SNL skit about Canada falls flat — social media reacts
Some have noted the phony French accents and tropes of the Canadian broadcasters are strangely foreign to Canadians all together, even hyperbolically.
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Some have noted the phony French accents and tropes of the Canadian broadcasters are strangely foreign to Canadians all together, even hyperbolically.
The latest Saturday Night Live episode had a Canadian-themed sketch, satirizing Canadian news media and referencing Drake and CBC. The sketch has seemingly fallen flat with Canadians on social media.
Watching @nbcsnl do a sketch about Canada/CBC/Drake in French accents is painful. #snl
— Amy Bielby (@AmyLynnBielby)
“Bonjour — hi" is the title of the fictional French news program in the sketch, featuring guest host Issa Rae. Her character is meant to be a correspondent who has the sole objective of spotting Drake.
Others have noted the phony French accents and tropes of the Canadian broadcasters are strangely foreign to Canadians all together, even hyperbolically.
SNL should really hire a Canadian writer to create skits about CBC news programs because just being born in Canada doesn’t cut it. Ce sketch était terrible!
— G. Barton-Sinkia ? (@gbartonsinkia)
The sketch is available to watch only in the U.S., as SNL is seemingly exclusively available for American IP addresses online. The official sketch is viewable with a VPN, but there are some other versions available online for Canadian views.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/EJYEA59FnjI?feature=oembed
“SNL” is back to airing episodes from Rockefeller Center in New York, after doing remote performances during the COVID-19 lockdown last season.
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