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Conservative commentators criticized the portrayal as outdated and offensive, calling it an unfair caricature of Trump voters.
calling it an unfair caricature of Trump voters.
Maybe they can get some thoughts and prayers from the … *checks notes * … immigrants eating people’s cats and dogs?
caricature
and have an surgery wing in schools for transitions.
Why can’t they just do fair caricatures?!
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?
At least when Tom Hanks is joking, it doesn’t end up violating human rights and constitutional law.
Conservatives were not impressed, with many commenting online that they were quick to switch the program off.
The reason why they switched it off so quick because it reminded them of themselves and made those snowflakes uncomfortable.
At least they know how to switch the channel. Don’t want to protest for SNL to be canceled.
MAGA fans wish they could be as well liked as Doug
Hilarious that having Doug on that show was literally DEI. And terrible white dudes are mad about it.
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
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.
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.
“Gay people forced down my throat” nice double entendre.
Meanwhile they just use DEI as a stand in for the N-word.
That mayor is a DEI! This pilot is a DEI! Etc.
CRT, DEI, “woke”, the right uses these interchangeably functionally for what the nazis called “Jewish science”.
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.
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.
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.
They’re looking for any excuse to be the victim.
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
He’s scared of black people, that’s the joke. magats are scared of anyone with more melanin than milli vanilli
🤔
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…”
when are they not melting down? thier whole existence is around reactions.
Every one of those comments is talking about how they shouldn’t be made fun of because trump won the popular vote, but did that stop them from making fun of any democrat that won the popular vote for the last twenty years?
remember when Obama didn’t salute? or wore a tan suit?
Now there’s a poem waiting to happen.
@[email protected] will probably write one soon.
Make sure you Terrorist Fist Jab your homies on a regular basis.
So winning the popular vote means no one makes fun of you? I wonder if the redcaps have any clue about anything in this world.
The GOP proved that they’re not above randomly making up new rules just to complain the other side isn’t following them with all the “traditions” that Obama snubbed
That seems to be what they’re implying. I guess they only just selectively thought of it.
Don’t try to ascribe logic to anything coming from the right. Just keep making fun of them.
Anybody knows where one could watch that episode in europe?
Not quite an answer, but it was one sketch called Black Jeopardy in last night’s 3 hour long SNL 50th Anniversary special. Maybe that will help you find it.
Thanks, i will try to search with that
The first part of the sketch was different (and worth a watch), but the tom hanks part was a literal rehash of the older version he did and not nearly as funny, so if you haven’t seen it you’re better off watching the old one.
Not sure if it’s geo-restricted, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qYM6bKl57A
It is geo-restricted, but nothing the ol’ VPN connection can’t solve
Seems to work from here and I regularly watch full episodes on YouTube. Had to jump through much smaller (that’s harder, right?) hoops to get Graham Norton on the BBC.
Smaller works, but it’s usally : more
Sounds like a bunch of snowflakes
If you’re offending Trump supporters then you’re doing something right.
Yeah truth hurts
