Ahead of Hollywood’s Big Night, SNL‘s “Weekend Update” featured “conservative commentator” Tucker Carlson, played by Alex Moffat, to talk about the “liberal politics influencing the awards too much.”
“Why don’t we talk about “Sinners.’ That’s right, ‘Sinners,’” Moffatt’s Carlson says when asked his thoughts on this year’s leading best picture nominees. “Leftist woke America’s favourite movie this year is about sinning, huh? Really, why does that not surprise me? Sorry kids, we don’t go to church anymore, we go to ‘Sinners.’ That’s the rule. That’s the goal now.”
He went on to take jabs at the rest of this year’s nominees, including “Hamnet.” “Because we’re not allowed to say ‘Hamlet’ anymore — They took the ‘L’ and gave it to the ‘gbtq.’”
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His alt-right take on “Bugonia”? “I guess heterosexual women aren’t allowed to have hair anymore,” he said. “They have to shave their heads instead of their armpits. And I’m supposed to be attracted to that? No. Oh! Don’t look at my breasts, look at my scalp. That’s the rule. That’s the goal now. What are we doing?”
He went on to finally mention “One Battle After Another,” leading this year’s nominees alongside “Sinners,” saying, “What is this? What’s going on? I’m genuinely asking, I did not see that movie.”
The segment began with Michael Che and Colin Jost reading jokes about Donald Trump’s war on Iran, including one about a potential drone attack on the Oscars ceremony. “The FBI has reportedly warned police departments in California that Iran could retaliate by launching drones at high-profile targets on the West Coast…The Oscars, tomorrow on NBC!”
From Variety US