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geardaddy

(24,926 posts)
Tue Dec 9, 2014, 12:23 PM Dec 2014

“Saturday Night Live” cuts uncomfortable Ferguson sketch for time



“Saturday Night Live’s” greatest moments have been those when the show’s writers and actors refuse to abide by what is popularly considered fair game for comedy, venturing into the unsullied terrain of the uncomfortable and too-soon. This weekend’s show, hosted by James Franco, attempted to do just that with a sketch about the protests in Ferguson: two St. Louis television personalities, Kip and Jenny (played by Kenan Thompson and Cecily Strong) are forced to host their saccharine morning show, and end up bungling the job with a number of charged errors (Jenny refers to the Black Keys as the “blackies,” among others).


For time. Suuuuureee.
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“Saturday Night Live” cuts uncomfortable Ferguson sketch for time (Original Post) geardaddy Dec 2014 OP
lorne michaels can be such a coward samsingh Dec 2014 #1
Completely. geardaddy Dec 2014 #3
Yep - and he aired this one only once: Cooley Hurd Dec 2014 #7
I'm blown away that right-wing SNL aired it at all! nt valerief Dec 2014 #11
He probably is, but do you have a link? I think mimi85 Dec 2014 #12
I still say they oughta do like they did with the Killer Bees.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #2
That would be great. geardaddy Dec 2014 #4
cowards were afraid of that comedy heaven05 Dec 2014 #5
Should have been the opening. hedgehog Dec 2014 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Cooley Hurd Dec 2014 #8
NBC should have aired it. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #9
That was really funny. And they cut it? Guess I've made the right choice to not watch SNL valerief Dec 2014 #10
 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
2. I still say they oughta do like they did with the Killer Bees....
Tue Dec 9, 2014, 12:34 PM
Dec 2014

Only have super militarized cops raiding in on random sketches.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
5. cowards were afraid of that comedy
Tue Dec 9, 2014, 01:04 PM
Dec 2014

I loved it. Haven't watched SNL in years and and seeing how that was taken out of show because of "time constraints", I don't think I've missed much. In a gallows humor kind of way, I did laugh. Nothing but cowards at that level of media in this country trying to hold on to their little piece of a poisonous pie. All levels of media, really.

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