MAGA Melts Down at Tom Hanks Playing Trump Fan on SNL50
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Conservatives lashed out online at the appearance of Hanks’ recurring Trump-loving character.

Summary

Tom Hanks reprised his 2016 “MAGA” character, Doug, on Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary episode, sparking backlash from Trump supporters.

The sketch, Black Jeopardy!, featured Doug again hesitating to shake hands with a Black host.

Conservative commentators criticized the portrayal as outdated and offensive, calling it an unfair caricature of Trump voters.

  • HikingVet
    3·
    3 days ago

    Saying Tom Hanks portrayal of Maga is charitable of their behaviour is Nazi apologism?

    What is your real issue here? You have that account blocked, and blocked so that it doesn’t receive notifications. (Edit: I may have blocked you due to this type of behaviour)

    Are you afraid that I’ll poke holes in your argument?

    Were you looking to call me a Nazi or do you just sling mud when someone steps out of your narrow set of authoritarian morals?

    • hddsx@lemmy.ca
      13·
      3 days ago

      No, I’m not afraid you’ll poke holes in my argument. I usually don’t reply to threads of people who are very opinionated against me, as it seems to be a waste of time. But since you made a new account to get my attention…

      The point I was trying to make was

      1. Whether or not Tom Hanks protrays them as Nazis or not, they are Nazis already.
      2. If Hanks is protraying them accurately, using the “looks like” phrasing feels like you’re taking a soft approach to naming Nazis (This is where the (correct or not) facist apologist statement came in).

      That’s it. Take it as you will.

      • HikingVet
        2·
        3 days ago

        Not a new account chuckles, check the date. Hole one.

        What I was saying and you have been told by others is that Hanks’ portrayal is more charitable than they deserve and it makes them look like garden variety racists. Hole two.

        I feel Hanks went soft on them.

        You are worked up about a version of what I said in your fucking mind.

        If you were blocked or blocked me why did you go out of your way to be offened?

        • hddsx@lemmy.ca
          1·
          3 days ago

          Again, I don’t really care about holes at this point and I admittedly didn’t check your account date. I’m not sure if I have you blocked or not, I was perhaps a bit sensitive because I have the ever present dread that the US will continue to be a fascist state from here on out.

          If you think Hanks went soft, I misunderstood your comment and we agree.