How Bout This, Tina Fey: Give Us (Black People) the Sheet Cake, and You Go Confront the White Women

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50. Interesting take.

And when I did watch that skit, I will admit that it was a bit awkward. However seeing the OP's discussion point, I would then conclude that the skit may have been taken too "literally" vs what I think it was trying to get across (by gradually moving the whole thing along into completely over-the-top territory) - a means to present a "reverse psychology" argument by mocking some generic "suburban white women" and their stereotypical responses when this subject comes up.

I suppose instead of a sheet cake, she could have been shown plowing through pints of Ben & Jerry's (or the big one in the past - Haagen Dazs) or perhaps a large plate of snickerdoodles or jar of nutella. It's hard to mock oneself when it comes to such serious subject matter, and especially if it is done with the format used for the segment, but the best of them can usually pull it off.

I would also say that given the past 8 months have literally provided daily outrages to select from, the SNL crew has its work cut out for it trying to stay right up to date with current events, including getting a skit written and rehearsed, often a day or two in advance of the show airing.