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‘SNL 50’: Tom Hanks Delivers “In Memoriam” Semi-Tribute To “Characters And Sketches That Have Aged Horribly”
In its 50th anniversary special, 'Saturday Night Live' owned up to stereotypes it has perpetuated while also coaxing laughs out of the passage of time.
On its 50th anniversary special, Saturday Night Live wanted to have its nostalgic cake and eat it, too, owning up to the stereotypes it has perpetuated while also coaxing laughs out of the passage of time. A scene of Mike Myers in a bathtub with Home Alone-aged Macaulay Culkin joking about “my bum” turned from color to black-and-white, with the text reading, succinctly, “YIKES.” The reel culminated in a landmark moment from the show’s first season in 1975, an exchange between an employer (Chevy Chase) interviewing a potential employee (Richard Pryor).
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