‘SNL’ viewers get hot under collar after ISIS skit
Mar 2, 2015, 9:27 AM | Updated: 9:28 am
A late-night comedy show’s skit about a teenage girl going off to join ISIS with her father’s blessing has sparked anger online.
The “Saturday Night Live” sketch featured guest host Dakota Johnson as a high school graduate happily leaving home to join the extremist militant group.
Her father drops her off at the airport in a spoof of a car company ad built around a dad taking his military daughter to the airport.
Near the end, the spoof contained the line, “Dad, it’s just ISIS.”
Just saw maybe the most unfunny #SNL piece of all time. Is ISIS really a good subject for humor? #nbc And I've loved SNL for decades.
— Ed Tate (@edwardtate) March 1, 2015
Horrible opening for @nbcsnl #ISIS Are you nuts?! Not funny AT ALL!!
— Laura Romano (@Iamalaxmom) March 1, 2015
#SNL is gonna catch a ton of heat for that ISIS sketch. I'm an SNL fan, but idk about that one. May be a bit soon
— D.Lee.Blackburn (@DL_Blackburn) March 1, 2015
A father dropping his daughter off to join ISIS? Really #SNL? Not cool. 😠 #GMA
— Randy Haas (@Randy_Haas) March 1, 2015
#nbc #SNL Really? Skits about ISIS? You are whacked and sick. These are terrorists who are chopping off the heads of our citizens. Not cool
— Deb (@WoodfordDeb) March 1, 2015
