I mean if I could steal millions of dollars and the United States presidency in exchange for, like, three years of prison in my 70s? I can’t promise I won’t try. But for a rich black guy, it’s a little encouraging. Paul Manafort got 47 months for tax evasion and bank fraud, which, as a black guy, feels very unfair. The guy stole over $50 million and he basically got sentenced to college. Paul Manafort, who looks like he was born divorced, faced up to 24 years in prison but only got four years, probably in a minimum security white collar facility with a bunch of his friends. His campaign manager this week was sentenced to four years in prison, and for Trump, that’s good news. O.K., here’s how bad Trump’s presidency is going. This week, Colin Jost and Michael Che kicked off “Weekend Update” by taking on the sentencing of Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman who was sentenced to less than four years in one of the two cases against him, well below the sentencing guidelines. Elba’s character was told he was not allowed to play a blind person. The rest of the sketch followed along the same lines. Twitter: One mistake, and we’ll kill you.” Because this game is produced by Twitter. Responding to Elba, who asked if this was real, Thompson said: “It sure is. Strong buzzed in with the right answer: “Absolutely not, he’s not black enough.” Can he play that?īennett hit the buzzer first: “Yes, of course, he’ll do a great job,” he said. Some have criticized the choice, arguing that Smith is too light-skinned to play Richard Williams. Thompson started by asking contestants about a recent real-life example: Will Smith’s casting as Richard Williams, the father of Venus and Serena Williams. The game featured three contestants, played by this week’s host, Idris Elba, and by Beck Bennett and Cecily Strong, each of whom portrayed working actors asked to give their best guesses as to who was allowed to play certain roles. The parody came in the form of a game show hosted by Thompson called “Can I Play That?” - “actors’ least favorite game.” The standout sketch this week took aim at uproars over Hollywood casting decisions, spurred by social media mobs.
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