parties!
In this sketch, we see Natalie Portman playing a mom whose daughter just didn’t connect with any normal dolls, claiming that she’d rather be be a “wicked stepmommy” who gets to be dramatic than a plain old mom who likes to nurture.
Cut for Time: My Little Step Children (Natalie Portman) - SNL