Tag: Race
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SNL50: The Anniversary Special
We talk about the show’s role in establishing comedy across the 20th and 21st centuries from Word Association to Black Jeopardy, its complicated relationship with representing Blackness and Black humor exemplified in the In Memoriam montage, and how this epic oeuvre can be used to foster conversations in the classroom.
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S50 E09: Chris Rock
Chris Rock anchors a largely forgettable episode, interlaced with a few showstopping bangers. We talk about impactful lines from Rock’s Opening Monologue, fan fictionalizing the 2022 Oscars Slap in Simpsons Christmas Gift, as well as racial memory and application with Grandpa’s Magic Car and Mall Santas.
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S01 E01: Saturday Night (2024)
In this special episode, we are joined by Bob Thompson to talk about Saturday Night (2024). We discuss the viability of historical fiction in a post-modern media ecosystem that has been oral-history’d and behind-the-scene’d to death and how the film continues some of the longstanding critiques of SNL regarding issues of race and gender.
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S49 E12: Shane Gillis
In Shane Gillis’ first time on the SNL stage after his very public firing before he ever appeared onscreen in 2019, we discuss satirizing fact, fiction, and fraud across Trump Victory Party Cold Open and Trump Sneakers, as well as stereotype threat and racial anxiety in The Floor.
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