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Saturday Night Live Recap: Shane Gillis Got Away With It
Shane Gillis makes it to SNL after all, bringing his conservative-friendly material to his first hosting gig.
During a sketch set in a Caribbean church, comedian and first-time Saturday Night Live host Shane Gillis speaks confidently in Jamaican patois — generally a no-no for a white guy these days. The legendary writer is back in the conversation right now due to Ryan Murphy’s latest season of Feud, which depicts the falling out between Capote and the women of the socialite Swan family, whose confidence he betrayed. • Although the sketch about The Floor was a tad undercooked, Gillis’s contestant being unable to identify any famous Black historical figures was a clever way to play with some viewers’ perception of the comedian in the context of his firing.
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