but some people get offended by them, every one will have different comfort level...I genuinely do think SNL has a scorn for urban culture and black people tho...Some of the of ex-black cast members have made comments to that regard as well.

But the reason I brought them up in re: the Simpsons was to say that I think that SNL and MadTV are more...provocative, in their potential for offensiveness, than the Simpsons. Those shows purposely and consistently push the envelope further in that regard than the Simpsons does.

the "nigga" thing, someone posted in Activist a while back, it was one of the newscasters who said it (I didn't see either but a number of people backed it up). I did an Internet search (nigga/ SNL or something like that) right after to try to get a transcript, got several hits. Came across a website that had episode reviews, thought the match was from that episode but came to find out it was from an earlier episode--several reviewers quoted one of the skits as saying "nigga", not 100% sure but I think Will Ferrell was the actor on that one...Not sure if Jimmy Fallon or Tina Fey said it on the news.

peace

Iz
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peace

Iz