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<\/p>\nTom Hanks has found himself at the center of controversy after reviving his \u201cBlack Jeopardy\u201d character, Doug, on Saturday Night Live\u2019s 50th anniversary special.<\/p>\n
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Tom Hanks has found himself at the center of controversy after reviving his \u201cBlack Jeopardy\u201d character, Doug, on Saturday Night Live\u2019s 50th anniversary special.<\/p>\n
Doug \u2014 a clueless, MAGA hat-wearing Trump supporter \u2014 was first introduced in 2016, intended to highlight both the differences and unexpected similarities between Trump voters and Black culture.<\/p>\n
But when SNL and the Hollywood icon brought Doug back for the star-studded anniversary celebration, many Trump supporters weren\u2019t laughing.<\/p>\n
Instead, they blasted Hanks and SNL, accusing them of peddling a tired and divisive stereotype, especially in light of Trump\u2019s recent gains with diverse voters and his popular vote victory in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n
The Scene That Sparked Outrage<\/p>\n
In the new version of the sketch, Hanks\u2019 Doug takes the stage, but this time, he refuses to shake hands with host Darnell Hayes, played by Kenan Thompson.That moment was enough to ignite a firestorm online, with critics slamming both the show and Hanks for what they saw as an unfair and outdated portrayal of Trump voters.<\/p>\n
Former RFK Jr. aide Link Lauren didn\u2019t hold back, calling the bit \u201cdisgusting\u201d and accusing SNL of refusing to evolve.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis show wonders why their ratings are in the gutter,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTrump won the popular vote. This tired trope that MAGA is racist is disgusting. SNL is an unfunny show for snobbish liberal elites.\u201d<\/p>\n
Right-wing influencer Dominick McGee took aim directly at Hanks: \u201cTom Hanks was just disrespecting every Republican on SNL as he was dressed up as a Trump supporter with a MAGA hat.\u201d<\/p>\n
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One angered viewer tweeted: \u201cSo not funny and Tom Hanks insulted me and 77 million other viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n
And another X user added: \u201cThis trope of portraying the majority of the country as \u201cracist\u201d is so annoying, old, and divisive. Glad I\u2019m not watching this tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another critic noticed what they saw as a lack of laughter from the audience, writing: \u201cNo one in the audience laughs as Tom Hanks appears on SNL as a racist Trump supporter that refuses to shake hands with a Black man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump Fans Call Out SNL\u2019s \u2018Declining Viewership\u2019<\/p>\n
A pro-Trump account on X (formerly Twitter) posted: \u201cTom Hanks and SNL thought it would be hilarious for him to put on a MAGA hat and act out a stereotype of half the country in a desperate attempt to cope with Democrats\u2019 crushing defeat in November. Not surprising no one watches SNL or NBC anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, there were also plenty of viewers who found Hanks\u2019 portrayal amusing, with some X users taking joy at seeing MAGA supporters \u201ccrying and losing their s**t\u201d over the sketch.<\/p>\n
SNL, however, didn\u2019t stop at just one Trump joke during the three-and-a-half-hour special, which featured Cher, Bad Bunny, Adam Sandler, Scarlett Johansson, Eddie Murphy, and many more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tom Hanks has found himself at the center of controversy after reviving his \u201cBlack Jeopardy\u201d character, Doug, on Saturday Night Live\u2019s 50th anniversary special. Tom Hanks has found himself at the center of controversy after reviving his \u201cBlack Jeopardy\u201d character, Doug, on Saturday Night Live\u2019s 50th anniversary special. Doug \u2014 a clueless, MAGA hat-wearing Trump […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2165,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164\/revisions\/2165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews06.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}