Amy Poehler Says 'we All Played People We Should Not Have' As She Reflects On Controversial Snl Skits

Comedic character and "Saturday Night Live" alum Amy Poehler said candidly connected Tuesday’s section of her "Good Hang" podcast astir immoderate of her past gags successful comedy, saying immoderate of them would beryllium violative by today’s standards.

During Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary, nan show had an "In Memoriam" conception cutting ties pinch jokes and characters that person aged poorly arsenic societal norms person changed. The conception featured galore characters playing "ethnic stereotypes," engaging successful "sexual harassment," "body-shaming," "gay panic," and different arguable moments from nan show’s 50 years of being connected nan air.

Outspoken wide character Tom Hanks, who gave nan intro to nan segment, noted that, "Even though these characters, accents, and let's conscionable telephone them taste wigs were unquestionably successful mediocre taste, you each laughed astatine them. So if anyone should beryllium canceled, shouldn't it beryllium you, nan audience?" 

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Amy Poehler speaks connected her podcast. ("Good Hang pinch Amy Poehler" podcast)

Poehler noted on Tuesday’s interview pinch chap SNL alumni Will Forte that portion of "getting older and being successful drama is you person to for illustration fig out, like, ‘Oh, it's for illustration everything has an expiration date.'"

She cringed astatine a past incident wherever she claimed that during a intersexual harassment seminar, she had been drafting pictures of penises and passing them backmost and distant pinch Forte, and accidentally passed nan illustrations to nan seminar big because she mistook it for nan sign-in sheet. 

"He was for illustration ‘What’s this?’ and I said ‘Oh, that’s nan incorrect – Sir, that’s nan incorrect paper.’"

She past brought up her takeaway from nan "In Memoriam" segment.

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Amy Poehler arrives astatine nan "Parks and Recreation" 10th day reunion during nan 36th yearly PaleyFest connected Thursday, March 21, 2019, astatine nan Dolby Theatre successful Los Angeles. (AP)

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"I mean there's, like, moreover connected nan 50th erstwhile they had that conception which was like, 'Here's each nan ways we sewage things wrong' and they showed measurement inappropriate casting for group you know, we each played group that we should not person played, I misappropriated, I appropriated, I didn't know, I did know," she said.

Poehler could beryllium recognizably seen successful 1 information of nan In Memoriam conception wherever a characteristic played by Ben Affleck appears to beryllium berating a mentally-disabled character. Many different actors successful different snippets were blurred retired for being successful makeup, playing characters of different races. According to Entertainment Weekly, "Some of Poehler's much questionable impressions from her clip connected SNL see Michael Jackson, Yoko Ono, and Kim Jong-il."

Poehler besides played Kim Jong-il successful a 2006 segment, pinch actors Bill Hader and Fred Armisen portraying North Korean guards during nan North Korean leader's speech. 

"It's very existent and nan champion point you tin do is, like, make repair, study from your mistakes, do better, for illustration it's each you tin do," Poehler said.