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The White Audience Is the Worst Part of the Leslie Jones' 'SNL' Slavery Skit

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The White Audience Is the Worst Part of the Leslie Jones' 'SNL' Slavery Skit




Is this racist, funny or a little of both?
 
She does look masculine and unattractive. She could easily turn a man into a homosexual.
 
Eh. I didn't find it funny. A tad bit uncomfortable. Whatever.

When it comes to comedy, I am of the opinion that the "red line" is much farther back than where it would otherwise be. Satire is a genre. It can be funny and witty. If that's Leslie Jones' thing, go for it girl.
 
I thought it was funny.

People need to get a clue and laugh. People want to hate. They will find a reason in everything if they want to, to justify their hate. People being pissed off about this skit are just that; full of hate - hate of everything.
 
Gathomas88 said:
The skit's okay, but the guy talking about it in the video just might be my new favorite pundit. :lol:
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Yeah, he makes some good points.
 
I thought it was kind of funny. The guy in the video handled the criticism very well.

It was dark comedy...lighten up people.
 
America, home of the offended
 
What's not funny about that? Hell, 90% of Chris Rocks material is about slavery, or playing into black/white stereotypes. What kind of world do we live in if we can't let a black person make a joke about slavery without our feelings being hurt?
 
I thought it was great satire bouncing off of Bundy's comments that blacks should wish they were still slaves, so here she is agreeing with him in SATIRE, which is what SNL is known for. It seems so odd to me that anyone is taking this as anything but tongue in cheek satire about how great the slave days were.
 
Crab cakes.

Funny isn't necessarily what I'd call it. I smiled, but it was hardly an LOL moment. I also wouldn't call it offensive. It was very "meh."
 
She should be thankful. Every black actor ever on SNL went on to bigger and better things. Meanwhile, white people have Chris Kattan.

Advantage: blacks.
 
rocket88 said:
Crab cakes.

Funny isn't necessarily what I'd call it. I smiled, but it was hardly an LOL moment. I also wouldn't call it offensive. It was very "meh."
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Yeah I agree. Wasn't really that funny but I did smile a couple times- especially the super babies - Kobe, Lebron, KimboSlice ....
 
Wasn't funny, no idea who she is, don't care if I never see her again.
 
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It's funny, in a sardonic way. This is actually intellectual comedy which makes it very dangerous.
 
Is this really causing a backlash? I laughed. It was funny.

I don't think you can call this racist. I highly doubt she was advocating slavery or giving it her seal of approval or whatever, it's meant to be a joke.

Referencing race does not equal racism.
 
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I saw it live on sat, i thought it was funny and had potential to be even more funny.

As a rookie, her delivery was a little off


as far as racist? no lol
 
rocket88 said:
Crab cakes.

Funny isn't necessarily what I'd call it. I smiled, but it was hardly an LOL moment. I also wouldn't call it offensive. It was very "meh."
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Funny, but not LOL funny

But the stuff about how she'd be hooked up with the finest black man and make super-babies was clever
 
you forgot the "SNL still on TV?" option
 
I thought it was hilarious, and it reminded me of the early SNL days when nobody was immune from being made fun of. :lol:
 
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