Carano was fired from ‘The Mandalorian’ last week following a controversial post on social media.
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Last week’s biggest pop culture story was surely the dismissal of actress Gina Carano in the Disney + “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” after she shared a message on social media that was considered anti-Semitic and offensive. She was dropped by the talent agency UTA and by Lucasfilm, but later announced that she was now working on a new project being developed and produced with the conservative website The Daily Wire.
As this story dominated the conversation, it was inevitable that Carano would somehow show up in the episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’, presented by ‘One Night in Miami’ Oscar contestant Regina King. The reference comes in the form of a ‘Weekend Update’ piece by the segment’s co-anchor Colin Jost (opposite Michael Che).
“Yes, I do not know if ‘Star Wars’ is the authority on what is anti – Semitic,” he said. He then played a track from Watto, the junk dealer of “The Phantom Menace”, which at the time gave rise to allegations of ethnic stereotype. “If it’s not Nazi propaganda, I do not know what it is,” Jost added. Check out the clip below.
The dismissal of Gina Carano was divided on both sides of the political path with reactions. New York Magazine author Jonathan Chait recently wrote an essay comparing Carano’s action to the blacklist of the 1950s. “The report simply (undisputedly) argued that the Holocaust arose from a hate campaign against Jews, which then (controversially) compared it to hatred of fellow Americans because of their political views,” Chait wrote, referring to to Carano’s post in which he a conservative the current political climate to Nazi Germany. ‘I do not find this post particularly informative. But overheated comparisons with Nazi Germany are very common, and, more to the point, not anti-Semitic. There is nowhere an indication of sympathy with Nazis or the blame for their victims. ‘
‘I send a direct message of hope to all who live in fear of cancellation by the totalitarian mob. I have just started using my voice which is now freer than ever before, and I hope it inspires others to do the same. They can not cancel us if we do not allow them, ‘Carano said when she spoke last week.
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