Arts+Culture / NewsSNL spoofs the ‘tone deaf’ axed Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad‘I stop the police from shooting black people by handing them a Pepsi...cute, right?’ShareLink copied ✔️April 10, 2017Arts+CultureNewsText Anna Cafolla It was just last week that everything bubbled over for that dystopian Pepsi ad co-opting the political resistance. The now pulled commercial was completely destroyed by Twitter and anyone who’s actually been to a protest, and now it’s been on the receiving end of an SNL takedown. On a new episode of Saturday Night Live, aired at the weekend, the cast do a behind-the-scenes spoof of the Pepsi ad. Surrounded by banal protest signs, the director (Beck Bennett), gets a call from his sister, and tells her how psyched he is with the concept. “It’s an homage to the resistance,” he says. “There’s this huge protest in the street, reminiscent of Black Lives Matter. Everybody is marching and they get to these police officers and you think it’s going to go bad because there’s kind of a standoff, and then Kendall Jenner walks in. She walks up to one of the police officers and hands him a Pepsi. That Pepsi brings everyone together.” On the other end of the phone which we can’t hear, his sister takes it down, he repeats: “sort of tone deaf?” Getting another guy on the line, he defends the ad as multicultural, but concludes: “Oh, we’re just using them… to sell soda?” Cecily Strong takes on the role of a Kendall Jenner, with her blonde wig. Exiting a trailer, she says: “Um, I stop the police from shooting black people by handing them a Pepsi,” she says. “I know. It’s cute, right?”. Because sugar-coating #theresistance is major cute! The rest of the show, hosted by Louis C.K, sees Alec Baldwin play both Donald Trump and Bill O’Reilly in sketches. Watch the savage takedown of the ad above. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingThe internet wants women to stop acting like ‘birds’On TikTok, the word has become shorthand for being male-centred, prompting women to share their dating horror stories and unlearn their ‘bird’ behaviour before summertimeLife & CultureArts+CultureHow Prince almost ended up in The Fifth ElementOnFashionHow On and Loewe are shaping the future of footwear MusicThe 5 best songs from Drake’s new albums (plural) Film & TV7 sex worker-approved films about sex workBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaMusicFour4444 is China’s kawaii drill queen FashionThis subculture archive is fashion’s best kept secretFashionWhy is Americana everywhere right now?Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy