'SNL' is deemed going too far as the show depicted the president's counselor as a crazed and sex-obsessed stalker in an allegedly violent and overly sexual 'Fatal Attraction' spoof.
- Feb 14, 2017
AceShowbiz - Only a few days ago "Saturday Night Live" was celebrating its highest rating in six years, and now the show lands in hot water for its Kellyanne Conway skit in the February 12 episode. The skit which featured Kate McKinnon as Donald Trump's aide Kellyanne Conway in 1987's "Fatal Attraction" parody is slammed by many as sexist, unfunny and uncomfortable to watch.
In the sketch, McKinnon's Conway stalked CNN reporter Jake Tapper, who was portrayed by comedian Beck Bennett, by breaking into his apartment. "Well, what was I supposed to do? You weren't answering my calls. You changed your number. I'm not going to be ignored, Jake!" McKinnon's Conway said, reciting a line from the movie. The fake Mrs. Conway, who donned a neglige, tried to seduce Bennett's Tapper to make him put her back on his "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union" show.
However, Tapper constantly refused her demand due to credibility issues she had. He yelled, "It's over, Kellyanne. You're sick. You're toxic. You're done." Conway finally pulled out a knife and started threatening to kill the CNN anchor before Tapper finally gave in. McKinnon's Conway suddenly lost her balance and fell out of the window, but she was not dead, yet. She gathered herself and told Tapper, "I am fine, but I do only have three lives left. See you on the news!"
The real Kellyanne Conway commented on the sketch on Sunday, February 13 on her Twitter account. "Inquiring minds re: #SNL: @jaketapper & I spoke this morning just before brunch time. No boiling bunnies on the menu," she wrote, making a reference to the classic thriller movie. Meanwhile, Jake Tapper himself reacted to the skit by simply tweeting, "Um."
Inquiring minds re: #SNL: @jaketapper & I spoke this morning just before brunch time. No boiling bunnies on the menu.
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) February 12, 2017
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 12, 2017
Many others joined the bandwagon to slam the sketch. New York Magazine's Olivia Nuzzi took to Twitter to criticize the show as she wrote, "SNL just gave a gift to the White House with this sexist, unfunny Kellyanne Conway skit." She added in another tweet, "Prediction: the White House will use that sexist skit to dismiss all criticisms of Conway and lying more broadly." In the last tweet, Nuzzi wrote, "Casting Kellyanne Conway as Glenn Close was a miscalculation of SNL's part. Will be interpreted as unfair and mean to a wife and mother."
SNL just gave a gift to the White House with this sexist, unfunny Kellyanne Conway skit.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 12, 2017
Casting Kellyanne Conway as Glenn Close was a miscalculation on SNL's part. Will be interpreted as unfair and mean to a wife and mother.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 12, 2017
Shannon Proudfoot, Maclean's writer, also addressed the controversy on the micro-blogging site. She dubbed the skit a bad sketch, "too much, too vicious" and "too weird in the wrong way."
That Kellyanne Conway sketch was bad. Too much, too vicious, too weird in the wrong way without getting at anything important.
— Shannon Proudfoot (@sproudfoot) February 12, 2017
CBS News's Erica R. Brown also added, "That Kellyanne Conway sketch was...uncomfortable." Writer and reporter Marisa Kabas expressed her thought on the skit as she wrote, "as much as I loathe Kellyanne, this highly sexualized SNL version of her gives me the icks"
That Kellyanne Conway sketch was...uncomfortable #SNL
— Erica R. Brown (@EricaRBrown) February 12, 2017
as much as i loathe kellyanne, this highly sexualized SNL version of her gives me the icks
— marisa kabas (@MarisaKabas) February 12, 2017
