They’re treating it as a dark jubilee.
A controversial, two-decades-old “Saturday Night Live” sketch is causing a stir on social media following the Taliban’s …
They’re treating it as a dark jubilee. A controversial, two-decades-old “Saturday Night Live” sketch is causing a stir on social media following the Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan. The musical sendup, entitled “War Party,” first aired in 2001, a month after the US invaded the “graveyard of empires” following the 9/11 attacks. However, social media users have decided to revisit divisive ditty after the insurgent group took majority control of the country in wake of US troop withdrawals over the spring and summer. The controversial sketch starts off with Will Ferrell, Jimmy Fallon, Maya Rudolph and company bantering at a house party. Then, all of a sudden, Seth Meyers interrupts the soirée to inform everyone that Northern Alliance soldiers have captured the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. That prompts everyone to break out into a song parody, in which they ecstatically celebrate the takeover in typical tongue-in-cheek “SNL” fashion. “Say Taliban, move your minivans, Kandahar,” croons a triumphant Seth Meyers about the alleged victory.
