“Saturday Night Live” scoffed at the social media cancellation culture during a “Weekend Update” draft.
Colin Jost, co-host of mock news from the comedy show, introduced the fictional characters Lowell Fitzroy and Janet Noonan – “social activists” called to discuss the impact of the culture of cancellation.
During the sketch, Jost is surprised to learn that the pair actually represents a group that calls itself the Child Cancellation Project.
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“We realized that everyone was being canceled and we loved it, but there was one group that seemed immune – the kids,” said Fitzroy, played by “SNL” cast member Mikey Day.
“So we exposed problem children and canceled them,” said Noonan, played by Heidi Gardner, another cast member.
“That’s right, we call them on Twitter,” said Day before giving some examples.
In the photo, Heidi Gardner as Janet Noonan and Mikey Day as Lowell Fitzroy with anchor Colin Jost during the Saturday Night Live weekend update on February 6 (Will Heath / NBC / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images /)
The first “canceled” child was a 5-year-old who told a classmate that she had no male parts.
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“Kick him out now @PineTreeElem or support harassment in the classroom and stay with predators like this piece of sour dough bread that spews bile. #Chasepowellisoverparty,” tweeted the group.
“Let me tell you, he’s going to have a hard time finding a job right now,” Gardner sang on “Weekend Update”.
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She went on to talk about another “canceled” prep school student, who the group described as homophobic.
“He asked a friend in his recreation group why she had 2 parents and ‘no mother’. Normalize prejudice too much? #FlushThisTurd “, tweeted the group.
“These children need to be held responsible, Colin,” Day told the co-anchor before blowing up a girl for cultural insensitivity.
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The girl was chosen for wearing an American Indian costume on Halloween, with feathers in her hair and a fringe poncho.
“She is white as printer paper and was like an idiot for cultural appropriation for Halloween,” tweeted the Child Cancellation Project. “Do your worst, Internet.”
The reaction on social media to the draft, which aims at the extremes of the cancellation culture, appeared to be mostly positive.
Variety’s senior TV editor, Brian Steinberg, recapped the “SNL” episode and praised the latest “Weekend Update”.
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“Update on fire tonight,” tweeted Stainberg.