Summary

Tom Hanks reprised his 2016 “MAGA” character, Doug, on Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary episode, sparking backlash from Trump supporters.

The sketch, Black Jeopardy!, featured Doug again hesitating to shake hands with a Black host.

Conservative commentators criticized the portrayal as outdated and offensive, calling it an unfair caricature of Trump voters.

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      Honestly, his portrayal is more human than any interaction I’ve personally had with any Trumper (family coworker, stranger included).

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        Tom Hanks’s whole brand is around getting you to emphasize with the cast.

        If Tom Hanks is playing your character, it’s an implicit compliment. An insult would be if they’d gone with Steve Bushemy.

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        I haven’t seen the recent sketch–In the original though, his character was racist out of ignorance, but sorta open-minded and empathetic when actually facing black folks.

        That latter part is probably what the trumpers actually find offensive.

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      The fuck is this fascist apologist bullshit?

      They don’t need help looking like Nazis. They already look, act, and smell like them. And if they look, act, and smell like a Nazi, they are a Nazi

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        Since you’re from .ca I will charitably assume your primary language is Québécois. In English I assure you that your understanding of the statement is not correct. There is no need to be angry at the person you originally replied to.

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      conservatives in general do not understand comedy in any form, unless it involves bigotry.

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    Ok, ok, I REALLY gotta know what Trump supporters are actually offended by being called out as racists. Like, that’s literally 50% of their entire thing with the other 50% being homophobes.

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    The original Doug on Black Jeopardy sketch is my absolute favorite sketch they’ve ever done.

    It’s so obvious that poor white people would get along with and want to same things as minorities if they could just get over that racism and stop falling for the manipulation by religious and political leaders

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      It’s so obvious that poor white people would get along with and want to same things as minorities if they could just get over that racism and stop falling for the manipulation by religious and political leaders

      Which is why they killed Martin Luther King, Jr. He was starting to make progress bringing poor people off all backgrounds together and that was a threat to the powers that be.

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    Every one of those comments is talking about how they shouldn’t be made fun of because trump won the popular vote, but did that stop them from making fun of any democrat that won the popular vote for the last twenty years?

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      So winning the popular vote means no one makes fun of you? I wonder if the redcaps have any clue about anything in this world.

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        That seems to be what they’re implying. I guess they only just selectively thought of it.

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        The GOP proved that they’re not above randomly making up new rules just to complain the other side isn’t following them with all the “traditions” that Obama snubbed

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    Conservatives were not impressed, with many commenting online that they were quick to switch the program off.

    The reason why they switched it off so quick because it reminded them of themselves and made those snowflakes uncomfortable.

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    You can’t spell hatred without red hat.

    (I can’t take credit for this, I saw this comment on this same story elsewhere, and I thought it was so obvious that I can’t believe it isn’t more widespread)

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      how the fuck are we near 10 years later and I’m just now seeing what should’ve been the DNC’s campaign motto from the start? People, politicians, and pundits can argue about “flavors of fascism” till the cows come home, but the hatred is plain for anyone to see.

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    Looking at some of the response videos from maga supporters I realized that they’re the most butt hurt demographic in existence.

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      Bruh, its like everything else from conservatives.

      Anything they say is projection.

      They scream that democrats, gays, etc are pedophiles.

      What group is on the news every day with a new child molestation arrest/conviction? Conservatives.

      They laugh at and mock democrats for being snowflakes that get big hurt over existence.

      What group is constantly whinging online about their feels being hurt over facts? and trying to hide their tears behind the the SDE of impotent rage.

      Everything a conservative says about another group, is in fact a confession about conservatives. everything

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      And what’s hilarious is this character is actually dead on. I’ve met people just like this character. I guess that’s why they’re butt hurt

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      If they don’t have something to be angry about, they don’t have anything at all to say. It appears that fine-tuning the ragebait algos for max engagement has had a persistent negative effect.

    • Like a decade and a half ago Starbucks had been nerve to put. Happy holidays on there winter season cups, and the right wing lost their shit.

      They cannot be taken seriously with their complaints about being victims.

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      Liberals are constantly offended because conservatives are constantly attacking everything around them.

      Conservatives attack everything around them because they are offended by EVERYTHING!

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    Conservative commentators criticized the portrayal as outdated and offensive, calling it an unfair caricature of Trump voters.

    Apparently this passes for “melts down”?

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    Meanwhile Google removes Black History Month.

    This was the best part and only real swing taken in an otherwise really disappointing three hours. Yeah, I hate that I have to say that but it was a nothingburger that had so much potential for comedy and good.

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      I thought the entire SNL50 shit was kinda gross when watching a few segments of it. Every skit (especially the adam sandler song), had references to “Lauren’s” horrible work ethic and how much of a psychological shit storm working on that show is.

      • Multiple references to Norm Mcdonald being fired for speaking out about OJ
      • the loss of members (some from drug use because of the industry and the show they’re now continuing to promote).
      • turmoil and treatment of the staff and writers
      • obvious racial bias, especially for the weekend update teams in the past

      Like it just kept going on and on with little jokes telling how much of a crap place it is, then everyone smiles and says, “Thank you Lauren!!” I honestly doubt if George Carlin was alive, that they would’ve asked him to come back and host (he was the first host).

      If this would’ve been the last show, like they all decided to hang up the towel. Then sure, treat it like graduating from a crappy ass highschool you’re just so thrilled to be out of, you can enjoy the last day. But all the appearances and references just reminded me of how shitty SNL has really been over the decades. Sure some great writers and performers, but those have been squeezed and mutilated out of creative individuals for decades for our entertainment.

      I really have nothing to say about the “outrage from conservatives” lol, that just feels like clickbait for every side.

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    They really hate it when you point out their racism, don’t they. Poor snowflakes.

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      that’s because we teach kids that racism is really bad and onlt bad people are racists. These people cannot be bad people therefore they aren’t racist.

      The issue is if you are raised in a racist society, as most are, you will internalize and express racist views from time to time. You are only a bad person if you don’t try to reduce or stop expressing these views.