As a white guy, I found this hilarious, but then I stopped to think. On the few occasions that I changed the mind of close-mind people, I was pretty proud of myself. Showing a racist or other kind of bigot the light is a worthy achievement, so she could be proud of changing his mind, if she wanted to be.
That scene doesn't happen as often in movies set in the mid-20th century. Come up a couple of decades and, yeah, you got pretty much every movie with Whoopi Goldberg or Queen Latifah teaching the uptight white folks how to have soul.
@@JuanSilva-ym9pf This makes me sad. I love languages, all of them. When English isn't a person's first language it means they learned it. No matter how grammatically incorrect or misspelled words are, they are speaking English. Just because us ignorant people who just speak one expect everyone else to speak English, that is it, and as "perfectly" as me. I wish more than anything that world languages were taught to the youth in this country. Seriously imagine kids growing up with multiple languages, first through 6th learning languages, high school could be elective ones. But by the time people go to high school chances are people will know or at least understand one or more languages. Making it easier to learn, there is more understanding, which we in the U.S. obviously lack. I see this all of the time in video games. I mean I had to explain to a person on overwatch that they are on The Americas server not "America's" server... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas You know, Americas where everyone in The Americas is American but the U.S. holds onto it like a shield. Nope the people in The ((United States)) OF America are the only ones allowed to be called Americans as so proclaimed by the self proclaimed only "Americans"..... I did not miss the point of this. This was just a response to a personal experience that occurs over and over. Not an exact statement towards theirs. Had to clarify because apparently everything has to be pointed at someone?
(I said ‘boy’ like ‘boycott’, although the driver who ordered her to move and had her arrested was over 40 years old. And judging from his obituary, his heart never did change. But Hollywood will fix that!)
It also gives the cartoonish racist a redemption arc. That fucker doesn't deserve a redemption arc. I mean, unless it literally ends with him joining the Black Panthers and marching with Malcolm X... that I might watch.
@@pspspspspspsps7068 I'm a white person and you wouldn't believe how much I hear this in my family from the older members. "I'm not racist, I don't call people the n word." Except they actually say it.
This sketch would have felt complete if the white lady who adopts Amber is also a teacher at an inner-city high school who brings peace at last to her classroom.
....dont forget how the teacher takes the inner-city kids to their first symphony. Then all the kids raise funds to buy their own instruments and start a hood-orchestra🙄....#copyrighted
Dance with the wolves, it's not a black person movie but still they had to put a white woman in the Native American village for Kevin Costner to fall in love with.
@@DuncanKassel haha yeah uh, white racists dont care about how much dna they got with us black folk. they beat us and make laws against us because of shitty things theyve been taught about us. i dont think we can stop talking about race when we're still get killed by staying silent there are two kinds of racists: people who actually say and do bad things to others, and then theres people like you whod rather we ignore the problem and just assume itll just go away
I thought this was just vague shade until they really went there and just straight up named all of those movie examples. This is so brutally honest and I love it 😂😂
Some of this movies are based on real events where white people really helped black people to advance. Like Cool Runnings or Hidden Figures and others.
"There's several things that white people can teach black folk: cooking, music, Christianity, and football." - Probably said by someone seriously in the past couple of years.
I can't believe the lie in this video: 'This Spring'. Everyone knows movies like these are released in November / December so they are still fresh in the memory of the Acadamy Voters when it is time to pick the winners.
Right! This has always annoyed me and there are A LOT of black people that think this way.👀 I'm gonna be BLACKTY BLACK and I don't care how that looks to a white person. Period!
@@hotnspicy474 More like "rich, famous, or having connections" privilege. Many people are forgetting how many poor _white_ folks get much harsher penalties than those of some status. It's not only racism, but classism as well, that is a problem in America.
@@edinfific2576 It's a spectrum with a lot of points, black women are sentenced as harshly as white men, white women can sometimes cut a dude's face off and get away with it, and black men are Guilty, Period, otherwise why would they have been arrested. In all cases, money knocks you up a peg
I don't think we see the best of Amber in her characters on the show. This whole sketch is a real showcase for what an incredible performer she can be. And her reading of this line is the cream of the crop. Perfectly pitched.
Now be honest y'all blacks live to earn white folks respect. Tbh we dont even really know y'all exist until we turn on the news and see that some black kid shot another one over the color of a rag or for some sneakers. Lol.
But what about the beautiful and totally not overused narrative of a white teacher or mentor going into an urban area and teaching black students how to a) not be stereotypically black anymore and b) be amazing perfect students, all in the span of a month?
I've never actually seen a movie like that, but I've seen several parodies making fun of that concept. (I'm not really up to date on movies that are not Marvel, Disney, Star Wars, or Dream Works.)
Let's get meta for a moment as we have just watched a sketch produced by and starring a white savior. That brings home some truths about how blackness is also shown through the white gaze. Would this work if the white actor was an unknown and the black actress was the known star? Would it reach the same audience? Funny how the sketch was an example of the very thing it was highlighting.😏 IJS
It would have been so complete 💯💯💯 if the had addressed they fact of how and who produced this and actually touched on Seth's White saviorism too. LOL By the way I like the trailer and the "really" racist dude was pure hilarity 😂.
As a teen in lily-white Belgium, our teachers made as watch Mississippi Burning and write an essay about it. I wrote how it was the most racist movie I ever saw as it did not tell the story of black people fighting against racism but a story about white saviours coming in from outside to save a bunch of helpless blacks. Some teachers were furious, as they considered the movie to be a pamphlet AGAINST racism. Others told me it was an eye-opener for them. My essay was published in a national paper AND earned me street cred among the cool kids in town, two things that rarely go together.
@@marilynsmymother711 It's actually not that wildly difficult to get published in a national paper as a high schooler. I wrote a half-assed paper at 16 about texting and the degradation of language that was published in a national paper. Incidentally, there are just a _lot_ of national papers. Not to say it's not something to be proud of, it's just not difficult enough to be as unbelievable as "everybody clapped."
Omggg I also live in Belgium, wow so happy to see another teen of colour in this country ! Really sorry that you have experienced to see that movie, hope you are doing fine :) Maybe you might not find my message but in any case I have Insta if you wanna chat!
In a year where Alfonso Cuarón transcended his talent, Spike Lee made one of the most relevant comments in his career and Yorgos Lanthimos took the piss out of the monarchy and the Academy thinks the feel good movie about racism written by an ardent Trump supporter is the best. Yeah...
On a related note, the story of a White guy who goes to a faraway land in Asia or Africa or pretty much most of the Earth where there are no White people, and through some inexplicable series of improbable events, he becomes a king that saves the entire village of helpless and oppressed black and brown people from other black and brown people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_savior_narrative_in_film
This is how I felt about that one movie The Blind Side. The movie kept pretending it was about the hardships of the black kid, but it was actually about how awesome Sandra Bullock was for adopting him, like he’s some stray dog and she’s the hero for taking him off the street. The whole movie just felt really weird.
Every time I watch the Blindside I always wonder, how the hell she got away with that? Just because he was homeless, doesn't mean she can pluck him off the street like a stray kitten. There's gotta some paperwork and some questions that need to be asked. You just can't adopt a whole child out of nowhere. If the roles were reversed and a black man adopted a little white girl, oh police would have been in there asking some questions...
@@bothellkenmore I noticed those white tea-cups and saucers with the little brown fleur-de-lises around the edge that every black grandmother had until like 2006!
Needs more white teachers going to inner city schools and "putting the poor helpless black students on the right track". Also, the teacher has to say something cringeworthy like "You're the man now, dog!"
Now we need a parody of the gorgeous and wildly successful female who's life just isn't whole until she meets that broke, hopelessly average loser guy who "saves" her from a frivolous, emotionally fragile and secretly lonely life. She's totally out of his league and completely incomplete without him. ( I'm talking to you Titanic, Overboard, Notting Hill and basically any Seth Rogan movie )
@@ImTheCookieMonster95 Yeah... everyone knows that Sarah. We're just spitballing jokes about other comedic scenarios of a similar "savior" power dynamic. Jeez.... 😒
This is a parody that speaks to feminisim as well. Incredibly intelligent woman whose accomplishments arent given their dues or platform without the man. Facing sexism and racisim 'saved' from both by both the white man and white woman
God I feel like my last attempt at a relationship was exactly like this. Except that I'm not gorgeous. Still make more money than most of my peers (and definitely the last guy).
I’d highly disagree with the Titanic example. She was born into wealth and he wasn’t. That doesn’t make her “wildly successful” and him a loser, especially since he’s an amazing artist making his own way in the world and she’s just a sad pretty girl.
They forgot the other races; Kevin Costner saved a Native tribe by becoming the best Native American, Tom Cruise became the best samurai in the village. ‘Jake Sully’ became the best damn blue alien in avatar. You da best white people!!
George Guja yes, in the beginning... that’s how these movies start, they are saved by the “enemy”, sees the value in the culture/people, when prior, they saw just savages or obstacles. then they become their greatest warrior. So, after Tom had a quick training montage, he was just as good as the samurai who’ve trained since birth. Not to mention he gets the hottest lady in village. that’s a whole ‘nother issue that needs to be explored.
jeff haller ...and The Jerk when Steve Martin is adopted by the black family and tries to learn rhythm. Just kidding, he failed and that was actually funny!
@@georgeguja6155 Yes, and then he saved them (kind of, until they all died). Just like the Native Americans saved Costner, then he saved them. Just like the blue freaks saved Sam Worthington, then he saved them.
Missed the point. This is when Hollywood gets white writers and filmmakers to make diverse stories instead of hiring Black, Asian, Latino, or Native writers
And Seth Myers producing it proves the point of the whole exercise. Am i supposed to actually think 'well, amen. Atleast Seth gets it!' Because i am not in the least impressed. None of the corny humor even made me chuckle. Seth Myers you'll never be my white savior. Even if you tried so hard to combat white liberal patronizing with white liberal patronizing! Miss me!!!
Artur Zinurov definitely has its problems, but it’s not framed as a white saviour movie imo. Plus at the time of last year’s oscars it was the only nominee I’d seen (since then I watched Get Out and absolutely loved it), so at the time I didn’t really have anything to compare it to? At least this year I’ve seen enough of the movies to say that Green Book shouldn’t have won.
Danica Jekic what movies you watched I am genuinely interested. I am not a huge fan of green book but shape of water didn’t deserve it at all even if you take away fish sex and “white man bad” take on racism (which is even worse than green book) it’s just not good. Green book at least competent with amazing performances and at least it says that we can get along. Basically shape of water just lowered the bar for me.
At least Hidden Figures had the decency to follow the point of view of the three main black characters, they're the ones that had an arc and the main focus. Green Book on the other hand is just the story of Viggo Mortensen's character deciding to be less racist because he's got a cool black friend. Why aren't we following Don Shirley's point of view?!? Imagine if instead Kevin Costner's character was the focus of Hidden Figures and the three ladies were supporting cast.
Great point. I just watched Green Book last night and have now found my way to this! I feel like Seth Meyers must have made this skit in direct reaction to Green Book. Crazy how the gay, black, world class pianist in segregated America was the second fiddle to his driver in that story
The bathroom scene here is a direct reference to Hidden Figures, that didn't actually happen in the book/life. The white director threw it in because it wouldn't complete without the White Savior.
when I first saw this playing in the background with sound off I thought it was a real movie trailer and got SO EXCITED THAT AMBER RUFFIN WAS IN A MOVIE.
Yeah, whose job was it to fill up that blackboard? some of that stuff actually made sense. I think that particular task must have taken a phone call or two. Oh, I went back and looked.... there's TWO blackboards. Oh! They made some INTERN do it!... and they kept erasing it it until they got it right.
@@colvillebrown6912 But it was all MATH symbols. there were Pi's and radicals and sinewave... everything was from out of a Math Book. I really don't think a person unfamiliar with Math could have made those selections. And English Major would not have been able to fill those boards. Of course it wasn't coherent. But just the Recognition of the Elements of a Mathematicians Language, garbled like that, well, it made me Laugh, right? THAT was my observation.
@@fakename2956 Hi Fake Name, oh wait! this is really NOT fair. It's not that nobody actually believes that a Black Person can be smart so much as everybody kind of believes that Black Culture has conspired within itself, in its self definition of Blackness, that being Cerebrally Intellectual does not conform to the Image they wish to collectively project. Yes, for decades, it was White Money that controlled the Black Media and so you could blame White Financing and Business Decisions. But for decades now Black Producers have been in charge of Black Media, and where is THEIR presentation of the Black Intellectual. Even from Black Media we still have Singing and Dancing Bad Asses. Oh! Sports Heroes. What are Little Black Kids in School supposed to think, if they aren't already six foot 2 by the time they are 13. "Oh, I better be a Bad Ass". so don't blame White People because Black People suppress Intellectualism as a Black Embraced Cultural Expression.
@@TheMewtata Also Blackkklansman. Spike Lee was pissed. But my favorite was Sorry To Bother You. Have you seen that? They didn't try a lot for Oscar nomination, but it was my favorite.
Racist:She’s supposed to give me her seat!! Kevin: Nah it’s ok man she’s with me, I let her seat here Rosa Parks: Kevin that’s not remotely the issue he- Kevin: Sssssshhhhhhh.... Be quite Rosa, don’t you see I’m trying to give you a voice.
@1111Pel A, Congress includes the Senate. B, of the 435 representatives in the House , 60% are white men. Senate is 71% white men. So yeah, he'd fit right in.
It drives me nuts how accurate that statement of not testing well with audiences is. If it's an interracial couple, it's usually a white man with a black woman... and *seldom* a white woman with a black man. Hell, the Cheerios commercial where a child with a white mom and a black dad pouring the cereal over her dad's heart while the dad napped because she was told it was good for hearts got such an outraged reaction because it was an interracial couple with a mixed race child. Even in porn, and this is really disgusting, white women who shoot with black men will often end up getting paid less in the future because of it... in porn... The world has a very very very long way to go to get remotely near actual equality.
eventhorizon Really? Are you sure? Because I see THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE. Look at most of the black male celebrities and athletes. Most of them have white wives. In porn the interracial section is mainly black guys with white women, barely black girls and white guys. At least the ones with black guys and white girls are the ones that get pushed the most. Even in real life, there are more black men dating and marrying white women than white men and black women 🙄🙄.
@@iammar1159 I have to agree with everything you said. I didn't really see the Black woman/White man pairings take off in the media until Scandal came on the scene and there was plenty of water-cooler chatter about it (mostly Black men seething about Black women liked White men solely because of their systematic power, prestige, and privilege). I do wonder if Olivia had been paired up with some random White dude outside of the DC power circle if the show would've done half as well. I also agree with the porn thing because Black men have been cast in that Mandingo Man role since time immemorial and it does seem like nearly every Black male celeb/athlete 'trades-up' to White women (or Asian) when they make it big. Of course, when a Black woman does the same thing and marries a powerful, wealthy White man, she's a 'bed-wench' instead of being a woman who looks out for her own interests. 🙄
In my freshman year of high school (2013) we had to watch Freedom Writers in my English class. At the time, I remember thinking “I guess it was good, but something about it doesn’t sit right”. I felt bad about being annoyed by the hokey dialogue and the main teacher’s attitude, because it was an important movie, right? Everyone else in my class loved it (it was a predominately white & republican school), and I chalked it up to me being to cynical and a bit of a film snob (I was 15 and just getting into films that were “dark” and “edgy”). Then in 2019 Green Book beat BlacKkKlansman and I was like “Oh I think I get it now”
Seriously, both GP and Blackkkklansman were stupid nominees for best picture. Barely any of the movies in that category deserved to win, but especially those two. Spike Lee is so overrated.
May just be my opinion on Freedom Writers but that movie was about being brave enough to stand up and saying something is wrong, like when that elder Austrian woman (who hid Anne Frank) came to speak. The core of the movie is in what she said about knowing it was the right thing to do and facing down a death sentence in order to see it done. The teacher's role woulda fit a black person just as well except it was based on true events and the teacher happened to be a white woman. Unlike, Greenbook, where seemingly the black guy couldn't've done anything without a white guy present.
Omg the part when he said he had toliet paper stuck to his shoe.. And compared it to knowing what racism feels like👏👏👏👏...so accurate🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦.......I was once asked "WHY IS THERE A BLACK HISTORY MONTH" "DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S RACIST"...I just walked away..somethings you just have to walk away 🚶 🚶 🚶
@VampSlaying 101 "Your" history isn't seperated in regards to education you imbecile. "Your" history is your ancestors history; save your violins and cotton tears for the white idiots who actually feel guilt over somethings they didn't do that happened over 150 years ago.
For all my white folks that had that "it's funny because its true" moment...reevaluate how you think about your role in a black person's life. We do not need you to stand up for us. Stand beside us in the face of racism instead. Also, check your white friends and family members who need a wake up call.
That's a great idea! Another great idea would be for black folks to start checking their black friends and family members who are being racist against the whites. Because most white people in the USA, "understand racism" really well. Not like the guy in the video...
@Ig-nat-ius All I am saying is that racism does not come only from white people. If our true goal is to make racism dissapear, then we should keep in mind that the problem is not the discriminations against minorities, but discriminations against everyone. If you are unwilling to accept that, then you can go back to your own reality.
I think I'm going to sit all my white friends down and have them watch this, because if I have to sit through another conversation about how "Good" Green Book is, I'm going to choke somebody.
TheDoomer I enjoyed Green Book. No I don’t think it did anything to impact culture at all, but I though it was a good movie. I enjoyed the performances by the actors, their chemistry worked well, and I’m a sucker for 50’s-60’s pieces. Yes it has every cliche in the book, but I still liked it. Don’t get pissed at people for having different opinions than you. Not everyone has to have the same mindset as you. You may have loved Black Panther, while I hated it. The reason I hated BP was I felt like it was literally just Lion King with horrible CGI. The writing felt sloppy, and not to mention the cringe, cliche for Marvel having a corny as hell joke during or after a serious moment, ruining any emotion or level of intensity. Hell tbh I hate all the MCU movies, not even a fan of Infinity War. At least it ended on a depressing note, which was a big change. Either way, don’t bash people for having a different mindset
Thank you! I didn't know anything about what happened until the movie came out, and then I looked into the real story, because these "Based on a true story" movies are never accurate, I wanted to slam my head against anything hard when I found out the character wasn't real. The true story was much more powerful, but no- has to be a fictional white person breaking the glass ceiling and crap, and friending the racists, that is the only reason she got any respect in the end. If it wasn't for them clearing the way for her she would have been tossed to the side... Makes me want to vomit.
@@jeromepowell9245 - Yup, like I said, nobody did anything in that scene- she just used the rest room and that was that... she didn't need some white guy to help her pee. That she had the strength of character to just do it, despite, I'm sure- people being asses is far more impressive than some guy who started out being oblivious to what she was going through, white knighting it. Pun lamely intended lol. It's also annoying because I think plenty of people left that movie thinking this fictional dude was the hero, that she had "gumption" or whatever they used then for nerve, but he was the one who made crap possible because he liked her, he really really liked her as a peer! *gasp*
@@eventhorizon I read that the film maker needed to have a "good white person". They also never asked her to watch the launch. She had to listen on her radio. I told my co worker and she said we're trying to demonize white people. SMH!
@@jeromepowell9245 - Oh yeah! I forgot that she had to listen on the radio because she wasn't invited! I remember reading that back when I looked up the real story... What really annoys me with people who think saying "white savior" characters need to go out the window is somehow an attack on white people (I'm as white as you can get skin wise though I'm mixed) - I would bet would be the same people who would freak out if a "based on a true story" came out where they put a fictional POC in to be the person who made all the lead white person's dreams come true or some crap. "Oh- they're trying to cram a message!" "Oh- the SJW's are at it again!" "Not everything has to cram liberal ideas down our throats" or any number of mixing those sentences around that I see when say- a POC is cast in a fictional role where people are used to them being portrayed as white. Irritating as all hell for me, I can't imagine the range of emotions it must be for people who are definitely affected by how those movies mold mindsets.
White people don’t seem to understand that racism isn’t something non-whites should seek to understand, or exert themselves trying to educate white people about, as a white person you should be willing to educate yourself for the sake of being a decent human being.
Late Night with Seth Meyers has a highly diverse group of writers. From other shows, I’d be suspicious, absolutely. But writing staff for this show get it.
I just tried to make it through the whole part without laughing... I thought “OK, I can’t do this... it’s going well...” Kept a straight face all the way to the part where he sounds like a donkey... and lost it 😂
Amber, Seth, whole Late Night writers group: THIS WAS THE ABSOLUTE BEST! I really needed this, after the trash @ss BHM we've been having in 2019. you folks hit itour of the park on this one.
@@juanjuri6127 All his friends have a Black friend and he needed one too. How else could he claim to be an authority on Black people and what they think when he's solving their problems with his other white friends?
SERIOUSLY. Why does a 65 year old black person in a Lifetime movie always tell a white woman that love is just around the corner before she literally bumps into the man of her dreams? Bonus points if there was a wind chime to signify * *magic* * when they said it.
This is why I don't say, "I'm not prejudiced!" I say, "I _hope_ I'm not prejudiced!" I may still be engaging in behavior that just adds to the problem, despite wanting to, or thinking that I do otherwise. Educate me! If I'm screwing up, let me know!
Sandra, we ALL have prejudices and they can sometimes save our asses! And trying to maintain some level of racial awareness is way to stressful for ANYONE! Treating others the way you want to be treated is all that you have to know...
This was a masterpiece!! I also really appreciate @2:10 how they had the racist character say a bunch gibberish instead of calling her a bunch of offensive names. That was hilarious!
Cristian Proust 1. Race is a made up construct (in the we use it), but racial experience imposed upon minority races is VERY real. What you are suggesting is the group most powerless in a system forced upon them (identifying race in terms that it is currently used), has the power to somehow fix the system forced upon them by simply claiming to not believe in race. See how dumb that sounds? Blacks can only work within the system that was created and never stopped thriving since the beginning of exporting white supremacy. No matter what a dark skinned person says, their skins color will always be seen. It is THE first thing seen.
@Andrea Mendenhall The only bad part of Black Panther was how the white agent, was the one who stopped arms being distributed to black resistance fighters. And how the King and his father before him were the typical Martin Luther types. In their inclusive and passive mentality. Other than that it was a great film with a positive depiction of black people.
@@CommanderLongJohn yeah you are right we don't deal with racism anymore, why are a world full of peace and everyone Is treated the same, and people are all nice like you and don't say slightly racist things
June 4, 2020. First time I am watching this. I am mortified... I did (do?) love some of those movies... This sketch is an invaluable lesson about systemic racism, a concept I do have a hard time to wrap my head around. This understanding feels more important than ever. Thank you, Late Night team, for putting this together. Bravo!
I don't think all of them are necessarily bad stories, it's just the fact that white audiences are sadly not very receptive to the more important and relevant stories where black people help themselves. If they were, Hollywood would definitely make more of those films, because Hollywood will do whatever makes them money. But at the least the white saviour movies remind white people who aren't otherwise paying attention that racism is still a problem
I also like some of those movies and I think that's ok provided you're aware of the problem and that you (we as white people) are being pandered to. And that you make an effort to watch films with POC leads which AREN'T white saviour-y.
I'm your boss LMAO When I told a friend about the "white savior" in movies, she said I was imagining things. My favorite white savior movie(actually the one I hate most) The Help. Omg eye roll
To be fair, the Help movie is a mild example as the black women actually are the stars. Its just the book was written entirely by a white lady making stories up without much research and ignoring lots of real issues they faced (plus racking up all the dough for it).
@@CT_Phipps Nothing is fair about the entire thing lol. All the reasons you stated are all the reasons and are the things I don't like about the movie, or any movie like it. I'm a black woman living in the south and I knew black women that lived and worked in this time as housekeepers....this movie is so far off and just insulting. The white savior part is the entire movie....written by a white woman about a white woman who "saves" black women by telling their stories. The black women may be in the forefront of the movie but it's dripping in white savior lol. White lady..."I'm here to tell your stories, without me no one will hear them...I'm here to save you and your history." Black ladies..."why sho, you is so smart, tank ya, missy." I really hate that fracking movie.
I'm with you Pam. Still, the one (of MANY) that I hate the most is *The Blindside.* Probably because my ex-hubby played professional football and the amount of hard work that goes into it is no joke. That movie took a beautiful *story about Michael Orr* overcoming adversity to get his education and be drafted by the NFL into "look how dis here white woman *showed me how to play football* and saved my worthless Black life!" *GTFOH.* I really, Really, REALLY hate those white savior movies. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Hilarious. I'm still laughing. Favorite scene was when she was adopted. At first outrage, then finding out that all of her needs were being met, saying " Word " and then "bye children" 😂😂😂
This is hilarious. Movies like Malcolm X, Red Tails, The Miracle At St. Anna and Birth of a Nation (2016) don't win any Oscars but movies like Green Book, Hidden Figures, Glory do. Hmm. Interesting 🤔
@Zackariah Schultz - *Looks at the history of cinema and the quality movies without white saviors* *Looks at the very very few that became recognized VERY recently in the grand scheme of things* You have no idea how you sound pointing out 8 movies that got recognized in all of cinema. Right up there with people trying to claim to not be racist 'cause they have some black friends...
Wow this is brilliant. Amber looks so completely different in the period hair and makeup that I didn't recognise her at first. She holds her character so well that she doesn't use her "Amber" expressions or voice until the lady wants to adopt her. She is destined for great things. And her own show where she can be the boss. Seth just looks like Seth taking the piss.
This actress is incredible with her subtle but telling facial expressions. When she looks at the camera at 5:13 after she says, " For some reason, earning your respect is something I'm interested in," she perfectly reflected how viewers with any sense felt while watching these movies.
Sorry, but how do you know that *he* was the one who predicted it? Genuine question btw. Plus, the themes in this video looks like it had more to do with Amber's input than his. These are nuances that a black person is more likely to pick up on and be more aware of than the white dude so I think it's funny that Seth is credited more for this content and with making fun of these themes more than her. That's interesting...
@@franslam7398 I do not know about all of that but Seth posted this video right before the Oscars so I am guessing he might have known that Green Book was gonna win something. Obviously Amber might have had more to do with the actual content of the video.
@@franslam7398 Because the white man has super-prediction powers! And Seth saw into the future and parodied himself to benefit Amber his good Black sidekick....
😂😂😂 I’d like to specifically call out Spielberg’s Lincoln. That’s exactly what that film was like also let’s completely forget Frederick Douglass’s role in advocating abolishing slavery to Lincoln. He was ultimately persuaded after several private discussions with Douglass but we get none of that in the movie.
Unless its a documentary, movies are made for drama. Even documentaries are sometimes dramatized because people is people, entertainment vs education , entertainment always wins
Luc Chen agreed but a white man and a black man overcoming racial tension both between themselves and in the country is entertaining... I’d even say Oscar worthy
Luc Chen also you can make just about any story entertaining... it’s more about what story a film director chooses to tell. often times the story is one sided and paints the white person in a positive, ‘savior’-like light
"A movie about a black woman who made history, and a man who was white when she did." 😂😂🤣🤣 DEAD!! ☠️☠️
So true
"For some reason, earning your respect is something I'm interested in"
nah, receiving respect from an Imbecile does not interest me in the slightest.
Funny but so much truth, not these days, cuss that Racist out.
@@GiarkReleos that's the punchline of the joke.
As a white guy, I found this hilarious, but then I stopped to think. On the few occasions that I changed the mind of close-mind people, I was pretty proud of myself. Showing a racist or other kind of bigot the light is a worthy achievement, so she could be proud of changing his mind, if she wanted to be.
Which movie was being parodied here?
Where is the scene were they acknowledge the white guy as one their own by teaching him how to dance?
I was disappointed by the oversight. I'll have to give it 2 stars on IMDB.
That’s in the director’s cut DVD special. 😂
That scene doesn't happen as often in movies set in the mid-20th century. Come up a couple of decades and, yeah, you got pretty much every movie with Whoopi Goldberg or Queen Latifah teaching the uptight white folks how to have soul.
Look up Mad Tv Nice White Lady
@@JulianneHannes That's one of my all time favorites. "Go white lady, go white lady." Her dance move is gold!
"Worked with a black person and realized they are smart." I laughed for a second, then thought about my entire life and sighed.
😂🤣😂
I'm pretty sure this is how my brother and (favorite) cousin feel.
When you’re Latino and someone says “you speak English so well.” 🙄
Juan Silva @JuanSilva: It is amazing that people still behave that way!
@@JuanSilva-ym9pf This makes me sad. I love languages, all of them. When English isn't a person's first language it means they learned it. No matter how grammatically incorrect or misspelled words are, they are speaking English. Just because us ignorant people who just speak one expect everyone else to speak English, that is it, and as "perfectly" as me. I wish more than anything that world languages were taught to the youth in this country. Seriously imagine kids growing up with multiple languages, first through 6th learning languages, high school could be elective ones. But by the time people go to high school chances are people will know or at least understand one or more languages. Making it easier to learn, there is more understanding, which we in the U.S. obviously lack. I see this all of the time in video games. I mean I had to explain to a person on overwatch that they are on The Americas server not "America's" server...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas
You know, Americas where everyone in The Americas is American but the U.S. holds onto it like a shield. Nope the people in The ((United States)) OF America are the only ones allowed to be called Americans as so proclaimed by the self proclaimed only "Americans".....
I did not miss the point of this. This was just a response to a personal experience that occurs over and over. Not an exact statement towards theirs. Had to clarify because apparently everything has to be pointed at someone?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Hollywood told the Rosa Parks story from the perspective of the guy who told her to move
He told her to change her seat, but instead she changed his heart. This November. Montgomery Bus Boy.
Dude
@@tobybartels8426 😂😂😂
(I said ‘boy’ like ‘boycott’, although the driver who ordered her to move and had her arrested was over 40 years old. And judging from his obituary, his heart never did change. But Hollywood will fix that!)
Would it make me a bar person if I made a video like that as a joke?
" For some reason earning your respect is something I'm interested in."
hit the bull's eye lmao
It also gives the cartoonish racist a redemption arc. That fucker doesn't deserve a redemption arc. I mean, unless it literally ends with him joining the Black Panthers and marching with Malcolm X... that I might watch.
The Coup de Grace.
That was one of my favorite lines... :)
Yep!
They didn’t show the part where he dies from poison. Now, that’s the real tea. ☕️
I don’t like how this becomes more relevant every day.
Yup
@@sarahturner4148 ... Which is, I suspect, the whole reason they made it ;- )
I do.
It was always relevant. That’s the problem :-/
Exactly
"And one racist who's so cartoonishly racist, that other racists watch this movie and say, 'Well, at least I'm not *that* racist.'"
my **god**
Exactly!!!! The standard from which all white people judge themselves lol
/tv/
It's actually so fucking true!! So many ppl out here thinking that just because they don't scream the n word means they're not racist.
@@pspspspspspsps7068 I'm a white person and you wouldn't believe how much I hear this in my family from the older members. "I'm not racist, I don't call people the n word." Except they actually say it.
yes
This sketch would have felt complete if the white lady who adopts Amber is also a teacher at an inner-city high school who brings peace at last to her classroom.
Ssh! Don't go complicating a simple and digestible narrative with your unnecessary complexity!
"HOW DO I RRRRRREACH THESE KEEEEDS??"
WildWestSamurai 😂😂😂
....dont forget how the teacher takes the inner-city kids to their first symphony. Then all the kids raise funds to buy their own instruments and start a hood-orchestra🙄....#copyrighted
In a backwards chair rapping Shakespeare of course
“Don’t go falling in love with me” “I won’t, that doesn’t test well with audiences”😂😂😂
"The Bodyguard"
I love that too!
@@erauprcwa this and the bodyguard are completely different
😂😂😂
Dance with the wolves, it's not a black person movie but still they had to put a white woman in the Native American village for Kevin Costner to fall in love with.
“A character that lets you say: at least I’m not THAT racist!”
@@DuncanKassel um....
@@DuncanKassel haha yeah uh, white racists dont care about how much dna they got with us black folk. they beat us and make laws against us because of shitty things theyve been taught about us. i dont think we can stop talking about race when we're still get killed by staying silent
there are two kinds of racists: people who actually say and do bad things to others, and then theres people like you whod rather we ignore the problem and just assume itll just go away
@@DuncanKassel I guess this clip should have come with a trigger warning for you.
@@DuncanKassel This was literally the entire point of the video.
@@DC_ABC_123 Nope, it doesn't show the entire dimensions of the problem
This is possibly the best thing that Seth Myers has ever done.
He’s not the one that should be getting all (if any) of the credit though
libby boyd That‘s the joke.... Like... it‘s referencing what you’ve just watched
Hiring Amber to write for the show? Yes.
This is really stupid. There is no creativity left in Hollywood.
Froggele 🤦♀️
They forgot to say “based on a true story” 😂
Believe it or not, I was really waiting for that 😂🤣😅
About the 3:01 mark there is "the black person this is based on says this is nothing how it happen" Loretta Washington which I guess is close.
Based on a true story doesnt mean a thing. Look up the ture story of the strangers.
Lmboooooo yep
"Based on a true story" pretty much means "we heard this one thing about someone, and then wrote a movie without doing any research."
I really need someone to make this a full-length parody movie called Not Another White Savior Movie
Unless it's done really well, like Key and Peelle well, the humor could fly over the heads of the audience.
susanne anique Dave Chappell
@@rawx1276 true
For real!!! I’d be pushing old people and children out of the way to see that 😂
Cato_Gal I didn’t know I needed this so bad untill you said it.😩 Someone Calle the Wayans brothers!
I thought this was just vague shade until they really went there and just straight up named all of those movie examples. This is so brutally honest and I love it 😂😂
Yep lol
Just keeping it real.
Laura Hav lmao right
hey i dont know what is this video agenda . Left or right. But damnn that was soo FUNNY.
Some of this movies are based on real events where white people really helped black people to advance. Like Cool Runnings or Hidden Figures and others.
I just watched “the help” the other day and it’s filled with these.
That's cause it was written by all white screenwriters.
Yeah the ‘help’ was the worst for that!
I told my friend i hated the help because it was written for white people and she was big mad about it
@@tearrany why was she mad? I agree with you.
@KT Chong Not gonna lie, I didn't watch it. It seemed odd to me from the trailers, but I'm sure you're right!
"I'm going to teach you about a little something called Jazz."
LOL
"There's several things that white people can teach black folk: cooking, music, Christianity, and football." - Probably said by someone seriously in the past couple of years.
I can't believe the lie in this video: 'This Spring'. Everyone knows movies like these are released in November / December so they are still fresh in the memory of the Acadamy Voters when it is time to pick the winners.
So true!
You're RIGHT, like WWII movies to.
I think that's just down to the fact that this was aired in February '19, but yeah, I agree with what you're saying.
Ayyye Renegade Cut?
The late release strategy didn't help Just Mercy. Probably because Michael B. Jordan was the lead, helping a fellow black man (Jamie Foxx).
- "You will no longer want for anything in this world."
-"Word!?"
"Bye children!"
That bit made me have a laughing fit.
That was Dave Chappelle delivery of "Word?"
Not gonna lie. I would take her up on her offer too.
I mean I wouldn't say no to being adopted by a nice wealthy white lady 😂
my goddamn jaw hit the FLOOR when it said "from the makers of..." and fucking CALLED OUT ALL THOSE MOVIES fhksajdhksahd
For some reason earning your respect is something I'm interested in. GOLDEN!
Right! This has always annoyed me and there are A LOT of black people that think this way.👀
I'm gonna be BLACKTY BLACK
and I don't care how that looks to a white person. Period!
Not Blackety Black!😆
@@MsAppleofhiseye Don't ever stop being BLACKITY BLACK either-sweetheart. I'm right there with u.
@@MsAppleofhiseye That special kind of funk!
@@MsAppleofhiseye i will join you🇪🇹
This had me on the floor "I'm YOUR boss!" "YOU?!"🤣😆😂
"Clean this up and get me a coffee." "nnnooooo"
SHIN BAKI HANMA 😂😂😂😂👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Allison Bauch They should do a sequel
This happens a lot. Annoyingly.
When that lady wanted to adopt her and she straight up said “BYE CHILDREN” I lost it. 😂😂😂
Same! 😭😂 She was like "I'm out ✌🏽"
Sheena Dee 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"word?"
El Tercero you’re illiterate
Love Amber!!
"If I'd done that they would've locked me up until I died "
I laughed, but it was also twinged With sadness because it was true. That is just an example of white privilege.
@@hotnspicy474 More like "rich, famous, or having connections" privilege. Many people are forgetting how many poor _white_ folks get much harsher penalties than those of some status.
It's not only racism, but classism as well, that is a problem in America.
@@edinfific2576 White privilege and class privilege both exist, and compound together. One does not preclude the other.
@@edinfific2576 It's a spectrum with a lot of points, black women are sentenced as harshly as white men, white women can sometimes cut a dude's face off and get away with it, and black men are Guilty, Period, otherwise why would they have been arrested. In all cases, money knocks you up a peg
I don't think we see the best of Amber in her characters on the show. This whole sketch is a real showcase for what an incredible performer she can be. And her reading of this line is the cream of the crop. Perfectly pitched.
"Thanks Earl. For some reason earning your respect is something I'm interested in." LOL!!!
Lisa DuPre w
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Now be honest y'all blacks live to earn white folks respect. Tbh we dont even really know y'all exist until we turn on the news and see that some black kid shot another one over the color of a rag or for some sneakers. Lol.
gary cobiak k
Funniest part to me
But what about the beautiful and totally not overused narrative of a white teacher or mentor going into an urban area and teaching black students how to a) not be stereotypically black anymore and b) be amazing perfect students, all in the span of a month?
Yep. I love Freedom Writers and Dangerous Minds even though they use that white savior trope too lol
@@Tan87ful Did you get the sarcasm? Your comment reads like it was lost on you...😬
I've never actually seen a movie like that, but I've seen several parodies making fun of that concept. (I'm not really up to date on movies that are not Marvel, Disney, Star Wars, or Dream Works.)
In the span on 1hr 30 HAHAHA that’s why I love sister act 2
@@franslam7398 they got it, they too were being sarcastic stating those two movies were (white saviour movies as well).....nutshell, they were agree.
"I'm your boss"
"You??!!?"
Lmao!
Let's get meta for a moment as we have just watched a sketch produced by and starring a white savior. That brings home some truths about how blackness is also shown through the white gaze. Would this work if the white actor was an unknown and the black actress was the known star? Would it reach the same audience? Funny how the sketch was an example of the very thing it was highlighting.😏 IJS
@@alialee3 damn that's deep
@@alialee3 He gets a pass since he was the first to hire a black female writer in late night
It would have been so complete 💯💯💯 if the had addressed they fact of how and who produced this and actually touched on Seth's White saviorism too. LOL By the way I like the trailer and the "really" racist dude was pure hilarity 😂.
that got me so good too 😂😊🤣😊😂
As a teen in lily-white Belgium, our teachers made as watch Mississippi Burning and write an essay about it. I wrote how it was the most racist movie I ever saw as it did not tell the story of black people fighting against racism but a story about white saviours coming in from outside to save a bunch of helpless blacks. Some teachers were furious, as they considered the movie to be a pamphlet AGAINST racism. Others told me it was an eye-opener for them.
My essay was published in a national paper AND earned me street cred among the cool kids in town, two things that rarely go together.
What national paper was it published in? This seems like one of those “and everybody clapped” type of stories.
@@marilynsmymother711 It's actually not that wildly difficult to get published in a national paper as a high schooler. I wrote a half-assed paper at 16 about texting and the degradation of language that was published in a national paper. Incidentally, there are just a _lot_ of national papers. Not to say it's not something to be proud of, it's just not difficult enough to be as unbelievable as "everybody clapped."
@@marilynsmymother711 De Morgen, one of the two most reputable newspapers in Belgium, the other being De Standaard.
You've lived in Belgium too, then?
@@pr.ncesspeaches That's not something teens in Belgium would do, actually.
Omggg I also live in Belgium, wow so happy to see another teen of colour in this country ! Really sorry that you have experienced to see that movie, hope you are doing fine :) Maybe you might not find my message but in any case I have Insta if you wanna chat!
Amber keeping a straight face with -the racist character- Earl, apparently, literally barking at her should get her an Emmy.
100%
Jim's videos Leave him alone!
I was waiting for her to break
Probably just thinking about his leave him alone sketch. Instant laugh killer
LEAVE HIM ALONE 😂
Everything is so spot on. 😆 especially the Hidden Figures reference... it was the most corny white man savior moment.
Exactly and the real person said that it never happened.
Hidden Figures was a whitewash of history.
Yeah these replaceable nobodies were the *real* reason man supposedly walked on the moon.
@Thoughtful muffin Its fake! Lol Man never walked on the moon. This story of those black women were fake to
Pressu4 Freelion28 the movie was about john glenn orbiting the earth which he did thanks them
Yeah they had to invent a white guy cuz he didn't even exist.
White Savior just won best picture!
Oops, I meant Green Book
Well it could have been 'The Favourite' and yes I am a Brit!
In a year where Alfonso Cuarón transcended his talent, Spike Lee made one of the most relevant comments in his career and Yorgos Lanthimos took the piss out of the monarchy and the Academy thinks the feel good movie about racism written by an ardent Trump supporter is the best. Yeah...
Tomayto tomahto.
@@AngelofMusic04 Roma sucks
This is why I didn't mind Black Panther getting a nomination, lol. Not WINNING... but, yes... a nomination, lol.
On a related note, the story of a White guy who goes to a faraway land in Asia or Africa or pretty much most of the Earth where there are no White people, and through some inexplicable series of improbable events, he becomes a king that saves the entire village of helpless and oppressed black and brown people from other black and brown people.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_savior_narrative_in_film
I didn't know Wikipedia had an article on the White Savior trope. Brilliant!
🤯😱🤯😱
Sh*t this is legit Pocahontas and the King and I... well there goes my childhood
the funny thing is, this really happened once in the Amazon.
Or "blue" people :: insert eye roll::
This is how I felt about that one movie The Blind Side. The movie kept pretending it was about the hardships of the black kid, but it was actually about how awesome Sandra Bullock was for adopting him, like he’s some stray dog and she’s the hero for taking him off the street. The whole movie just felt really weird.
Awkwardtunity
I’m biracial and my white mother loved it. As you can guess we aren’t close lmao
Awkwardtunity they also made it so he had never played football before and Sandra had to step in and help him.
Every time I watch the Blindside I always wonder, how the hell she got away with that? Just because he was homeless, doesn't mean she can pluck him off the street like a stray kitten. There's gotta some paperwork and some questions that need to be asked. You just can't adopt a whole child out of nowhere. If the roles were reversed and a black man adopted a little white girl, oh police would have been in there asking some questions...
The weird thing is, it was based off of real events, and Michael Orr's teammates gave him a hard time after the movie came out.
@@ajallen9674 why did they give him a hard time?
Also a shout out to everyone who helped with the production; it is clearly top-notch work.
@All Abored sorry Troll. Amber is one of thier top writers.
Absolutely, Jim. Everything in costuming, makeup, props, sets, locations, etc. was REALLY nicely done. Very impressive. :)
@@suzannebennett8987 For some reason I noticed that old can opener.
@@bothellkenmore I noticed those white tea-cups and saucers with the little brown fleur-de-lises around the edge that every black grandmother had until like 2006!
@@thirtythreeflavors Pretty sure that All Abored's comment was meant as a joke in the style of the parody that we just got finished watching.
Needs more white teachers going to inner city schools and "putting the poor helpless black students on the right track". Also, the teacher has to say something cringeworthy like "You're the man now, dog!"
They did call out freedom writers though, lol
@@jaustin97601 True but it should've been a subplot in the film. Also, I really miss YTMND.
@@witnessme4352 agreed, it would have been a really funny take on probably one of the most common White Saviour tropes.
there’s an snl skit called Mr. H that makes a play on that trope
@@jaustin97601 that quote is from Finding Forrester(2001) starring Sean Connery😑
Now we need a parody of the gorgeous and wildly successful female who's life just isn't whole until she meets that broke, hopelessly average loser guy who "saves" her from a frivolous, emotionally fragile and secretly lonely life. She's totally out of his league and completely incomplete without him. ( I'm talking to you Titanic, Overboard, Notting Hill and basically any Seth Rogan movie )
this is about white saviour complex. not man saves white woman complex.
@@ImTheCookieMonster95 Yeah... everyone knows that Sarah. We're just spitballing jokes about other comedic scenarios of a similar "savior" power dynamic.
Jeez.... 😒
This is a parody that speaks to feminisim as well. Incredibly intelligent woman whose accomplishments arent given their dues or platform without the man. Facing sexism and racisim 'saved' from both by both the white man and white woman
God I feel like my last attempt at a relationship was exactly like this. Except that I'm not gorgeous. Still make more money than most of my peers (and definitely the last guy).
I’d highly disagree with the Titanic example. She was born into wealth and he wasn’t. That doesn’t make her “wildly successful” and him a loser, especially since he’s an amazing artist making his own way in the world and she’s just a sad pretty girl.
They forgot the other races; Kevin Costner saved a Native tribe by becoming the best Native American, Tom Cruise became the best samurai in the village. ‘Jake Sully’ became the best damn blue alien in avatar. You da best white people!!
jeff haller Tom Cruise was saved by the samurais
George Guja yes, in the beginning... that’s how these movies start, they are saved by the “enemy”, sees the value in the culture/people, when prior, they saw just savages or obstacles. then they become their greatest warrior.
So, after Tom had a quick training montage, he was just as good as the samurai who’ve trained since birth. Not to mention he gets the hottest lady in village. that’s a whole ‘nother issue that needs to be explored.
Very Caned this is a white thing, not a country thing.
jeff haller ...and The Jerk when Steve Martin is adopted by the black family and tries to learn rhythm. Just kidding, he failed and that was actually funny!
@@georgeguja6155 Yes, and then he saved them (kind of, until they all died). Just like the Native Americans saved Costner, then he saved them. Just like the blue freaks saved Sam Worthington, then he saved them.
This is what you get when you hire diverse and talented writers. Nailed it.
This comment needs a million thumbs up.
Yep.
Even OLD snl skits proved that
Missed the point. This is when Hollywood gets white writers and filmmakers to make diverse stories instead of hiring Black, Asian, Latino, or Native writers
@@MrJaylaw15 I think the OP meant that, when you hire diverse and talented writers, you get excellent comedy sketches like this one.
And Seth Myers producing it proves the point of the whole exercise. Am i supposed to actually think 'well, amen. Atleast Seth gets it!' Because i am not in the least impressed. None of the corny humor even made me chuckle. Seth Myers you'll never be my white savior. Even if you tried so hard to combat white liberal patronizing with white liberal patronizing! Miss me!!!
Just casually rewatching this post-Oscars
Update: I actually watched all of Green Book last night. So glad that racism was cured!!
Yeah! I know the feeling!
white people, curing racism since they invented it.
Danica Jekic but shape of water was fine?
Artur Zinurov definitely has its problems, but it’s not framed as a white saviour movie imo.
Plus at the time of last year’s oscars it was the only nominee I’d seen (since then I watched Get Out and absolutely loved it), so at the time I didn’t really have anything to compare it to? At least this year I’ve seen enough of the movies to say that Green Book shouldn’t have won.
Danica Jekic what movies you watched I am genuinely interested. I am not a huge fan of green book but shape of water didn’t deserve it at all even if you take away fish sex and “white man bad” take on racism (which is even worse than green book) it’s just not good. Green book at least competent with amazing performances and at least it says that we can get along. Basically shape of water just lowered the bar for me.
At least Hidden Figures had the decency to follow the point of view of the three main black characters, they're the ones that had an arc and the main focus. Green Book on the other hand is just the story of Viggo Mortensen's character deciding to be less racist because he's got a cool black friend. Why aren't we following Don Shirley's point of view?!?
Imagine if instead Kevin Costner's character was the focus of Hidden Figures and the three ladies were supporting cast.
Great point. I just watched Green Book last night and have now found my way to this! I feel like Seth Meyers must have made this skit in direct reaction to Green Book. Crazy how the gay, black, world class pianist in segregated America was the second fiddle to his driver in that story
And to add to that, Kevin Costner’s character wasn’t even real. There was no such guy in the real story.
The bathroom scene here is a direct reference to Hidden Figures, that didn't actually happen in the book/life. The white director threw it in because it wouldn't complete without the White Savior.
@@lexlawson3771 was just about to say this. Thank you
Good point.
Amber's a writer; she's a comedian, and by God shes a freakin gifted comedic actor. when's her fu kin movie coming out
Don't forget photogenic -- she's adorable, and looks so good in this video in those vintage-style outfits.
when I first saw this playing in the background with sound off I thought it was a real movie trailer and got SO EXCITED THAT AMBER RUFFIN WAS IN A MOVIE.
Lol that math scene had me dying 🤣
Yeah, whose job was it to fill up that blackboard? some of that stuff actually made sense. I think that particular task must have taken a phone call or two. Oh, I went back and looked.... there's TWO blackboards. Oh! They made some INTERN do it!... and they kept erasing it it until they got it right.
Scott Weiss nothing we can see on that board makes sense, I’m not sure what you are talking about, but great scene. This video was fantastic.
people being surprised that a black person is actually smart still happens to this day
@@colvillebrown6912 But it was all MATH symbols. there were Pi's and radicals and sinewave... everything was from out of a Math Book. I really don't think a person unfamiliar with Math could have made those selections. And English Major would not have been able to fill those boards. Of course it wasn't coherent. But just the Recognition of the Elements of a Mathematicians Language, garbled like that, well, it made me Laugh, right? THAT was my observation.
@@fakename2956 Hi Fake Name, oh wait! this is really NOT fair. It's not that nobody actually believes that a Black Person can be smart so much as everybody kind of believes that Black Culture has conspired within itself, in its self definition of Blackness, that being Cerebrally Intellectual does not conform to the Image they wish to collectively project. Yes, for decades, it was White Money that controlled the Black Media and so you could blame White Financing and Business Decisions. But for decades now Black Producers have been in charge of Black Media, and where is THEIR presentation of the Black Intellectual. Even from Black Media we still have Singing and Dancing Bad Asses. Oh! Sports Heroes. What are Little Black Kids in School supposed to think, if they aren't already six foot 2 by the time they are 13. "Oh, I better be a Bad Ass". so don't blame White People because Black People suppress Intellectualism as a Black Embraced Cultural Expression.
This is now the meeting place for the "Why TF Did Green Book Just Win Best Picture" Club
Thanks. Was just gonna say that. Maybe they should just hand the Oscar straight to Seth.
"It's such a touching story between unlikely friends." - Slow White Audience Member
It seemed particularly insulting given the presence of Black Panther
Because it's the oscars...
@@TheMewtata Also Blackkklansman. Spike Lee was pissed. But my favorite was Sorry To Bother You. Have you seen that? They didn't try a lot for Oscar nomination, but it was my favorite.
“Bye children.” -That took me out.
This had me dying lol. Best sketch since the Boston accent one. Seth needs to do more of these! He's great at them!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 OMG yes
You mean Amber & Seth need to do more of these.
John snow sketch was priceless too
Amber was amazinggg
Yes! i parked the car at harvard yard lol
Racist:She’s supposed to give me her seat!!
Kevin: Nah it’s ok man she’s with me, I let her seat here
Rosa Parks: Kevin that’s not remotely the issue he-
Kevin: Sssssshhhhhhh.... Be quite Rosa, don’t you see I’m trying to give you a voice.
SHDFHKSSK Did this happen?
@@Stephanie-ke5ky Probably somewhen.^^
Are you one of the writers?!
Wish I could give you 100 thumbs up
plz go apply at Late Night with Seth Meyers
show sir or mam lol
That doesn’t test well with audiences. Lol. Lol. Lol. Lol.
@Brian O'Kongkohr You scamp! Your comment is hilarious! LOLLLL... Best to you and yours! LOLLLL.
Not sure why though? The Bodyguard was a juggernaut hit like 25 years ago.
It doesn't even test well with audiences when it's a black girl and an East Asian guy :\
Only test well if it's a White Male/any minority. If it's a white woman cute biracial kid and her black husband in Cheerios commercial ......
That one movie from the 80's with Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington; they were supposed to be lovers but
"For some reason, earning your respect is something I'm interested in 👀."
😂😂😂
Goddamn, Seth could sneak into Congress unnoticed with that new do
@1111Pel lol you right
@1111Pel LOLLLL !! Fist bump! LOLLL .. Not the Congress LOLLL...
@1111Pel congress is the senate + the house
@1111Pel A, Congress includes the Senate. B, of the 435 representatives in the House , 60% are white men. Senate is 71% white men. So yeah, he'd fit right in.
Ouch..... (but I see your point)
HOW LOOOONG DO I HAVE TO WRITE THIS COMMENT UNDER EVERY SKIT AMBER DOES. GIVE THIS WOMAN HER OWN SHOW!!!!!!
She's supposed to be getting something on Peacock - she mentioned it last night in the interview with Seth.
Absolutely!!
@hiddenhandmusic .. No you are late. The comment was posted before any announcement of a show on Peacock.
I just found out about Amber's show today and it is awesome! Thank you for your dedication lol
Omg how cool is this to read now that she has her own show. ♥️
This, "Newspaper Movie" and "Oscar Bait" were robbed of their Oscars!
Eduardo Escarez Yeah, especially Oscar Bait. It’s literally in the title, smh!
Boston Movie too
Don't forget about the Inspirational Underdog Team movie
For real, though... "Blindspotting" should have won. Just saying.
"But...yeah...I understand racism."
*Loretta leaves*
Me: I lowkey ship Seth and this lady.
Loretta: No. That doesn’t go well with the audiences.
@Margarita M. So true! I love your icon, by the way! 😊
It drives me nuts how accurate that statement of not testing well with audiences is. If it's an interracial couple, it's usually a white man with a black woman... and *seldom* a white woman with a black man.
Hell, the Cheerios commercial where a child with a white mom and a black dad pouring the cereal over her dad's heart while the dad napped because she was told it was good for hearts got such an outraged reaction because it was an interracial couple with a mixed race child.
Even in porn, and this is really disgusting, white women who shoot with black men will often end up getting paid less in the future because of it... in porn...
The world has a very very very long way to go to get remotely near actual equality.
eventhorizon Really? Are you sure? Because I see THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.
Look at most of the black male celebrities and athletes. Most of them have white wives. In porn the interracial section is mainly black guys with white women, barely black girls and white guys. At least the ones with black guys and white girls are the ones that get pushed the most.
Even in real life, there are more black men dating and marrying white women than white men and black women 🙄🙄.
@@iammar1159 I have to agree with everything you said. I didn't really see the Black woman/White man pairings take off in the media until Scandal came on the scene and there was plenty of water-cooler chatter about it (mostly Black men seething about Black women liked White men solely because of their systematic power, prestige, and privilege). I do wonder if Olivia had been paired up with some random White dude outside of the DC power circle if the show would've done half as well. I also agree with the porn thing because Black men have been cast in that Mandingo Man role since time immemorial and it does seem like nearly every Black male celeb/athlete 'trades-up' to White women (or Asian) when they make it big. Of course, when a Black woman does the same thing and marries a powerful, wealthy White man, she's a 'bed-wench' instead of being a woman who looks out for her own interests. 🙄
Wow, this pretty much hits the nail on the head about how Black Americans feel. This is why I love this show.
Exactly 💯💯👏🏽👏🏽
... and the makers of the Blind Side. My god, I love Seth Meyers 😍
*cough*Amber Ruffin*cough*
Cough*and the black people who probably wrote this*cough
@@gateauxq4604 Her episode of Drunk History was the best!
Here's Amber telling the story of the Little Rock 9.
Caryn D Prescott agreed
I really want to see the outtakes of her sitting there with him googooing and barking at her while she tries to keep a straight face. 🤣🤣🤣
This the best skit ever on racism. Thank you for this.
Kelvin Hopkins 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Kelvin Hopkins Nah Dave Chapelle (pretty sure I spelled that wrong) still holds that torch.
@Michael Freed Do you have any evidence of this? Because it that is true it is absolutely digusting.
In my freshman year of high school (2013) we had to watch Freedom Writers in my English class. At the time, I remember thinking “I guess it was good, but something about it doesn’t sit right”. I felt bad about being annoyed by the hokey dialogue and the main teacher’s attitude, because it was an important movie, right? Everyone else in my class loved it (it was a predominately white & republican school), and I chalked it up to me being to cynical and a bit of a film snob (I was 15 and just getting into films that were “dark” and “edgy”). Then in 2019 Green Book beat BlacKkKlansman and I was like “Oh I think I get it now”
Exactly 💯💯👏🏽👏🏽
As a former teacher that movie didn't sit well with me. Then I read the history of what that woman did. Look it up. Not a real teacher in my mind.
Seriously, both GP and Blackkkklansman were stupid nominees for best picture. Barely any of the movies in that category deserved to win, but especially those two. Spike Lee is so overrated.
@@SR-oc7fc ok, white girl, thank you for the white vote.
May just be my opinion on Freedom Writers but that movie was about being brave enough to stand up and saying something is wrong, like when that elder Austrian woman (who hid Anne Frank) came to speak. The core of the movie is in what she said about knowing it was the right thing to do and facing down a death sentence in order to see it done.
The teacher's role woulda fit a black person just as well except it was based on true events and the teacher happened to be a white woman. Unlike, Greenbook, where seemingly the black guy couldn't've done anything without a white guy present.
Omg the part when he said he had toliet paper stuck to his shoe.. And compared it to knowing what racism feels like👏👏👏👏...so accurate🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦.......I was once asked "WHY IS THERE A BLACK HISTORY MONTH" "DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S RACIST"...I just walked away..somethings you just have to walk away 🚶 🚶 🚶
@VampSlaying 101 Lost AF
I never answer the questions of those idiots. For them to even ask the question tells you that they won't be paying attention to my answer anyway.
VampSlaying 101 You're daft.
@VampSlaying 101 "Your" history isn't seperated in regards to education you imbecile. "Your" history is your ancestors history; save your violins and cotton tears for the white idiots who actually feel guilt over somethings they didn't do that happened over 150 years ago.
@VampSlaying 101 because they refuse to teach it.
For all my white folks that had that "it's funny because its true" moment...reevaluate how you think about your role in a black person's life. We do not need you to stand up for us. Stand beside us in the face of racism instead. Also, check your white friends and family members who need a wake up call.
That's a great idea! Another great idea would be for black folks to start checking their black friends and family members who are being racist against the whites. Because most white people in the USA, "understand racism" really well. Not like the guy in the video...
@@greekstudent8550 way to miss the point of both the video and the above comment.
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat I am afraid you missed the point of my comment too.
@@greekstudent8550 is false equivalence a point?
@Ig-nat-ius All I am saying is that racism does not come only from white people. If our true goal is to make racism dissapear, then we should keep in mind that the problem is not the discriminations against minorities, but discriminations against everyone. If you are unwilling to accept that, then you can go back to your own reality.
This is the best skit that late night has ever put up.
10/10
The Boston Accent one was good too.
Melisandre at a baby shower will always be my number 1
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No, it goes to 11.
I think I'm going to sit all my white friends down and have them watch this, because if I have to sit through another conversation about how "Good" Green Book is, I'm going to choke somebody.
TheDoomer I enjoyed Green Book. No I don’t think it did anything to impact culture at all, but I though it was a good movie. I enjoyed the performances by the actors, their chemistry worked well, and I’m a sucker for 50’s-60’s pieces. Yes it has every cliche in the book, but I still liked it. Don’t get pissed at people for having different opinions than you. Not everyone has to have the same mindset as you. You may have loved Black Panther, while I hated it. The reason I hated BP was I felt like it was literally just Lion King with horrible CGI. The writing felt sloppy, and not to mention the cringe, cliche for Marvel having a corny as hell joke during or after a serious moment, ruining any emotion or level of intensity. Hell tbh I hate all the MCU movies, not even a fan of Infinity War. At least it ended on a depressing note, which was a big change. Either way, don’t bash people for having a different mindset
**gasps in geek** HOW DARE YOU
Tell it!!! Lol
@@DH_Artist of course the main Black character had to be a Homosexual.
Why does everybody hate on that movie
Fun fact: Kevin Costner’s character and hidden figures did not exist in real life
Thank you!
I didn't know anything about what happened until the movie came out, and then I looked into the real story, because these "Based on a true story" movies are never accurate, I wanted to slam my head against anything hard when I found out the character wasn't real.
The true story was much more powerful, but no- has to be a fictional white person breaking the glass ceiling and crap, and friending the racists, that is the only reason she got any respect in the end. If it wasn't for them clearing the way for her she would have been tossed to the side...
Makes me want to vomit.
She said that scene in the bathroom never happened.
@@jeromepowell9245 - Yup, like I said, nobody did anything in that scene- she just used the rest room and that was that... she didn't need some white guy to help her pee. That she had the strength of character to just do it, despite, I'm sure- people being asses is far more impressive than some guy who started out being oblivious to what she was going through, white knighting it.
Pun lamely intended lol.
It's also annoying because I think plenty of people left that movie thinking this fictional dude was the hero, that she had "gumption" or whatever they used then for nerve, but he was the one who made crap possible because he liked her, he really really liked her as a peer! *gasp*
@@eventhorizon I read that the film maker needed to have a "good white person". They also never asked her to watch the launch. She had to listen on her radio. I told my co worker and she said we're trying to demonize white people. SMH!
@@jeromepowell9245 - Oh yeah! I forgot that she had to listen on the radio because she wasn't invited! I remember reading that back when I looked up the real story...
What really annoys me with people who think saying "white savior" characters need to go out the window is somehow an attack on white people (I'm as white as you can get skin wise though I'm mixed) - I would bet would be the same people who would freak out if a "based on a true story" came out where they put a fictional POC in to be the person who made all the lead white person's dreams come true or some crap.
"Oh- they're trying to cram a message!"
"Oh- the SJW's are at it again!"
"Not everything has to cram liberal ideas down our throats" or any number of mixing those sentences around that I see when say- a POC is cast in a fictional role where people are used to them being portrayed as white.
Irritating as all hell for me, I can't imagine the range of emotions it must be for people who are definitely affected by how those movies mold mindsets.
This is so on the money it's almost a bit uncomfortable to watch. All white people need to watch this. Funny and educational.
That's the point.
Nah..
all white saviours need to watch this
No we don't you racist black supremacists
That's racist
Cuz gaining the respect of a racist is something I'm interested in...........blank stare said volumes into camera and I'm dead 😆😂🤣
I DIED too. ☠☠☠
Hahaha!!!!! The camera stare was everything. In tears!!!
White people don’t seem to understand that racism isn’t something non-whites should seek to understand, or exert themselves trying to educate white people about, as a white person you should be willing to educate yourself for the sake of being a decent human being.
That stare wasn't blank, it was pissed.
@@AxelBain everyone goes through racism including white people.
Maybe you are the one who needs education here.
This may be a comedy sketch, but there is ALOT of TRUTH in it.
And the truth is NO laughing matter.
These are white folks laughing at the mistreatment of black people.... this is how they get down. Same thing as blackface.
@@stephdrake2521 It's a possibility.
I think some of the best comedy is based in truth.
Late Night with Seth Meyers has a highly diverse group of writers. From other shows, I’d be suspicious, absolutely. But writing staff for this show get it.
@@stephdrake2521 Lol wut
It's literally poking fun at how movies have white saviors. Reach harder to find a reason to attack white "folks".
1:57 I can't stop laughing every time I see that part. "If it aint another gobbity goo goo gah gah googadoodle!"
That made me cringe so bad! While I was LMAO
How did she keep a straight face?
Lisa Renee they must have had to do that a million times
I lost it! I almost choked on my popcorn 😂
I just tried to make it through the whole part without laughing... I thought “OK, I can’t do this... it’s going well...” Kept a straight face all the way to the part where he sounds like a donkey... and lost it 😂
That adoption bit was...absolutely spot on. If a rich person said they'd adopt my grown ass I'd become their kid that very second!!
Amber, Seth, whole Late Night writers group: THIS WAS THE ABSOLUTE BEST! I really needed this, after the trash @ss BHM we've been having in 2019. you folks hit itour of the park on this one.
“Whites only...and Loretta”💀💀💀💀
"Adopt me? I'm older than you." Lol
BYE CHILDREN!
Chef!
I loved that part 😂
Lol but then a few seconds later "bye children" 🤣🤣🤣
Ameha K That famous Amber eye narrowing ➖Word⁉️
Whites Only “and Loretta”. This was a milestone in Loretta History!
All Loretta-Americans owe a debt of gratitude to the white guy who was brave enough to be friends with this Loretta.
@@juanjuri6127 All his friends have a Black friend and he needed one too. How else could he claim to be an authority on Black people and what they think when he's solving their problems with his other white friends?
We learned about this in school during Loretta History Month.
The woman can ACT! She's getting better every day!
Now we need "White Savior v.s. Magical Negro: Dawn of Social Justice"
Lol
SERIOUSLY. Why does a 65 year old black person in a Lifetime movie always tell a white woman that love is just around the corner before she literally bumps into the man of her dreams? Bonus points if there was a wind chime to signify * *magic* * when they said it.
Yep
@@maggieholt6778 😂😂
@@maggieholt6778 , ua-cam.com/video/ftm5r_bFIU8/v-deo.html
What happens when there are more perspectives in the writers room. Seth is so ahead of the game.
Exactly 💯💯👏🏽👏🏽
They should write a movie about him. 😉
Yep. And can I say Amber is amazing and a good half of the reason I watch Seth's segments?
His writers are KILLING the late night game. EVERY night.
Hoping “this aged like a fine wine” doesn’t apply in 2120
it will
This is equal to when Beyonce turned black. Hilarious stuff
Chisom Anyanwu 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
what do you mean?
@@remietaylor5043 it's an SNL skit
@Tina Yael Severinova M. Watch the SNL skit.
🤣🤣🤣
Hahahahahaha! Amber's expressions and the writing are pure gold!!
More of Amber please!!
This is why I don't say, "I'm not prejudiced!" I say, "I _hope_ I'm not prejudiced!" I may still be engaging in behavior that just adds to the problem, despite wanting to, or thinking that I do otherwise. Educate me! If I'm screwing up, let me know!
That's a very enlightened way to go about things. It's always good to be open minded
Wow @Sandra Wolff what an awesome way to think about it. Thank you for being willing to be vulnerable 🙏🏽
Sandra, we ALL have prejudices and they can sometimes save our asses! And trying to maintain some level of racial awareness is way to stressful for ANYONE! Treating others the way you want to be treated is all that you have to know...
@@cetti4405 that's good too
Honesty is the first step 👏
This was a masterpiece!! I also really appreciate @2:10 how they had the racist character say a bunch gibberish instead of calling her a bunch of offensive names. That was hilarious!
This is why we need black writers to call these ppl out
Instead of rehearsing how about grow a backbone and call ppl out on the spot.
No, stop watching movies made by other races. They will not depict you well.
@Andrea Mendenhall Black Panther definitely was terrible. Patronizing BS.
Cristian Proust 1. Race is a made up construct (in the we use it), but racial experience imposed upon minority races is VERY real. What you are suggesting is the group most powerless in a system forced upon them (identifying race in terms that it is currently used), has the power to somehow fix the system forced upon them by simply claiming to not believe in race. See how dumb that sounds? Blacks can only work within the system that was created and never stopped thriving since the beginning of exporting white supremacy. No matter what a dark skinned person says, their skins color will always be seen. It is THE first thing seen.
@Andrea Mendenhall The only bad part of Black Panther was how the white agent, was the one who stopped arms being distributed to black resistance fighters.
And how the King and his father before him were the typical Martin Luther types. In their inclusive and passive mentality. Other than that it was a great film with a positive depiction of black people.
"clean this up and get me a coffee."
"no."
That why we need more Jordan Peeles (Man or woman boy or girl) telling our stories.
Peeples wife is wife I think he's biracial same for his acting bubby
Yes, we need more black guys to make cringey movies centered on societal issues, that we no longer deal with, in a "comedic" way.
YES.
@@CommanderLongJohn yeah you are right we don't deal with racism anymore, why are a world full of peace and everyone Is treated the same, and people are all nice like you and don't say slightly racist things
Jordan Peele who was raised by his single white mom, and then married a white women
Can I just mention how Amber is one of the most gorgeous women I’ve ever seen? She should be in movies for real
Three Greenbooks Crashing Outside Miss Daisy!!
I actually laughed out loud with this comment.
BLACK POWER
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is NOT a white savior movie. It literally isn't.
@@witnessme4352 i think the racist people in that film made them associate it with this topic
Witness Me No, but it did feature a redemption arc for a person clearly depicted as a racist and an all around shitheel
June 4, 2020. First time I am watching this. I am mortified... I did (do?) love some of those movies... This sketch is an invaluable lesson about systemic racism, a concept I do have a hard time to wrap my head around. This understanding feels more important than ever. Thank you, Late Night team, for putting this together. Bravo!
damn, humility and learning, genuine sincerity in a youtube comment? my heart maybe just grew a size! Good on you :D
I don't think all of them are necessarily bad stories, it's just the fact that white audiences are sadly not very receptive to the more important and relevant stories where black people help themselves. If they were, Hollywood would definitely make more of those films, because Hollywood will do whatever makes them money. But at the least the white saviour movies remind white people who aren't otherwise paying attention that racism is still a problem
I also like some of those movies and I think that's ok provided you're aware of the problem and that you (we as white people) are being pandered to. And that you make an effort to watch films with POC leads which AREN'T white saviour-y.
I'm your boss
LMAO
When I told a friend about the "white savior" in movies, she said I was imagining things.
My favorite white savior movie(actually the one I hate most) The Help. Omg eye roll
To be fair, the Help movie is a mild example as the black women actually are the stars. Its just the book was written entirely by a white lady making stories up without much research and ignoring lots of real issues they faced (plus racking up all the dough for it).
@@CT_Phipps Nothing is fair about the entire thing lol. All the reasons you stated are all the reasons and are the things I don't like about the movie, or any movie like it. I'm a black woman living in the south and I knew black women that lived and worked in this time as housekeepers....this movie is so far off and just insulting. The white savior part is the entire movie....written by a white woman about a white woman who "saves" black women by telling their stories. The black women may be in the forefront of the movie but it's dripping in white savior lol.
White lady..."I'm here to tell your stories, without me no one will hear them...I'm here to save you and your history."
Black ladies..."why sho, you is so smart, tank ya, missy."
I really hate that fracking movie.
I'm with you Pam. Still, the one (of MANY) that I hate the most is *The Blindside.* Probably because my ex-hubby played professional football and the amount of hard work that goes into it is no joke. That movie took a beautiful *story about Michael Orr* overcoming adversity to get his education and be drafted by the NFL into "look how dis here white woman *showed me how to play football* and saved my worthless Black life!" *GTFOH.* I really, Really, REALLY hate those white savior movies. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
My Friend Obama: The Joe Biden Story - COMING SOON
oh how you just set meeeeeeee
I'm on the floor
SCREAMING
LMFAO
Omg they would do this
I’m fucking crying 😭💀
You know, I remember watching Freedom Writers in school and I couldn't figure out why it made me uncomfortable until now.
Probably because you were one of the student depicted?
This just healed my side eye. Praise Him. To God be the glory. Won't He do it?
Hilarious. I'm still laughing. Favorite scene was when she was adopted. At first outrage, then finding out that all of her needs were being met, saying " Word " and then "bye children" 😂😂😂
"The day racism was solved." So close. So close.
This is hilarious. Movies like Malcolm X, Red Tails, The Miracle At St. Anna and Birth of a Nation (2016) don't win any Oscars but movies like Green Book, Hidden Figures, Glory do. Hmm. Interesting 🤔
Right
To be fair, Moonlight and Black Kkklansmen won awards
Andrew Howard exactly !
And 12 Years a Slave.
@Zackariah Schultz -
*Looks at the history of cinema and the quality movies without white saviors*
*Looks at the very very few that became recognized VERY recently in the grand scheme of things*
You have no idea how you sound pointing out 8 movies that got recognized in all of cinema. Right up there with people trying to claim to not be racist 'cause they have some black friends...
Wow this is brilliant. Amber looks so completely different in the period hair and makeup that I didn't recognise her at first. She holds her character so well that she doesn't use her "Amber" expressions or voice until the lady wants to adopt her. She is destined for great things. And her own show where she can be the boss. Seth just looks like Seth taking the piss.
This is about to get a billion views. Thanks a lot Green Book.
This actress is incredible with her subtle but telling facial expressions. When she looks at the camera at 5:13 after she says, " For some reason, earning your respect is something I'm interested in," she perfectly reflected how viewers with any sense felt while watching these movies.
That’s Amber Ruffin and she is a head writer for Seth’s show. ❤️
Amber Ruffin 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Amber is such a great talent. I’m so happy that she’s gotten her own show!
I would totally watch this if it were a real film but they'd have to keep Amber and re-cast Seth.
Did Seth Meyer secretly predict Green Book was gonna win BP so he made fun it before it won?
He already knew. See previous comment for an explanation.
Good point lol
Sorry, but how do you know that *he* was the one who predicted it? Genuine question btw. Plus, the themes in this video looks like it had more to do with Amber's input than his. These are nuances that a black person is more likely to pick up on and be more aware of than the white dude so I think it's funny that Seth is credited more for this content and with making fun of these themes more than her. That's interesting...
@@franslam7398 I do not know about all of that but Seth posted this video right before the Oscars so I am guessing he might have known that Green Book was gonna win something. Obviously Amber might have had more to do with the actual content of the video.
@@franslam7398 Because the white man has super-prediction powers! And Seth saw into the future and parodied himself to benefit Amber his good Black sidekick....
Or when a white guy becomes the last samurai
Or a sports manager helping out Cuba Gooding's football career
Or saves the Chinese from the dragons at the great wall
The Last Samurai was actually a true story
nosihle gumbi Jerry Maguire was awesome, though.
@@F5Metal It was not
😂😂😂
I’d like to specifically call out Spielberg’s Lincoln. That’s exactly what that film was like also let’s completely forget Frederick Douglass’s role in advocating abolishing slavery to Lincoln. He was ultimately persuaded after several private discussions with Douglass but we get none of that in the movie.
Unless its a documentary, movies are made for drama. Even documentaries are sometimes dramatized because people is people, entertainment vs education , entertainment always wins
Luc Chen agreed but a white man and a black man overcoming racial tension both between themselves and in the country is entertaining... I’d even say Oscar worthy
Luc Chen also you can make just about any story entertaining... it’s more about what story a film director chooses to tell. often times the story is one sided and paints the white person in a positive, ‘savior’-like light
Lincoln was pro-slavery...he wasn't an abolitionist like white folks like to claim. Douglass spent years on getting him to abolish slavery.
@@halimasays411 YUP.