Saturday Night Live’s “Screen Guild Awards”, a video they made, has a satire-themed theme. Ironically, there were five nominees in the best actor category and all were white. However, there was another twist. They all acted in films about African Americans. But ironically, these white men got nominated. It was the same story again. The award winner was decided by the fact that all three white men finished tied for first. Saturday Night Live managed to sneak into the film to give the nominated man a high five. SNL’s satire uses this example to show how the man refused to give him a high-five when he asked for one. SNL did this as an example of satire because it was second year consecutively that an African American wasn’t nominated in the Oscars for a major part. SNL capitalized on this and used satire as a way to communicate their message.
This skit was funny because of the satire. It was an attempt to win the Oscars. The skit starts with a woman who says that she wishes she could have nominated more, then the actresses are introduced. The male African American actor from the boxing movies was the first character to be introduced. The actor is then told by a white man beside him that he can believe in whatever he wants. The humor in this joke was that the background character, a white male, won the nomination. Next is an African American main-actor who is trying motivation to others. The nominee was then the very small white part. Another satire comes next, when the main acting character is trying motivate himself. After that, the white librarian tells the actor there are only five minutes left before closing. This forces the actor out. The final satire involves a male African American in the forest, trying to motivate his friends. A white cameraman is then shown and said absolutely nothing. Saturday Night Live featured many satires in a short skit of just three minutes. SNL finished with satires that focused on white males winning major Oscars and main characters motivating their fellows.
