Bowen Yang feels very bleeping strongly that ‘SNL’ should be able to use profanity for comic effect
- Saturday Night Live cast member Bowen Yang recently discussed using profanity on the show.
- He feels comedy is hampered by the inability to use certain words.
- Speaking on his podcast Las Culturistas this week, Yang argued for an FCC exception.
- Yang feels certain words are "comedically powerful as words."
- Yang is not aware that the FCC took action after an unplanned April 6 profanity incident.
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Bowen Yang Thinks ‘SNL’ Should Be Allowed To Curse On Air: “We’re Dismantling The FCC”
Bowen Yang thinks the Federal Communications Commission ain’t what? The Saturday Night Live star made a case for the NBC sketch comedy show to be allotted a certain amount of curse words a year, following a recent call-and-response bit from co-star Ego Nwodim that resulted in audience members yelling “s—” live on air. “I don’t think so honey, Standards and Practices, we should be able to say at least five ‘s—’s and five ‘f—’s on SNL per seas…
Bowen Yang Says 'Saturday Night Live' Cast Should Be Able to Curse: 'Let Us Say S—t and F—k'
Bowen Yang aired out his grievances about being restricted from using curse words on “Saturday Night Live,” saying the iconic sketch series’ comedy is “hampered” by the cast’s inability to use vulgar language, which he believes could amplify comedic delivery. “I don’t think so, honey: standards and practices. We should be able to say at least five s—ts and five f—ks on ‘SNL’ per season,” Yang said Wednesday on his “Las Culturistas” podcast with …
Bowen Yang says not cursing on 'SNL' hampers the comedy: 'Let us say s--- and f---'
"Why don't you have a competition and people can vote like 'American Idol' as to which cast member gets to say the s--- and f---?" Amy Poehler added on "Las Culturistas."Will Heath/NBC via Getty Bowen Yang as George Santos on 'Saturday Night Live'Key PointsBowen Yang and Matt Rogers welcomed Amy Poehler to their Las Culturistas podcast.The current SNL cast member said "we are so hampered in our comedy at SNL" because they can't curse."We're the …
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