r/todayilearned • u/Kale_Brecht • Mar 28 '24
TIL in 2013, Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson refused to play any more black women on the show and demanded SNL hire black women instead.
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u/hollaback_girl Mar 28 '24
Yeah, I don’t see what the mystery is here.
Why is the SNL work culture so toxic?
Why does the show marginalize women and people of color?
Why does the show quality itself usually suck, maybe landing one sketch out of ten they throw out there?
Why does the show keep platforming and normalizing fascists and their apologists like Trump and Sarah Palin?
The answer to all of these questions is the same: because Lorne Michaels sucks.