SNL has been struggling to stay alive for many years when it comes to the quality of content they have been putting out. Occasionally they hit the nail on the head but typically their content is boring and insultingly stupid. This from redstate.com.
In a recent skit, which will long be remembered as one of their best, Kenan Thompson portrayed game show host Benson Dubois.
[T]his is the kind of role in which Thompson shines, particularly as he is able to slap that same grin we remember from the All-That days (on Nickelodeon) and just dish out epic levels of snark. Dubois hosts a game show called “Republican or Not,” where contestants have to guess from a series of clues, whether or not the person for whom the clues are about, is a Republican or not. Pretty simple, eh?
As you’ll see from the video below, Simu Liu portrays contestant Jim Lee, who presents as over confident and ready to do battle, and Ego Nwodim who plays the other guest, Michelle Flynn, a native resident of Ohio who believes her experience from her home state will give her an edge.
As each of the guests takes the stage, they begin to hilariously highlight the hypocrisy of both parties. Each clue the guests give shows that there are truly double standards held by everyone. Even the word from their “sponsors” was absolutely hilarious. The funniest, though, is the last guest!
This is some funny stuff! Now, let’s hope that SNL gets the message that it is okay to laugh at this hypocrisy.
SNL’s YouTube page shows that most skits get around 500,000 views, some as many as over a million, but this skit generated over two-and-a-half million views in six days—making it that week’s most popular episode.
One final thought: The political bent of the last guest on the game show ‘Republican OR NOT’ is obvious to most Americans, but is SNL, by way of this skit, trying to convince the easily swayed to believe otherwise?
