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SNL Tom Hanks Black Jeopardy (Original Post)
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Oct 2016
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(56,582 posts)1. "What is 'not a damn thing'?"
Yup
underpants
(186,647 posts)2. Just the visual is hilarious
Recursion
(56,582 posts)3. I love that Hanks kind of gives Doug an individual character
Like, that wasn't some kind of hateful caricature of a Trump supporter; Hanks kind of played him really honestly.
Bok_Tukalo
(4,402 posts)4. Good satire
But who is the target?
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(56,582 posts)5. Eh, it's SNL: everybody is the target
I look at this sketch as prescient, and hopefully a way forward for everybody once the Trump legions realize they're being played by the GOP.
Bok_Tukalo
(4,402 posts)6. Occupy and the Tea Party were natural allies
It was very important that they never figured that out.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)7. I think the point goes a little farther than that.
The comedy is that the far right conspiracy folks may have some common ground with folks we might consider a lot more connected with reality.
Blue_Tires
(55,787 posts)10. Not the Tea Party folks I knew...