A Saturday Night Live sketch written and performed by one of the team’s recently hired black female writers has come in for sharp criticism from an editor at African American magazine Ebony who labelled the ‘slave draft’ routine an ‘embarrassment.’
The sketch, performed by Leslie Jones during Saturday’s Weekend Update spot, started with the news that Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o had recently been named People magazine’s ‘World’s Most Beautiful.’
Jones then joked about her own dating woes and admitted that while she wasn’t as attractive as Nyong’o by current standards, her six foot stature wouldn’t have been a problem in the days of slavery.
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SNL sucks anymore. poor writing. the skits are awful
ReplyDeleteFolks, it's a C-O-M-E-D-Y show! Do you get that??????????????????
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8:04.. comedy.. that show has been funny since the 70's and early 80's... I didn't think Dem's could do anything racist, you have to be a republican to be racist
ReplyDelete7:45 you are right, but this past weekend was one of the funniest in quite awhile, especially the LA Clippers skit!
ReplyDelete"We still have a long way to go" is a civil rights statement made on a daily basis.Judging from recent events,the civil rights movement has gone into reverse.
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