‘SNL’ (Doesn’t) Draw the Line at Prophet Muhammad
In Saturday night’s skit, the venerable comedy show skewers Islamic extremists, Islamophobes, and 1990s game shows.
Saturday Night Live has really crossed the line this time! On Saturday night this venerable comedy institution did something it had never tried before in its 40 years on the air: a comedy sketch about drawing the Prophet Muhammad.Well they didn’t actually draw the prophet, and therein lies the comedy. In a very smart and very funny sketch, SNL gave us a parody of the game show Win, Lose or Draw. As a refresher, in this game show contestants are assigned a movie, person, etc., to draw in hopes that their fellow contestant can guess it correctly and win a prize.
The SNL sketch begins with the contestant being assigned the movie Gone Girl. That is solved pretty quickly, with one contestant drawing a girl running away.
The next contestant, played by SNL’s Bobby Moynihan, jumped up excitedly, ready to draw. He’s handed the card with his assigned picture from the host. Moynihan looks at the card and his face quickly goes from all smiles to sheer horror. The audience then sees what Moynihan has to draw: “The Prophet Muhammad.”
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