Everyone, and I do mean everyone, is raving about how funny Saturday Night Live‘s ‘Black Jeopardy’ sketch was this week. If you like blacks being mocked for every stereotype under the sun, I guess you’ll find the 6 minutes a real howl worth gittin’ down wit. 
 
 The Washington Post headline read: “Forget Trump and Clinton. ‘Black Jeopardy’ is SNL’s best political sketch this year.” 
 
 ‘Black Jeopardy’ was replete with references to hot sauce, ‘Big (black) Girls,’ ‘Lives Matter’ — and of course, actor Tom Hanks playing Doug, a (racist, naturally) white Trump supporter. 
 
 The host Darnell, played by Kenan Thompson, announces that ‘Lives Matter’ would be the final category, to which the black contestants Keely and Shanice give Doug a stone-faced look. 
 
 “Well, it was good while it lasted, Doug,” chuckled Thompson. 
 
 “I’ve got a lot to say about this,” replied Hanks in a red-neck twang. 
 
 “Yeah, I’m sure you do,” quipped Thompson. “When we come back, we’ll play the national anthem and just see what the hell happens.” 
 
 Because now it’s a thing. Or should I say ‘thang’? Black professional athletes refusing to stand or taking a knee when the national anthem is played before games. 
 
 I admit I laughed when I watched the sketch, but later realized that Saturday Night Live would never have the audacity to produce a Jewish Jeopardy with categories like ‘Nazi Noodnicks,’ ‘Merchant of Venice’ or ‘Penny For Your Thoughts’––because it wouldn’t be considered funny, but rather anti-Semitic. If SNL is based on satire, why don’t we see the show mocking Jews and Jewish culture? 
 
 Yet, over and over again liberals think it’s okay to mock so-called “black culture” under the racist guise of comedy. Again, the notion being that all black people are one big, black stereotype, who vote Democrat, talk black, and hate white people. 
 
 Before ABC’s Blackish, there was Good Times, a sitcom about a black family living in a public housing project, and Sanford and Son, about black junk-yard dealer and his son. 
 
 “Black Jeopardy” has been a recent staple of SNL. This wasn’t the first installment. “Historically, the sketch has embellished black stereotypes and mocked white people’s political correctness,” wrote the Washington Post reporter Dan Zak. 
 
 Take note that Zak proudly juxtaposes the term “black stereotypes” with white people’s political correctness. What about white stereotypes? Zak, like SNL, gets away with this subtle racism because he’s a white liberal writing for a left-leaning publication. 
 
 The one stereotype missing from Black Jeopardy was any reference to blacks looting in the name of Black Lives Matter and getting away with it. Of course that would be HILARIOUS if it wasn’t such an ugly reality (Baltimore, Ferguson). When was the last time you saw riotous masses of white people, burning down their neighborhoods, and looting stores for flat screen TVs, cigarettes, hooch or toiletries? 
 
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 Crystal Wright is author of the newly released book Con Job: How Democrats Gave Us Crime, Sanctuary Cities, Abortion Profiteering, and Racial Division. By day, Crystal is a communications consultant and editor and publisher of the blog Conservative Black Chick. 
 
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 This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author. 
 
 This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author. ||||| This SNL Black Jeopardy skit with Tom Hanks is as good as everyone says it is. And it’s not just funny either…it’s the rare SNL skit that works brilliantly as cultural commentary. Kudos to the writers on this one. 
 
 Update: Writing for Slate, Jamelle Bouie details why the Black Jeopardy sketch was so good; the title of the piece asks, “The Most Astute Analysis of American Politics in 2016?” ||||| "Tom Hanks plays a Donald Trump supporter" could’ve yielded some obvious (read: lazy) jokes when he hosted Saturday Night Live on October 22. Instead, the show made him play Black Jeopardy — and found a whole new way to talk about the nuances of this exhausting presidential election cycle. 
 
 The Black Jeopardy sketch has been recurring since 2014, usually throwing well-meaning but ultimately clueless white people into a game that caters to its black contestants. Past categories have included "They Out Here Saying," "If It’s Sunday," and "Bruh..." leading to repeated situations where the white — or in Drake’s case, Canadian — contestants realize they have no idea how to play the "black" version of the game. 
 
 So when SNL’s latest rendition of the sketch introduced Hanks as a white contestant named Doug — wearing one of Trump’s "Make America Great Again" hats and a T-shirt emblazoned with a bald eagle — it seemed like this odd man out was in for another huge loss. 
 
 But then middle-aged white guy Doug kinda crushed Black Jeopardy. 
 
 When faced with the answer, "They Out Here Saying: The new iPhone wants your thumbprint ‘for your protection,’" Doug immediately buzzed in with, "What is, ‘I don’t think so, that’s how they get ya’?" 
 
 "Yes," host Darnell Haynes (Kenan Thompson) said, incredulous, as Doug’s fellow contestants (played by Sasheer Zamata and Leslie Jones) looked over in delighted shock. 
 
 From there, Doug continued to ace the game. After sharing his distrust of the iPhone’s thumbprint key, he also earned brownie points by insisting that Tyler Perry’s Madea movies are worth every penny because they let him "laugh and pray in 90 minutes." 
 
 Everything about his appearance suggested he wouldn’t or couldn’t get along with anyone else on Black Jeopardy. But as written by Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che and SNL co-head writer Bryan Tucker, Doug turned out to be far more chill with the black contestants’ viewpoints than anyone might have expected, because it turned out they were his opinions too. 
 
 By the time the show jumped into a category called "Skinny Women Can Do This for You," Doug received actual cheers when he scoffed, "What is, 'Not a damn thing'?" 
 
 However, despite having so much in common with the other people sharing the Black Jeopardy stage, Doug still didn’t totally trust them. 
 
 Throughout the game, he still showed signs of inherent bias, like when he skittered away from Darnell’s attempt to shake his hand as if the host were about to beat him up, and then balked when the final category — "Lives That Matter" — came up. 
 
 As a result, it’s been interesting to see how some have interpreted the sketch. RawStory described it as Hanks going "full deplorable," while Slate tweeted it like so: 
 
 Watch Tom Hanks mock Trump supporters in SNL’s Black Jeopardy: https://t.co/GntrKxm66r pic.twitter.com/wXRF0XguSR — Slate (@Slate) October 24, 2016 
 
 But saying that this Black Jeopardy sketch was only trying to mock Trump supporters is an incredible simplification of a brilliant comedic approach. 
 
 Aside from Hanks playing Doug’s grumbling shrugs to perfection, the sketch was smart and sly in the way it managed to find the center of a Venn diagram between people that few — from Dougs to Darnells and everyone in between — rarely try to find anymore. 
 
 In under seven minutes, SNL dug into the commonalities between people who view each other as total opposites, the racially motivated anxieties of Trump’s base, and many Americans’ hesitance to cross increasingly polarized political lines in search of anything they might like on the other side. 
 
 Finding the absurdity in the Trump versus Clinton debates is easy. Portraying the many subtleties of the American electorate in a sharp, hilarious, and different way this far into the campaign cycle is hard — and like Doug on Black Jeopardy, SNL crushed it. 
 
 Updated to credit Michael Che and Bryan Tucker as the writers of this sketch. ||||| Just before midnight Saturday, Tom Hanks put on a denim shirt, a goatee and a red “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” hat, and in six minutes pulled off the best political sketch of the year — and it didn’t even feature Kate McKinnon or Alec Baldwin as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. 
 
 “Saturday Night Live” has staged its “Black Jeopardy” sketch a few times before, pitting its African American cast members against white guest hosts who can’t overcome their own whiteness to answer clues about black culture and jargon. This time, though, the white contestant — a Trump supporter named Doug played by Hanks — proved to be surprisingly adept at “Black Jeopardy.” 
 
 After Leslie Jones picked a category titled “They Out Here Saying,” Kenan Thompson read the clue: “They out here saying that every vote counts.” Hanks buzzed in and answered in a tight-jawed drawl: “What is ‘Come on, they already decided who wins even ’fore it happens.’ ” 
 
 “Yes!” Thompson cried, as the studio audience cheered and the black contestants nodded in approval. “Man, the Illuminati figured that out months ago!” 
 
 Historically, the sketch has embellished black stereotypes and mocked white people’s political correctness. This time around, it found common ground between African Americans and rural white conservatives: a sense of disenfranchisement, a distrust of authorities and, more playfully, an appreciation of curvy women. 
 
 Under the category “Big Girls,” Thompson read this clue: “Skinny women can do this for you.” 
 
 “What is ‘Not a damn thing,’ ” Hanks answered, again to wild cheers from the audience and a high-five from Leslie Jones. “My wife, she’s a sturdy gal.” 
 
 “That is my man right there,” Jones said. 
 
 [‘I always get back up’: Leslie Jones returns to social media after nasty hack] 
 
 The sketch — written by “Weekend Update” co-anchor Michael Che and SNL co-head writer Bryan Tucker — was smart, funny and topical (a rare trifecta on SNL) and slyly illustrated that America’s problems are just as much about class as about race. In a campaign year that’s hinged on racial discord, partisan rancor and a deep suspicion of anyone who is “other,” the sketch was deliciously cathartic. 
 
 Tweeted MTV politics writer Ezekiel Kweku: “best analysis of the white working class and the presidential election I’ve seen this cycle.” 
 
 Tweeted former Jeb Bush staffer Tim Miller: 
 
 This Black Jeopardy skit is as good as folks are saying. We really do have more that unites than divides! DOUG https://t.co/snDKFdL10I — Tim Miller (@Timodc) October 23, 2016 
 
 Tweeted actor and Fox News contributor Stacey Dash: 
 
 LOL!! Saturday Night Live: Tom Hanks portrays a Trump supporter playing “Black Jeopardy” https://t.co/BKqh4yBZZx — Stacey Dash (@REALStaceyDash) October 24, 2016 
 
 SNL sketches rarely stick their landings — they either end too abruptly or go on forever — but the punchline of “Black Jeopardy” raised it from clever observation to sharp commentary. The “Final Jeopardy” category was “Lives That Matter.” Jones and fellow contestant Sasheer Zamata looked balefully at Hanks, who froze as the audience laughed. 
 
 “Well, it was good while it lasted, Doug,” Thompson said. 
 
 Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton met on the debate stage for one final showdown, and late-night comedians were tuned in for a laugh. (The Washington Post) 
 
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 If you missed the relatively short "Black Jeopardy!" sketch, which didn't get as much attention as the presidential debate satire, take seven minutes to change that. Hilarious, sharp, and topical, it's the best comedic take on the current presidential election we've seen on TV this year. 
 
 "Black Jeopardy!" has showed up on "SNL" before, usually playing up the cultural differences of contestants in a battle of stereotypes. That's true here, but in a Donald Trump-inspired way: Tom Hanks is the sole white contestant on the game show, wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat. 
 
 But it turns out as the sketch goes on that the black contestants and host and the white Trump supporter have a lot in common: a distrust of authority and elections, a love of curvy women and Tyler Perry films, and an ability to get a good deal from their local "guy." 
 
 The delirious, cleverly written sketch insists that we're more alike than different as Americans. Until, that is, the biting final moment, when the final category shows up: "Lives That Matter." The black contestants look at Hanks' Trump voter awkwardly, and he stares silently. 
 
 "It was good while it lasted," Kenan Thompson's host says. 
 
 The sketch, written by "Weekend Update" co-anchor Michael Che and "SNL" co-head writer Bryan Tucker, leaves us to imagine what Hanks' character thinks about which lives matter, but it's a pointed jab at how class and race play important — and sometimes very different — roles in shaping attitudes and beliefs around the current presidential election, in which Trump has amassed support among working-class whites. 
 
 Interestingly, the sketch also has fans broadly among political thinkers and writers. Fox News contributor Stacey Dash approves: 
 
 As does a former Jeb Bush campaign staffer: 
 
 Slate political writer Jamelle Bouie had some thoughts about the sketch's meaning: 
 
 And the Washington Post summed it up by calling it "SNL's best political sketch this year." 
 
 Watch the full sketch below:
– SNL may have opened Saturday's show with a spoof of the latest presidential debate, but it saved its best skit for later. A black host, two black contestants, a white guy named Doug wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, get together for an episode of Black Jeopardy. But as Doug (Tom Hanks) answers various clues, the contestants (Sasheer Zamata and Leslie Jones) learn he isn't so different from them: He, too, has suspicions about the iPhone's thumbprint key and elections, as well as a love of curvy women, Tyler Perry, and lottery tickets. All goes well until the final category: "Lives That Matter." "It was good while it lasted," the host (Kenan Thompson) declares. What people are saying: Paul Schrodt at Business Insider credits Michael Che and Bryan Tucker for writing the show's "best sketch in recent memory" and "the best comedic take on the current presidential election we've seen on TV this year." Dan Zak at the Washington Post calls it the "best political sketch of the year." In previous shows, Black Jeopardy has "embellished black stereotypes and mocked white people's political correctness," he writes. "This time around, it found common ground between African Americans and rural white conservatives." "Portraying the many subtleties of the American electorate in a sharp, hilarious, and different way this far into the campaign cycle is hard—and like Doug on Black Jeopardy, SNL crushed it," writes Caroline Framke at Vox. Yes, the sketch "is as good as everyone says it is," writes blogger Jason Kottke. "And it's not just funny either… it's the rare SNL skit that works brilliantly as cultural commentary. Kudos to the writers on this one." But Crystal Wright has a very different take. "If you like blacks being mocked for every stereotype under the sun, I guess you'll find the 6 minutes a real howl worth gittin' down wit," she writes at Mediaite.