Tuesday, December 12, 2023

That cringeworthy SNL skit

SNL Alum Dropped Out of Awful Antisemitism Sketch Minutes Before Airtime, Was 'Uncomfortable' – RedState    "Saturday Night Live reached a new low with their cold opening over the weekend, where they ruthlessly mocked Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) for questioning three university presidents during Dec. 5 congressional hearings about antisemitic activity on their campuses. Instead of lampooning the university presidents, who disturbingly claimed that the calls for genocide by their students and professors needed to be taken "in context," they portrayed Stefanik, who asked some very important questions, as a raving lunatic with anti-Jewish feelings.

"Turns out one of their own alum -- eleven-year SNL veteran Cecily Strong -- wasn't down with the antisemitic skit either and backed out "last minute" -- just before the show was due to go live. She was "uncomfortable" with the skit, according to a backstage account.

"Newcomer Chloe Troast was thrust into the limelight, and while I understand that it's a tough job being assigned a part right before airtime, she was still spectacularly bad and unfunny.

"They couldn't even get the university presidents' names right:

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