Catholic Church offended by insightful joke
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/03/12/pete-davidson-made-joke-snl-about-catholic-church-now-officials-are-demanding-an-apology/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c3ae54016187
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Not everyone was laughing about Pete Davidson’s joke on last weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live.”
The
comedian opened his appearance on the faux-news “Weekend Update”
segment with a line that drew some titters and stunned “oooooohs” from
the audience: “This guy is a monster and he should go to jail forever,”
Davidson said, referring to R&B singer R. Kelly, who has been
accused of sexually abusing young women. “But if you support the
Catholic Church, isn’t that like the same thing as being an R. Kelly
fan? I don’t really see the difference, except for one’s music is
significantly better.”
Definitely not amused was the Catholic Church’s Diocese of Brooklyn, which on Monday released a lengthy statement
condemning the joke and seeking an “immediate public apology” from the
sketch comedy show and from NBC, the network that airs it. “The faithful
of our Church are disgusted by the harassment by those in news and
entertainment, and this sketch offends millions,” the statement reads,
in part. “The mockery of this difficult time in the Church’s history
serves no purpose.”
Davidson’s
bit continued with him joking that his mom had informed him that she
was attending Mass. “And I was like, ‘Okay, I’m going to listen to the
‘Ignition’ remix,’” he said, referring to an R. Kelly song.
Church
officials on Monday slammed Davidson for making light of the sexual
abuse scandal the church has been grappling with in recent years. “The
clergy sex abuse crisis is shameful, and no one should ever get a laugh
at the expense of the victims who have suffered irreparably,” the
statement continued. “The insensitivity of the writers, producers, and
the cast of SNL around this painful subject is alarming.”
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