James Franco and SNL Tackle #Sexual #Harassment and Alum Al Franken

James Franco hosted Saturday Evening Reside and helped the sketch comedy sequence proceed to deal with the rising sexual harassment allegations which have made headlines this yr.
The episode additionally made reference to SNL alum Al Franken‘s current scandal; The Democratic introduced his ...

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James Franco hosted Saturday Evening Reside and helped the sketch comedy sequence proceed to deal with the rising sexual harassment allegations which have made headlines this yr.
The episode additionally made reference to SNL alum Al Franken‘s current scandal; The Democratic introduced his resignation as Minnesota senator on Thursday after dealing with weeks of sexual misconduct allegations.
In a sketch titled “Sexual Harassment Charlie,” Franco and solid member Kenan Thompson play terminated staff who apologize to their feminine colleagues, performed by Melissa Villaseñor, Cecily Sturdy and Leslie Jones, for sexually harassing them.
“I simply need to say to all of you that I’m deeply and really sorry for something inappropriate that I’ll have executed whereas working right here,” Franco’s character says.
“Yeah, my unhealthy,” says Thompson’s “Charlie.”
“To Janet specifically, I do know that I playfully referred to you as my little honey bee and it made you’re feeling uncomfortable and I do know now it was incorrect and I am sorry.”
“It was gross,” Villaseñor replies. “And also you’re gross.”
“Janet, I do know that you just typically, you’d stroll by me and I might say one thing like, ‘Mmmm, mm!’ Then I might shake my head, perform a little dance and ask you to not damage no one with that factor. It was incorrect. I am sorry.”
The ladies do not appear too upset with Charlie, calling his habits “traditional Charlie.” They even query the choice to fireside him, a “candy outdated man,” and reiterate their disgust with Franco’s character.
“It simply really feel such as you guys are going simpler on him as a result of he is an enthralling outdated black man and he has executed approach worse stuff,” he tells them.
However it’s later revealed that Charlie just isn’t who he appears.
“Everybody is aware of a Charlie,” one YouTube commentator wrote.
In a sketch titled “Go to With Santa,” Thompson performs Santa and a number of other youngsters ask him about a few of the males accused of sexual assault and harassment.
“Are you able to inform me, what did Al Franken do?” a boy asks.
“Effectively, Tyler, I suppose you might say that Al Franken is on Santa’s naughty checklist this yr?” Santa tells him.
Franken, a former comic who was a author and performer on Saturday Evening Reside within the ’70s and ’80s, was accused of allegedly groping and attempting to kiss girls with out their consent. He had mentioned weeks in the past he was embarrassed and ashamed by his habits. His resignation announcement got here after a brand new allegation was made and after many Democratic senators referred to as for him to step down. In his speech, he mentioned a few of the allegations had been unfaithful.
SNL additionally tackled the Franken scandal on Weekend Replace, with Sturdy’s recurring character Cathy Anne saying, “Why are you gonna resign should you ain’t gonna apologize? And should you ain’t obtained nothing to apologize for, then why the hell are you resigning?”
Franken is considered one of a number of highly effective males who’ve been accused of sexual misconduct over the previous yr, becoming a member of the likes of President Donald Trump, Alabama Republican senate candidate Roy Moore, newsmen akin to Matt Lauer and a slew of Hollywood personalities, notably Harvey Weinstein.
Final month, Moore was accused of sexually assaulting or pursued a few girls after they had been teenagers and he was in his 30s. He has denied the allegations.
“And what about Roy Moore? Which checklist is he on?” Tyler asks Santa within the SNL sketch.
“It is probably not a listing, it is extra of a registry,” replies Kate McKinnon‘s character, a Christmas elf.
In his resignation speech, Franken talked about Trump and Moore, saying he was “conscious that there’s some irony in the truth that I’m leaving whereas a person who has bragged on tape about his historical past of sexual assault sits within the Oval Workplace and a person who has repeatedly preyed on younger ladies campaigns for the Senate, with the total assist of his get together.”
Trump had bragged to Billy Bush about groping girls in an Entry Hollywood 2005 open mic recording, which was leaked final yr simply earlier than the U.S. election. He apologized for his feedback and had mentioned he had not truly carried out the acts he mentioned on the tape. He additionally dismissed his remarks as “locker room speak.”
“He mentioned it. ‘Seize ’em by the p—y,'” Bush, who misplaced his job over the scandal, wrote in an op-ed printed within the New York Instances final weekend.
Trump has additionally denied allegations of constructing sexual advances and groping at the least a dozen girls.
“Our president might have mentioned or executed a couple of naughty issues,” Thompson’s Santa tells a woman named Jessica, when requested if the president was “on the naughty checklist.”
“Nineteen accusers. Google it,” provides Kate McKinnon‘s Christmas elf.
Trump, like many presidents earlier than him, is usually criticized and mocked on the present.
“I am positive we are able to all be taught a lesson from what is going on on within the information,” Santa tells Jessica.
“We positive can,” she says. “I realized that should you admit you probably did one thing incorrect, you get in hassle. However should you deny it, they allow you to preserve your job.”
SNL additionally once more addressed the current scandal involving Lauer, who was fired from NBC after a feminine colleague accused him of inappropriate sexual habits. Extra sexual misconduct allegations had been then made towards him. One lady claimed he gave her a intercourse toy as a present.
“Perhaps you need a toy from Santa?” Santa asks a boy within the SNL sketch.
Oh, you imply a toy just like the one Matt Lauer gave to his co-worker?” the boy asks.

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