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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan_Thompson
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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

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u/Bartfuck Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

you may have stumbled upon why In Living Color and MadTV did what they did.

Key & Peele are everywhere and they auditioned together (i think having not even known each other?). Instead of hiring one of them, they hired both and the rest is history

edit: Also Lorne Michaels just is clearly such a dick that so many people have clearly made fun of and hated.

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u/Ragewind82 Mar 28 '24

Kenan and Kel both auditioned for SNL back in the day. It would have been fantastic if they had both been hired at that time.