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Millennial Michael Che just got a lesson in writing about Gen Z, thanks to social media critics who accused his “Gen Z Hospital” sketch of placing African American Vernacular English (AAVE) in the mouths of “Saturday Night Live” cast members and calling it comedy.
Che, 37, initially thought the sketch had simply bombed — but got another impression after reading social media.
“This Gen Z hospital skit on SNL is so stupid. I’m so tired of nonblack people throwing random AAVE terms in their sentences and calling that horse s— ‘Gen Z language,’” one Twitter user wrote Saturday night.
In the sketch, host Elon Musk played a doctor who’s caring for the “bestie” of five stereotypical Gen Z folks portrayed by Bowen Yang, Kate McKinnon, Heidi Gardner, Mikey Day and Ego Nwodim. Melissa Villaseñor played a Gen Z-style nurse, clad head to ankles — hair included — in hot pink, while the others awaited results from the doc.