Saturday Night Live Channels Us to Face the True Horror: Credit Card Fraud

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Doppelgänger drama is everywhere these days, even if Jordan Peele put the most visible stamp on it with last weekends horror-smash, Us. Case in point, this weekends Saturday Night Live satirized Peeles successor to Get Out, mashing up the Us iconography of Lupita Nyongo and Winston Dukes “tethered” characters with Discover Card commercials.

The ads in question often feature Discover Card holders conversing with themselves over the phone as customer service representatives—affording Saturday Night Live player Ego Nwodim the chance to toss out both Adelaide and “Red” impressions, eerie voice and all.

The brief parody also features Kenan Thompson as both Winston Dukes Gabe and “Abraham,” but also gets at a pressing question from the film—just who paid for all those thousands of red jumpsuits, motorcycle gloves, and rabbits?

Otherwise, the sketch was largely an excuse for Saturday Night Live to flex its talent for cinematic recreation—and a timely one at that, given the films $128 million-plus haul to date. Its likely to earn Read More – Source

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