^^^ That. It’s making fun of middle-class girls from loving homes who naively seem to think life will be better with a terrorist group.
“Military families, especially those who have sent daughters into harms way are not likely to find it amusing. But I have to admit it’s the original commercial that made me more uncomfortable. I think the spoof is based on the feelings of people who are not anxious to romanticize or profit on the emotions of those sending a child off to war”
Uh, what???
Equating daughters running off to join ISIS, with military women going into combat zones? Do you think the military families are going to have sympathy for the parents of daughters that support them going into ISIS? No way. There is absolutely no parallel to this. I’m pretty hard to offend, but that concept is offensive to me.
On a slight tangent, did the parents of those three schoolgirls support them going to ISIS?
“On a slight tangent, did the parents of those three schoolgirls support them going to ISIS?”
No. And I would hope most parents wouldn’t. But didn’t this SNL spoof show the Dad dropping the girl off? I’m not sure, as I still haven’t been able to view it, but that’s what I thought the summary said.
I was in the car listening to Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me just now. There were a number of jokes about Al-Shabaab, along the lines of their threatening to attack malls unless they could get their food concession in, battles with “Al-Sbarro”, “skewered meats of death.” I thought it was on the same level of “offensiveness” as the SNL skit, making fun of current events that are causing pain to some and that everyone finds abhorrent. But people give NPR a pass, or maybe it’s just that the audience is smaller.
@busdriver11 http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/father-daughter-ad/2850279?onid=148621#vc148621=1
Thanks, Knitkneelionmom, I was finally able to view it. I think it’s funny, not hilarious, can’t imagine it being offensive to anyone but ISIS supporters or dumb girls who want to join up with them.
Shabaab sound like kebab which is a skewered meat. When one thinks Mall of America one thinks “food court” not “terrorist plot”. You put Shabaab (kebab) together with food court and voila! “skewered meats of death”. What’s not funny about that? It isn’t condoning terrorism or kidnapping of young girls or anything or making light of what is going on in Africa to find Al-Shabaab and Mall of America said together to be strange. Now I need to go listen to Wait Wait which must be my cue to empty the dishwasher.
I didn’t think it was offensive. But I also didn’t think it was funny, but that could be because I knew beforehand from this thread what the punchline was going to be. I think it could have been very funny if they had made the ISIS people more ridiculous than they did (but I don’t have any suggestions). That part of the joke didn’t go far enough, imo, and that was really the joke part of it.
Well, I do think the skit is equating the US military with ISIS since it’s a parody of the car commercial so it could be seen as offensive to military families. I get that, since it’s satire showing how seemingly absurd the dad is for supporting a kid going into the military. But, most people are not going to get it at all. And, I really dislike Dakota Johnson for some reason. It was funny but the underlying message is a little annoying.
I found the clip slightly funny. I found it more sad. Aren’t there any fathers out here? 
^^well put
I guess I’d better hunt up the car commercial now - I didn’t link it to any other add when I saw it.
I found it kind of sad, too, the thought of these kids going off to die violently, or execute others. And in either case, lose their humanity, because of this of vicious stupidity.
saintfan, I thought that both the SNL skit and the NPR jokes were funny, and not offensive at all. I was just remarking on the different receptions to two performances that seem to me to have equal potential to offend people. The SNL skit caused outrage and is now the center of attention, while no one has criticized NPR, as far as I know.
This was a much better skit. Fantastic song. Many of you have probably heard the song…
“Say What You Wanna Say”.
http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/videos/dakota-johnson-on-snl-3-sketches-you-have-to-see-20150301
OK I missed that one (super bowl car ad) - still not offended now that I’ve watched it.
“Being a dad is a choice - a choice to get hurt rather than to hurt - to be bold when others are scared - a choice that says you’ll be there to show them right from wrong by your words and by your actions - being a dad is more than being a father it’s a commitment, one that will make a wonderful human being who will make their own choices some day.”
Bad ad and it makes the spoof even funnier.
The dishwasher is emptied and the skewered meats of death bit was right up front - now a funny ISIS "true story"on the opening panel round
I always wonder if the jokes and witty comments are spontaneous or prepared in advance. The panel is usually comedians and comedy writers, so maybe they’re spontaneous.
I heard the Wait, Wait jokes yesterday. They were funnier than the SNL skit.
My dad was career military, and I don’t see how a military person would be offended. I would think that they’d be disgusted at the thought of any American going off to fight with ISIS when Americans are dying for their country. The skit just points out the ludicrousness of the idea. Full disclosure: It takes a lot to offend me.