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Amy Poehler looks back on problematic SNL sketches: 'We all played people we should not have'

Amy Poehler looks back on problematic 'Saturday Night Live' sketches, acknowledging that she sometimes 'appropriated': 'We all played people we should not have.'

The Parks and Recreation star, who was part of the sketch comedy show's cast from 2001 to 2008, reflected on SNL during a conversation with her former costar Will Forte on her podcast Good Hang. The montage of problematic SNL sketches included a segment in which Ben Affleck berates a man played by Fred Armisen who appears to be disabled. Some of Poehler's more questionable impressions from her time on SNL include Michael Jackson, Yoko Ono, and Kim Jong-il.

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