Carano was fired from “The Mandalorian” last week after a controversial social media post.
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The biggest pop culture story of last week was undoubtedly the resignation of actress Gina Carano from the Disney + “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” after sharing a post on social media that was considered anti-Semitic and offensive. She was dropped by talent agency UTA and by Lucasfilm, but later announced that she was now working on a new project being developed and produced with the conservative website The Daily Wire.
Since this story has dominated the conversation, it was inevitable that Carano would somehow appear on this weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by Oscar contender Regina King, “One Night in Miami.” That reference came in the form of a “Weekend Update” bit from Colin Jost, the segment’s co-anchor (opposite Michael Che).
“Yes, I don’t know if ‘Star Wars’ is the authority on what is anti-Semitic,” he said. He then played a clip of Watto, the junk dealer from ‘The Phantom Menace’, which at the time led to accusations of ethnic stereotype. “If that’s not Nazi propaganda, I don’t know what it is,” Jost added. Watch the clip below.
Gina Carano’s resignation has led to divisions on both sides of the political aisle. New York Magazine writer Jonathan Chait recently wrote an essay comparing Carano’s hymn to the Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s. “The post simply asserted (uncontroversial) that the Holocaust stemmed from a campaign of hatred against Jews, which it subsequently compared (controversially) to hatred of fellow Americans for their political views,” Chait wrote, referring to Carano’s post in which he was a conservative in the United States. current political climate for Nazi Germany. “I don’t find this post particularly enlightening. But overheated comparisons to Nazi Germany are quite common, and, more to the point, not anti-Semitic. Nowhere in this post is there any sympathy for Nazis or blame for their victims. “
“I am sending a direct message of hope to all who live in fear of cancellation by the totalitarian crowd. I’ve only just started using my voice, which is now freer than ever before, and I hope it inspires others to do the same. They can’t cancel us if we don’t allow them to, ‘Carano said last week as she spoke out.
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