Megyn Kelly has joined the growing choir of critics who closed the attacking portrait of Tom Hanks of Maga supporters on SNL.
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE FOURTH ON Sunday its 50th anniversary with a stars-lined special with A-Listers such as Kristen Wiig, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and Bill Murray, with the aim of taking viewers on a nostalgic journey through the legendary history of the Show.
However, controversy broke out when Hanks repeated his Black Jeopardy 2016! Sketch, again depicting a Trump supporter in a way that critics have mentioned stereotypical.
Megyn Kelly was one of those who had discussed the implementation and shot Hanks because he alienated his audience.
'I'm sure [Tom Hanks] Is a billion worth … and do you know who got it for him? 'She asked rhetorically on the Megyn Kelly show on Tuesday.
“All of us … who went to Forrest Gump, and Big, and all the nice Tom Hanks films and never thought he rated them as stupid, rural, worthy racists.”
She continued: 'It was shocking to see someone who tries so carefully not to be too divided into his choices to get out immediately and suggests that he thinks Trump supporters are racists. Shame him. '
Kelly was accompanied this week by journalists Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn from America to discuss the recoil and why Hanks' return to SNL had hit a nerve among the audience.
Megyn Kelly unleashed Tom Hanks for mocking 'racist' Maga supporters on SNL
Controverse broke out when Tom Hanks repeated his Black Jeopardy 2016! Sketch, again depicting a Trump supporter in a way that critics have called offensive and stereotype
Hanks stepped back in the role of 'Doug', a white participant in the fictional game show, put on a Red Maga hat and spoke in a thick southern accent, which performs surprisingly well on a mock -game show called Black Jeopardy.
The original sketch of 2016 surprised viewers by emphasizing the common basis between Doug and his black competitors, despite their cultural differences.
In the new version, Eddie Murphy, Tracy Morgan and Leslie Jones recorded the stage, where Hanks made a short appearance to identify a photo of 'Church Lady', a classic Dana Carvey character.
At the end of the sketch, Hanks remarked in character: 'Talking about the church, can I say something? If more people were going to church, we would not be in this mess in which we are now. '
Kenan Thompson's guest character answered: 'You know what? I agree with you, Doug, 'Before I offer a handshake – the 2016 skit mirrors where a reserved Doug hesitated before he finally shook hands.
Online critics quickly condemned the display and accused SNL of reviving tired stereotypes about Trump supporters.
Taibbi argued that the characterization was lazy and reductive.
'This is an old trope in the media and in comedy. It is the urban sophisticate that picks on the national hay charges, “he said.
Online critics quickly condemned the display and accused SNL of reviving tired stereotypes about Trump supporters
Hanks stepped back in the role of 'Doug', a white participant in the fictional game show, put on a red Maga hat and speak in a thick southern accent, which performs surprisingly well on a mock game show called Black Jeopardy
'But you have to be accurate … The caricature must be … somehow, and not just a stereotypical idea that you have picked up by not observing people in real life … it's not funny Because it's just a stereotype. “
Kirn was still botter and wondered why Hanks would participate in what he saw as a poorly written and unnecessary revival.
“I didn't know that Tom Hanks would bend for things like this,” he said. “It is terrible, it was a terrible ski and he was the big loser. I see people going everywhere on social media: “I don't think I'll see him again soon.”
Remarkable SNL -Alum Victoria Jackson also expressed her disapproval of Tom Hank's Maga Sketch.
Jackson struck it as 'stupid', and also stated that she was offensive with the sexual vulgarity shown during the show.
The actress, who is also a Trump supporter, quoted an X -post made by former Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Aide link Lauren who hits the Maga Sketch.
Jackson said the X -post catches its feelings about this.
Link's message was: 'Tom Hanks just came out a bit on SNL in a Maga hat where he traded as if he didn't want to shake the hand of a black man.
'This show wonders why their reviews are in the gutter. Trump won the popular mood. This tired trope that Maga is racist is disgusting. SNL is an unfavorable show for snobbish liberal elites. The current Republican Party is a large tent coalition that has been endangered of many former Democrats. Good advice, SNL! '
SNL Alum Victoria Jackson has a bone to choose with the Maga sketch of Tom Hank after the actor had taken over his role as Trump supporter for the 50th birthday of Saturday Night Live
Jackson observed a former cast member besides her laughing at the 'rough jokes', and told the publication Sarcastic that the anniversary special seemed to have something for everyone.
However, she noticed: “Has anyone ridiculed the Kamala supporters?!”
