See ‘SNL’ Making Fun of ISIS in Controversial Skit that Has Offended Many

Saturday Night Live may have gone too far this time.
See ‘SNL’ Making Fun of ISIS in Controversial Skit that Has Offended Many
A fighter from ISIS takes position in a destroyed in Damascus, Syria, on Sept. 22, 2014. (Rami Al-Sayed/AFP/Getty Images)
Jack Phillips
3/2/2015
Updated:
7/18/2015

Saturday Night Live may have gone too far this time.

A piece from the sketch comedy show made fun of ISIS, or the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It spoofed a Toyota ad about a father and his daughter that aired during the Super Bowl. In the Toyota ad, it showed a father taking his daughter a U.S. Army hitch.

SNL ran with it, and showed a similar scene, but instead of a father taking his daughter to a hitch, the daughter (played by SNL host Dakota Johnson of “50 Shades of Grey” fame) instead went to join ISIS in Syria. She jumps into a vehicle with ISIS-looking extremists, who are complete with beards and weapons. “ISIS. We'll take it from here, Dad,” the tagline says, per AdWeek.

 

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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