"Black Panther" Bonus: "Saturday Night Live" Brings T'Challa to "Black Jeopardy"

The whole sketch was great and since explaining jokes has never in the history of jokes made them more funny Iamp8217ll try and refrain from explaining all of them amp160Having said that there are three or four key moments that were pretty relentless in the comedy department and consequently ended up making the whole sketch soarIn the category amp8220Fidamp8217naamp8221 as in amp8220Iamp8217m fidamp8217na go to the store bro you want anythingamp8221 the question read amp8220This is the reason your cable bill is in your grand mammaamp8217s nameamp8221 amp160Maybe itamp8217s just me but I automatically knew it probably had something to do with oneamp8217s credit amp160Tamp8217Challa had a different idea however amp160amp8220What is amp8216to honor her as the foundation of the familyamp8217amp8221 he answered with great confidence amp160This was when I first lost it laughing that is amp160Darnell below left responded amp8220Hmm amp160Thatamp8217s really nice amp160Itamp8217s wrong but itamp8217s really niceamp8221 amp160It was the combination of Tamp8217Challaamp8217s seemingly genuine belief that there could be no other answer and the foreign inflections and cadence of his speech that really brought the idea home that where he was from was drastically different from the more selfcentered traditions of his American brethren The real answer by the way was amp8220What is amp8216cause Iamp8217m fidamp8217na get a car and I donamp8217t need all that on my creditamp8217amp8221The next question that really drove this idea home was just as funny amp160In the category amp8220Grown Assamp8221 the question was amp8220You send your smart ass child here amp8216cause she think she grownamp8221 amp160Of course Tamp8217Challa buzzes in and his answer is as follows amp8220What is amp8216to one of our free universities where she can apply her intelligence and perhaps one day become a great scientistamp8217amp8221 amp160At this point I was in literal tears of laughter amp160Wakanda is apparently so advanced that not only are their higher education programs free but their children are so wellbehaved they do not use the term amp8220smart assamp8221 in reference to themamp160 Hence the concept of sending them somewhere when they are being a amp8220smart assamp8221 is an equally foreign concept to the Wakandan king the actual foreigner in the situation which is very Coming to America if you ask me amp160Oh and the answer to the question amp8220The answer I was looking for was amp8216Out my damn houseamp8217amp8221 said Darnell adding amp8220But you know what amp160Iamp8217ma give it to you Tamp8217Challa amp160Yamp8217all must not have no mean streets in Wakandaamp8221 amp160Exactlyamp8220Letamp8217s go to amp8216Aw Hell Nahamp8217 for eight hundredamp8221amp160said the King and the question was amp8220The policeman says thereamp8217s been some robberies in your neighborhood and asks if you have amp8216any informationamp8217amp8221 amp160Now instantly I said to myself amp8220No snitchinamp8217amp8221 amp160Itamp8217s a heavily debated policy thatamp8217s been the topic of rap songs tshirts and even parental admonishments amp160Sht I just told my daughter to stop snitching the other day amp160So how did the mighty king answer amp160Like so amp8220What is amp8216not only do I tell this man what I know but I also assist him in tracking down the offender After all our ministers of law enforcement are only here to protect usamp8217 amp160Is this correctamp8221 Cut to Darnell face scrunched up and shrugging like his son just asked him where babies come from amp160amp8220I mean it should beamp8221 he said amp160Their ways as traditional and old school as they may seem are undeniably positive and ultimately better ways of living and even though many people of color are seen as amp8220the sameamp8221 which everyone is technically Wakandans and Americans have almost conceptually opposite lifestyles amp160Darnell punctuated this with amp8220Iamp8217m thinkinamp8217 you havenamp8217t spent much time in Americaamp8221So what was the straw that broke the comedy camelamp8217s back After the messages from the fictional game showamp8217s sponsors which included the hilarious line amp8220Sprite How did we become the Black soda amp160We donamp8217t knowamp8221 Tamp8217Challa picked amp8220White Peopleamp8221 for 400 amp160The question amp8220Your friend Karen brings her potato salad to your cookoutamp8221 amp160Tamp8217Challa finally seeming to get the hang of the show asked if Karen is Caucasian amp160Darnell replied that she is which is followed by Marvelamp8217s king making the following deductions from that point alone amp8220Oh I understand amp160It is noble that she would volunteer to cook for everyone and although I have never had potato salad I sense that this white woman does not season her food amp160And if she does it is only with a tiny bit of salt and no paprika amp160And she will probably add something unnecessary like raisins amp160So something tells me that I should say amp8216Aw hell nah Karen amp160Keep your bland ass potato salad to yourselfamp8217amp8221 amp160Darnell myself and the studio audience all cheered in unisonEven though there are thousands of miles between our homelands and hundreds of years of seclusion separating us even though our interactions with our elders children and law enforcement are all drastically different and even though one of our countries and cultures is straight up fictionamp160thereamp8217s still one universal truth that all Black people can apparently agree on and SNL agrees on tooamp160 Itamp8217s that white women donamp8217t season their food amp160It seriously doesnamp8217t get any better than that amp160So to all the Karens of the world remember the words of the Wakandan king amp160amp8220Keep your bland ass potato salad to yourselfamp8221Click the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of 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