Summary
Tom Hanks reprised his 2016 “MAGA” character, Doug, on Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary episode, sparking backlash from Trump supporters.
The sketch, Black Jeopardy!, featured Doug again hesitating to shake hands with a Black host.
Conservative commentators criticized the portrayal as outdated and offensive, calling it an unfair caricature of Trump voters.
Conservative commentators criticized the portrayal as outdated and offensive
While looking in a mirror instead of the TV.
just watched it, that was so milquetoast I can’t believe anyone was actually offended. Shit, they just reused a couple jokes from the last time. That was it. He’s scared of black people, that’s the joke. magats are scared of anyone with more melanin than milli vanilli, so, uh, rings true to me
Milquetoast political satire on SNL? This is unprecedented!
Hey, you know how funny it is that Gerald Ford is clumsy? Let’s not talk about the whole pardoning Nixon thing. “Live from New York…”
He’s scared of black people, that’s the joke. magats are scared of anyone with more melanin than milli vanilli
🤔
Meanwhile Google removes Black History Month.
This was the best part and only real swing taken in an otherwise really disappointing three hours. Yeah, I hate that I have to say that but it was a nothingburger that had so much potential for comedy and good.
I thought the entire SNL50 shit was kinda gross when watching a few segments of it. Every skit (especially the adam sandler song), had references to “Lauren’s” horrible work ethic and how much of a psychological shit storm working on that show is.
- Multiple references to Norm Mcdonald being fired for speaking out about OJ
- the loss of members (some from drug use because of the industry and the show they’re now continuing to promote).
- turmoil and treatment of the staff and writers
- obvious racial bias, especially for the weekend update teams in the past
Like it just kept going on and on with little jokes telling how much of a crap place it is, then everyone smiles and says, “Thank you Lauren!!” I honestly doubt if George Carlin was alive, that they would’ve asked him to come back and host (he was the first host).
If this would’ve been the last show, like they all decided to hang up the towel. Then sure, treat it like graduating from a crappy ass highschool you’re just so thrilled to be out of, you can enjoy the last day. But all the appearances and references just reminded me of how shitty SNL has really been over the decades. Sure some great writers and performers, but those have been squeezed and mutilated out of creative individuals for decades for our entertainment.
I really have nothing to say about the “outrage from conservatives” lol, that just feels like clickbait for every side.
Do they not realize that the point of the sketch was that people have more in common than you think once you get rid of preconceived notions and prejudices?
Ok, ok, I REALLY gotta know what Trump supporters are actually offended by being called out as racists. Like, that’s literally 50% of their entire thing with the other 50% being homophobes.
They’re offended by being called out. Doesn’t matter what it’s about, it’s just the being called out that’s the problem.
To trump supporters, being called racist is more offensive than being racist. Whatever they can use to play the victim
That is true for any racist not just Trump supporters.
Its because they see racism as an identity or ideology not as an action or an observational thing. I see it with my grandmother who will say some notably racist shit but doesnt see it as racist. They dont like the implication of being seen as a racist because they dont see themselves as racist.
Boy do they hate being called pedo after they diddle kids… they are “youth pastors”…
They’re looking for any excuse to be the victim.
Being called what they are is worse than being what they are.
There are a lot of racist who will swear up and down that they are not racists.
“It’s not racist when it’s true.”
You hear this shit living in Indiana.
Because it’s all dog whistles so “you can’t prove it! I just don’t like DEI, it’s unfair!” “I don’t like gay people being forced down my throat in all media!”
There’s always a somewhat “proper” argument that hides the real reason they agree with it.
The real problem is half of them really do like gay people forcing themselves down their throats but they are too afraid to admit it.
Meanwhile they just use DEI as a stand in for the N-word.
That mayor is a DEI! This pilot is a DEI! Etc.
It’d be funny to keep playing dumb about what they mean about “DEI” and why they are so grrrr mad about it until they get so apoplectic that they go full nCLANGer mode like Blazing Saddles guy.
CRT, DEI, “woke”, the right uses these interchangeably functionally for what the nazis called “Jewish science”.
“Gay people forced down my throat” nice double entendre.
Conservative commentators criticized the portrayal as outdated and offensive, calling it an unfair caricature of Trump voters.
Who cares? Time to stop giving a crap about racists and biggots feelings. What a bunch of snowflakes.
Snowflakes
I saw some mags saying it’s offensive and racist, as if they ever cared about that and also, how is a white guy playing a white guy racist again?
When you’re insulted by TOM HANKS, then you know you’re a fucking candy ass pansy bitch.
conservatives in general do not understand comedy in any form, unless it involves bigotry.
They simply cannot stand the ugly truth about them, those MAGA snowflakes.
when are they not melting down? thier whole existence is around reactions.
Too bad they link to play it on xitter. WTF.
“I’M not racist! YOU’RE racist!”
“You’re the vulgarian, you FUCK!”
… Nods “Ok”
🙃
Snowflakes.
Oh, did they melt?
Well, Tim Allen offends me whenever I hear his comedy.
Go Woody!
“Someone’s poisoned the water hole!”
He was legitimately funny when he started doing standup in the late 80s.
Unfortunately, his entire act became, “I am a man who does manly things, here is my annoying grunt sound.”
Also once legitimately funny: Jeff Dunham.
