Before I get caught up on this tangent about Obaden (Yup, I'm keeping that one) memes. Let me tell ya'll about this past weekend on Saturday Night Live (SNL) with Dave Chappelle hosting.
Look, I have only recently been adamantly watching SNL over the past couple of seasons. As a researcher in pop culture and media, finding the blackness in media has become my thing. So let me tell you about SNL and why it was not just black, but SO BLACK.
First lets just look at the opening monologue......
In the last couple of black hosts, there have been none, if not very few (I'm pretty sure none though), have although being on NBC have pretty much done there opening monologue around blackness.
Then.... They had A Tribe Called Quest (ATCQ) as their musical guest. Missed it? Here is one of the performances.....
Not to mention, Busta Rhymes came on stage at the end of the second performance. And there was another black man that was on stage with them too, not sure who he was. But I will find his name.
Then did you not see she blackening of one the most recognizable and viewed television shows currently on television, The Walking Dead.
Look. At. This!
They even put in a quick "PSA" at the end of the skit.
I don't think I have nothing more to really add why this episode of SNL was SO BLACK......except the face that Chris Rock made an appearance, and that overall the most black people on this one episode.........yea, say EVER!. Don't think so, prove me wrong. I'm willing to concede.
and just for the sake of counting
Dave Chappelle
Chris Rock
A Tribe Called Quest (3)
Busta Rhymes and the other guy
Micheal Che
Leslie Jones
Kenan Thompson
I dont think there were on any skits that epsiod?!?!
Sasheer Zamata
Jay Pharaoh
-Can't have Media, without ME
