Dakota Johnson (above) played a young girl joining ISIS in a skit on Saturday Night Live
Saturday
Night Live pushed the envelope this week with a parody of a car
commercial that had a young girl joining ISIS, and not the US Army, at
the end.
The
segment was laid out the same as the recent My Bold Dad spot in which a
father tearfully drops off his daughter to join the military in his
Toyota Camry.
The
spot that first aired during the 2015 Super Bowl and was seen as a
touching look at what it is like to say goodbye for those that have
family members in the service.
In
this version however, the father, played by Taran Killam, dropped off
his daughter, played by Dakota Johnson, and as he tearfully said goodbye
she says to him; 'Dad, it's just ISIS.'
The skit ended with the tagline; 'ISIS, We'll take it from here, Dad'
There was even a vehicle with the ISIS flag in the skit
This is the first time that Johnson, the star of Fifty Shades of Grey, has hosted Saturday Night Live
From
there, Johnson jumped on a truck with actors playing members of the
Islamic State and with a mock flag, which actually appears to read; 'I
would like a cat.'
When the father then says to take care of his girl, one of the men yells; 'Death to America.'
Then, as the commercial ended, a message appeared on screen; 'ISIS, We'll take it from here, Dad.'
Johnson winked at her father to assure him everything was all right in the parody
Some on twitter found the parody 'depraved'
Others on twitter found the bit 'hysterical'
Johnson teels her father not to worry saying, 'Dad, it's just ISIS'
This
all comes on the same week three men were arrested in the United States
with ties to the terrorist organization and three female British
teenagers left to join the group.
The skit was met with outrage by many on Twitter, who took the program to task for being insensitive.
'Can't be serious. Isis skit? Like going to college? When so many people are being kidnapped and killed?Depraved,' wrote Raine LaChance.
'Apparently
NBC and SNL thought it was funny to have a skit showing ISIS driving to
an airport to pick up an American girl. Tasteless Scum!,' said Jim Ematrudo.
Others however found the skit 'hilarious.'