Isis Saturday Night Live sketch featuring Dakota Johnson & parodying Toyota Super Bowl ad riles Twitter users
Fifty Shades of Grey actress Dakota Johnson has riled US audiences with her parody video of terrorist group ISIS while appearing on Saturday Night Live.
A sketch, which riffed on Toyota’s My Bold Dad advert for the Super Bowl, presented a proud father dropping his daughter off at the airport and telling her to be careful, only for it to turn out that she has left to join the terrorist group.
The sketch concluded with the tagline "ISIS. We'll take it from here, Dad," Twitter users have reacted to claim that the sketch is not funny and was in bad taste.
@nbcsnl skit dad, daughter and ISIS? http://t.co/8lQB6NX3kK pic.twitter.com/Amg5l9ihxW" A desperate effort for a laugh. #EpicFailSNL
— Cheryl Hyder (@CherylHyder) March 2, 2015
@TODAYshow @CarsonDaly SNL went to far with this skit, I am sure the families of the victims brutally murdered were offended #OrangeRoom
— Edward Garro (@MrEdGarro) March 2, 2015
Snl. ISIS SO OFFENSIVE. NOT FUNNY.
— SaraP (@spruisner1950) March 2, 2015
#whatilearnedtoday - Hey, SNL - right after the ISIS bit, why not show the unedited beheading videos? Sorry, @DocThompsonShow . I disagree.
— beckinista (@beckinista) March 2, 2015
However many have also come to its defence since those who took offence voiced their opinions.
Just watched that SNL ISIS skit. People were seriously mad about that? It's the funniest thing I've seen on that show in awhile.
— Pat O'Brien (@brokenhalo) March 2, 2015
If dumb young girls are gonna run away to join #Isis then they deserve to be mocked. Don't get your panties in a wad! I love #SNL
— Chaney Shores (@ChaneyShores) March 2, 2015
@TODAYshow SNL is just wrong there's to many people that that Isis video can effect
— Ricky Setser (@057a65d30e444c1) March 2, 2015
I'm not bothered SNL made fun of ISIS; however, I think the way they went about it is where they went wrong.
— Lexi (@SupaKawaiiLexi) March 2, 2015