"SNL bully sketch...this is what that was last night" (nadin)

[Tess Anderson]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021950722

 

Sun Dec 9, 2012, 11:07 AM
nadinbrzezinski (112,751 posts)

SNL bully sketch...this is what that was last night
Last edited Sun Dec 9, 2012, 11:15 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

I just watched it, I talked to my husband as well.

We did not like it. This was a series of bully jokes. None of it was funny, or necessary. Being thrown into the woman's bathroom, that happens for real, the snake on the desk, happens for real...pelted with rotten eggs...and some kids find only one way out, a rope or a gun. At times the gun is used on others and we have people asking...HOW COULD IT HAPPEN? That sketch is all but funny and it tells me, all protestations aside, we don't mind.

Oh and before you say it was funny, I guess it is hysterical if you have never been on the receiving end of bullies. Otherwise it is in extremely bad taste.

Here is a link to the bully sketch

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/on-snl-obama-agrees-not-to-raise-taxes-as-he-consoles-a-poor-bullied-john-boehner/

I guess a paper letter is in order to NBC Universal as well. 0 
 

[Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #12)
Sun Dec 9, 2012, 11:37 AM
pintobean (7,615 posts)
14. Those bullies at NBC forced you to watch.

Your TV has on/off and channel changing features. They work much like DU's ignore and trash can features. 

Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Sun Dec 9, 2012, 11:40 AM
 zappaman (6,215 posts)
16. Hilarious!

They did a real funny job with that!
Sorry you didn't get the point or the humor, but I can assure you that many did.
You should write a complaint letter though. When they see it comes from an actual journalist "with a press pass and everything" they will take it more seriously...
 

[Bad Dog]

Zapman & the dwarf good times......good times.

[franksolich]

nadinbrzezinski (112,751 posts)    Sun Dec 9, 2012, 01:44 PM

26. What is funny is I did not watch it last night...well after bed time

But went to a link this morning. Hubby and I had the same non funny reaction separated by 12 hours.

zappaman (6,215 posts)    Sun Dec 9, 2012, 01:46 PM

28. Did you have a snake thrown on your desk?

I have never heard of that happening.

How old were you and what kind of snake was it?

MineralMan (49,177 posts)   Sun Dec 9, 2012, 01:41 PM

25. Sorry, but I don't see that as condoning bullies.

Perhaps SNL isn't the TV show for you. They do stuff like that all the time. It's called satire. SNL is almost all satire. But, I encourage you to write that long letter full of stats. If it's important to you, I'm sure they'll read it and think about it.

[franksolich]

You know, I finally took a closer look at the oblate spheroid's avatar.

I'm still not sure what it is, but might it be that she's standing there trying to snap a photograph of her feet?

[Ogre]

MineralMan (49,177 posts)   Sun Dec 9, 2012, 01:41 PM

25. Sorry, but I don't see that as condoning bullies.

Perhaps SNL isn't the TV show for you. They do stuff like that all the time. It's called satire. SNL is almost all satire. But, I encourage you to write that long letter full of stats. If it's important to you, I'm sure they'll read it and think about it.

Oh that is gonna leave a mark.

[Mr Mannn]

Funny to see DU's resident bully complain about how bullys are being depicted.

[zeitgeist]

Ah yes good times.  Remember when several guys threw ( or more like slid or slung)  a bare ass, shower soaked, wise ass into the girls locker room.  Caused quite the commotion and better training than the girls got in health class.  Certainly cured his towel snapping habits.  Amazingly no one was disciplined although I am sure the coach had to have known.

[MrsSmith]

I just have to wonder how opinions would a stand if Obama were the one being bullied...  My bet is that the whole DUmp would be: