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pass muster anymore because of modern
social mores number 10 canteen boy this
Adam Sandler character is probably best
known for appearing in a sketch when
Alec Baldwin co-hosted in 1994 you know
it seems like the moment you get out of
the city all your problems just sort of
fade away Baldwin plays a predatory
Scoutmaster who takes an interest in
canteen boy and poor canteen boy is made
uncomfortable by his advances whoops my
shirt fell off viewers were upset that
SNL would make light of pedophilia and
molestation in future broadcasts of the
sketch showed that canteen boy was
actually not a child but merely a twenty
seven-year-old manchild still given
today's sensitive climate around sexual
harassment and assault it would be hard
to see SNL doing a sketch similar to
this number nine Wilde the effeminate
heterosexual I'm just crazy about you
we've gotta stop seeing each other
spoofing Dana Carvey played this
suburbanite dad twice in 1989 and 1992
the premise of the sketches is that all
of Lyles friends and family assume Lyle
is gay because of his outward appearance
but actually he's straight how could he
not well he thinks you're gay what
backbend fair then he's confused as to
why anyone would think such a thing
completely unaware of the signals he's
sending well why would I want what oh
that's been staying on what face you
come to that conclusion views on the
lgbtq+ community have changed since the
last Lyle sketch aired with the public
being more accepting not only is being
gay not seen as a big deal but mocking
stereotypes found in a Lyle sketch would
also draw anger
you get upstairs you get up there you
are grounded you stay there until you
figure out that I am not gay okay dad
I'm sorry I just thought forget it
number eight the Situation Room Tiger
Woods accidents when Tiger Woods was
caught up in a cheating scandal in 2009
SNL did a sketch based on allegations
that Woods's then wife Elin Nordegren
attacked him with a golf club
in the sketch what stands by his wife
addressing the media about the subject
I'm not perfect I'm a far shorter
perfect yeah every time Tiger says
something that angers Elin she attacks
him off screen subjecting him to further
injuries Woods then explains away the
injuries by saying he was clumsy
much like a domestic abuse victim this
is what happened I'm just lucky my wife
Elin was there to courageously call
9-1-1 I'm so glad to have her I love her
so much
the sketch drew criticism for the way it
handled domestic abuse especially since
it aired during the same episode that
had Rihanna as a musical guest
I offer my profound apology for these
multiple transgressions multiple so it
happened more than once did I say
multiple good the topic has always been
taboo but today audiences are more
mindful of the subject than they were
even in 2009 number 7 the coconut
bangers ball
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in the first sketch where will Farrell
plays Robert Goulet the crooner is
covering the song song by Cisco and big
papa by the notorious b.i.g the problem
is that those songs contain versions of
the n-word which lay says in full back
then it was merely shocking that
Ferrell's character would be that out of
touch and shameless but now it would be
unacceptable if Shane Gillis was let go
from SNL for saying a racial slur on a
podcast you think a white cast member
can get away with saying the n-word on a
sketch today six in a box for the 2006
holiday special Justin Timberlake and
Andy Samberg get frisky and festive and
proffer up some very special Christmas
gifts for their significant others each
offers his junk in a box the early 90s
style R&B singers played by Timberlake
and Sandberg really sell this notion uh
Turley convinced that this would be a
thoughtful gift to show your lover you
care after it was released
Pina box was celebrated in pop culture
and won an Emmy in 2007 however the
outlandish romantic gesture in the me2
era has uncomfortable overtones of the
unwarranted harassment many women face
number 5 high-stakes Japanese game show
tempura teen son come on walk but this
sketch finds Chris Farley as an American
tourist competing on a horrific Japanese
game show where contestants are
mutilated or tortured if they don't
answer questions correctly all of the
cast members in the sketch are white
including the ones who play Japanese
characters and most of the Japanese
words that are used are gibberish with
the occasional real word thrown in you
know what I shouldn't be here
something today sketches where white
actors play Asian characters such as the
2008 sketch that showed a Japanese
version of the office would be seen as
mocking Asians number four Samurai Hotel
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this is yet another example of a white
cast member playing a Japanese character
who speaks gibberish played by John
Belushi samurai Futaba worked an
assortment of jobs including hotel clerk
and deli worker and he always kept his
trusty katana by his side short-tempered
the samurai performed his tasks with
intensity and often pulled out his
katana well we can still look back and
marvel at Belushi yelling like a lunatic
and lashing out with his weapon the
mainstream public nowadays has turned
against white comedians acting out broad
stereotypes of other races and cultures
number three it spat the premise of this
recurring sketch was that nobody could
tell if pat was male or female when
clues pointed one way they were
immediately undercut by new information
that Pat gave out that left the answer
ambiguous somehow SNL got enough mileage
out of this character to create multiple
sketches in the 1990s and a full-length
feature film I just thought I'd stop by
and pick up a few personal items oh no
no no please remember no I don't want to
know about your your sex life
critics including producer of the TV
show transparent Jill Soloway see Pat as
an object of ridicule because the
character doesn't conform to a specific
gender norm Julia Sweeney the actress
who played Pat doesn't quite see it that
way but understands how others do I'm
sorry really
earlier when I mentioned you're having a
family it's just that I think you'd make
a really great mother role model number
two racist word association interview
the seventh episode of SNL which was
hosted by Richard Pryor featured this
sketch about an uncomfortable job
interview as part of the interview the
applicant played by Pryor and the hiring
manager played by Chevy Chase do a word
association game just a word association
I'll throw you out a few words anything
that comes to your mind just throw back
at me okay the words chases character
gives out as part of the exercise start
out innocently enough with offerings
like tree and rain but then devolve into
racial slurs including the n-word as
we've already noted there is simply no
way a white actor would be allowed to
use the n-word in a sketch today before
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holds auditions for a new co-host look
of course I'm ready are you kidding me
with two hit shows in a big new contract
I'm the man I've got okay well the thing
about Regis but during an SNL sketch
back in 2000 where Regis is looking for
a new co-host Jimmy Fallon does an
impersonation of Chris Rock which
involves putting on blackface
I see who wants to be a millionaire
guess what not a lot of black folks on
the show right black face has become
100% socially unacceptable in any form
and Balan became the target of criticism
when people brought up his past incident
of blackface
yes horrific would you would you
consider teaming up with me well you
kidding I ain't waking up at 7:00 a.m.
to fake laugh and some cruise ship
stories also crucially SNL has faced
criticism for its lack of racial
representation in its cast which had
tried to address over the years by
adding a more diverse array of talent so
they're not about to let a white actor
play a black person in any sketch do you
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