Last night’s episode of
SNL is being criticized on Twitter—and it’s not just because of Elon Musk’s hosting chops.
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A skit from the episode, titled “Gen Z Hospital,” is creating controversy online. It revolves around a group of friends waiting to hear updates about their seriously injured “bestie.” The sketch is written near-exclusively in “Gen Z internet slang,” which has much of its roots in African American Vernacular English (AAVE). Slang used in the sketch like “bruh,” “pressed” “catch hands,” “cuh,” and “tea” are all considered AAVE terms. It features Musk and cast members Kate McKinnon, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, and Bowen Yang.