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Many of the sketches featured on the February 24 episode of “Saturday Night Live” seemed to play into Shane Gillis’ persona as a bro-y white dude who always seems like he’s on the cusp of saying something offensive. It perhaps plays into Gillis’ initial “SNL” backlash that many of his characters weren’t exactly politically correct. For example, one sketch was a parody of the game show, “The Floor,” where Gillis is tasked with naming historical figures. However, he’s unable to identify any Black people throughout history (minus Cleveland Brown from “Family Guy”).
The LiMu Emu parody sketch also isn’t very PC, seeing as Gillis essentially plays a law enforcement officer who’s an accessory in a man’s death. However, the reaction to this sketch is far more positive compared to what the rest of the episode received. On X (formerly known as Twitter), @JonahDispatch wants more of the dirty buddy-cop dynamic: “I would watch a whole TV series featuring Dark Limu Emu. Not even necessarily a comedy. Like the Shield but everybody takes it for granted that the rogue cop on the squad is a giant flightless bird.”
It’s perhaps understandable the commercial parody was cut simply due to how dark it gets. Then again, the reaction to the sketch may convince “SNL” to take greater chances on darker material that may not appeal to everyone, but that is funny nonetheless. Either way, “SNL” definitely could’ve afforded to cut back on the cold open, which saw various senators discuss Donald Trump’s various insults toward them. Room could’ve been made by shortening that sketch and inserting the LiMu Emu sketch elsewhere.
