SNL Host Kumail Nanjiani To Racists: Step Up Your Game
Kumail Nanjiani hosted Saturday Night Live, performing a monologue that drew on his stand-up comedy strengths and included among its topics Islamophobia, racism, his film … Read more
Saturday Night Live
On SNL, Ansari Called Out Trump, White Supremacy, & Islamophobia On Day 1
This past weekend’s Saturday Night Live episode was a moment to remember in TV history. The show’s first-ever South Asian American host, Aziz Ansari, deftly took … Read more
‘SNL’ Diversity Struggles Continue, Nasim Pedrad Cast as Bobby Jindal
Yes, when Saturday Night Live added Sasheer Zamata to its cast and LaKendra Tookes and Leslie Jones to its writing staff, we were thrilled. Progress! One … Read more
Hot News Mix: The Love Lives of Muslim Men, Asian & Black Power, Yellowface + More
Salaam, Love. If you’re looking for stories about the love lives of Muslim men, check out new book Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex, … Read more
6 South Asian Comics We’d Like to See on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Earlier this week, Roxane Gay sharply critiqued last week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, which featured actress Kerry Washington. Washington is only the eighth black … Read more
‘SNL’ Dresses Nasim Pedrad Up in Brownface to Impersonate Aziz Ansari
Saturday Night Live‘s mock screen tests of Hollywood actors interpreting a film adaptation of 50 Shades of Gray seemed promising: http://www.hulu.com/watch/542157 Then this happened: Yup, that’s comedienne … Read more
Mindy Kaling Watches Lena Dunham Watching Tina Fey Spoof ‘Girls’
Mindy Kaling and Lena Dunham had a mini-Saturday Night Live viewing party last night. Kaling tweeted this photo from her living room of Girls creator and star Lena Dunham … Read more
