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Colin Jost Appears Shocked As 'SNL' Crowd Cheers For Luigi Mangione

www.huffpost.com Colin Jost Appears Shocked As 'SNL' Crowd Cheers For Luigi Mangione

The alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has become a heartthrob on social media.

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I thought it was a bit of forced headline tripe they made him say to lead up into the joke, because as "open" as SNL is, they're still corpo-owned. Corpo-owned in fact by.... checks notes One Brian L Roberts, Chairman, CEO, 33% voting power. One person controls SNL, a large chunk of US broadband, NBC in general, Sky media in the UK, and more.
must be a slow news day if colin jost is in the headlines
- ZING! That actually made me chuckle.
If you watch the clip he's only caught off-guard that the audience didn't even wait for a punchline; he clearly isn't totally surprised that people support him at all
He doesn't want to get fired for being right like Norm Macdonald did for making OJ Simpson jokes.
Please share with every New Yorker for no particular reason:

https://youtu.be/uqH_Y1TupoQ
it seems like colin or his script was under pressure to not say anything that showed any support. that is definitely censorship.
i don't think he would have said anything shocking. but still.. he said nothing.
- Well of course it's censorship. It's NBC. Owned by Comcast. Colin is thinking of the shareholders. Why aren't you?
  
  I doubt he's thinking about the shareholders, I'm sure his thinking is more immediate, like keeping his job.
He appeared shocked because he's joking about being shocked, which often includes "appearing shocked."
- Shocked!
shocked

Omg huffpo, that wasn't shocked. That was Jost knowing exactly what would happen.

They got me with their clickbait this time 😢
The richy-richy-richersons don't understand. And Colin is rich from his partner's wealthy lifestyle work.

They just don't get it. I am against the murder as much as I am against the murder of abortion doctors.

But if you have had this system sitting on your head for any amount of time ...
This is so dumb—watch the video! The whole joke was that “Bumble exploded”—would someone who didn’t know Luigi Mangione is popular make that joke?
- The joke was a bit strange, was it supposed to be that people are thirsty for him? I didn't get the punchline
  
  Are you either not American or living under a rock? Everyone is thirsting after him. The joke is not “strange” unless you do not understand what a physically attractive person is.
- Note that for Weekend Update, Colin Jost and Michael Che write the jokes for each other, and they don't see them until they're reading them live.
  
  I thought they only swap jokes on the last episode of the season, which this one was
  
  The joke swap is a frequent feature, but it's not a universal property of Weekend Update.
This is the same SNL that invited Elon Musk to host only 3 years ago.
- And trump before that.
The hero we deserve is pretty popular. Who woulda thought. I do not advocate his method. I simply like that people feel represented.
- Stop saying you don’t advocate it. There is seriously nothing wrong with killing people who hurt other people, especially for profit. There is nothing wrong with advocating for their death, after literally everything else has failed.
  
  I really hope this becomes as frequent as school shootings. Maybe those school shooters will find a more appropriate way to vent whatever that crap is.
  
  I don't want to get banned or have my post removed. I say the words that help prevent that from happening. I may say different words when I'm in private spaces.
  
  I disagree. I think it's perfectly fine to be against the death penalty, which is basically what this was, minus the judicial process.
- I would never advocate his method as a first option, but it’s not like the healthcare companies just now started hurting people. Lots of people over lots of time, eventually that distills into one shot of very strong liquor
  
  Yep. How many decades are people supposed to wait while they see that their votes never get them any sort of change no matter which of the two corporatist parties who take money from that industry are in charge? If voting and protesting doesn’t work, what option is left?
  
  At least Mangione did something, and he did it at great personal sacrifice.
  
  I do advocate his methods. I hope he inspires many more heroes. I hope 2025 is the year of many more dead parasites.
From that article:
- It’s a me a Weegee
  
  Haha, Lou Weegee
- Cowardly Attack
  
  Everyone knows that it takes real bravery to simple die while waiting for your lawsuit against your insurance company to process. /s
You're wooing for justice, right?

Yes they are, Colin. Yes they are.
Someone needs to mock up some time person of the year images with luigi on the cover.
- I saw one here on Lemmy a couple days ago.
  
  Found it:
  
  The hero we needed... both of you. Lol
That is why I kinda loath all these rich asshats. The totally don't get why we think the guy did a service to humanity.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UybElQxbPNg
- Are there still alt youtube front end instances? The videos georestricted in Canada :(
  
  Try this one? Https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=UybElQxbPNg
  
  Look into proton VPN . Free, secure, good ui.
The first video was a response from the police maybe? Calling anyone who defended his murder as vile. Am I vile for thinking that the leader of a corporation that chooses to deny life saving care for share holders dying is a good thing for the lives of many? Maybe it's not a proper societal action... Barbaric even... But why don't they say the same thing when it's someone's loved one who is being denied care? Or, better yet, the tens of thousands who have been denied?
- lol at police calling anyone else vile
Yes, definitely wooing for justice. No more "just us."

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