Skip to main content

Kate McKinnon's SNL Tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Left People In Tears (video)


#SNL #KateMcKinnon #RBG  #RuthBaderGinsburg #Tribute

Kate McKinnon paid a touching tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during Saturday Night Live's season premiere.
As Colin Jost and Michael Che wrapped up the "Weekend Update" segment of the show, the camera panned to McKinnon, sitting in the front row of the audience dressed as the feminist icon for what may be the final time.
McKinnon, wearing prop glasses and a black robe with a lace collar, bowed her head and pressed her right hand to her chest before looking up in a silent tribute to Ginsburg, who died of complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer at the age of 87 on September 18.

The screen then displayed "rest in power" over a shot of the items that make up McKinnon's costume before going to a commercial break.

You can see the full tribute below, starts at 2’59”.


Many viewers took to Twitter to say the tribute had made them emotional, with some saying it had left them in tears.
"KateBY KHALEDA RAHMAN's tribute to RBG has me in tears," Holly Robinson Peete wrote.
"Oh, Kate McKinnon," added reporter Andrea Lucia, along with a crying face emoji. "Beautiful nod to #RBG."
Karen Dalton Beninato added: "Kate McKinnon's RBG in the audience got me."
"Saw a single glimpse of Kate McKinnon as RBG on @nbcsnl and burst into tears, so yes, I'm doing well, why do you ask?" Margaret Gleason added.
Another Twitter user added: "Kate McKinnon retiring the notorious RBG character has me in literal tears."
McKinnon has portrayed Ginsburg on Saturday Night Live for several years. A sketch in an April episode of the show, filmed remotely due to the coronavirus shutdown, had McKinnon, as Ginsburg, showing viewers how the Supreme Court Justice was working out and keeping fit at home.
After Ginsburg's death last month, McKinnon said that meeting Ginsburg had been "one of the great honors of my life" and that portraying her was a "profound joy."
"For so many of us, Justice Ginsburg was a real-life superhero: a beacon of hope, a warrior for justice, a robed crusader who saved the day time and again," McKinnon said in a statement. "Playing her on SNL was a profound joy because I could always feel the overwhelming love and gratitude that the audience had for her. It was one of the great honors of my life to meet Justice Ginsburg, to shake her hand, and to thank her for her lifetime of service to this country."
By Khaleda Rahman newsweek.com
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bell Hooks - To Truly Love

 #BellHooks #Love #Respect #trust  #Communication  #Triple5LightTherapy #BlackTherapist #Therapy
Post a Comment
Read more

Grindr turns 10: How a decade with GPS 'dating' apps changed us all

#Grindr  #JoelSimkhai  #LGBTQ #App  What Uber did for cars, so Grindr did for hooking up. A decade after its release, NBC Out reflects on the impact Grindr has had on the gay and bi community. On the day he launched Grindr — exactly 10 years ago this Monday — founder Joel Simkhai said the only phone call he received was from the competitor, Manhunt, with a buyout offer of “$20,000 or $35,000.” Simkhai declined. But after actor and comedian Stephen Fry demoed Grindr live on the British TV show “Top Gear” a few months later in June 2009, everything changed. Simkhai said there were 10,000 downloads overnight and it “felt like every gay man knew about it.” “It’s basically a gay cruising application,” Fry told “Top Gear” host James May. “Get this, when you load it,” Fry said, “up appear all kinds of faces and pictures. And what’s so amusing is, you press them and it goes like, ‘Hi, I’m Mike,’ and it tells you how close they are — it says 20 yards away.” Now, a...
Post a Comment
Read more

Kanye West Proves He Might Be the Most Narcissistic Rapper in the Industry

#KanyeWest  #Narcissism  #KimKardashian #Religion Kanye West  was once thought of as a musical visionary. While some believe he is still a genius, these days,  West supporters  are becoming few and far between. West’s new journey as a religious leader has earned a lot of criticism, from those who believe that he is not qualified to speak for the religious community. Of course, there is also the issue of West’s undeniable narcissism. Keep reading to learn how West could possibly be the most narcissistic artist in the music business and why people could soon stop paying attention to him. Kanye West has a history of narcissism Kanye West | Scott Dudelson/FilmMagic West rose to fame in the early 2000s, with his breakout album  The College Dropout . West’s catchy rhymes and innovative rap beats endeared him to the musical community and it definitely seemed as though he had a bright future ahead of him. West has pioneered the way for ...
Post a Comment
Read more

"Love is a combination of six ingredients: care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust". Bell Hooks

#AfricanAmerican #BellHooks #Love #Respect  #WhereWeStand  #ClassMatters  "Love is a combination of six ingredients: care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust". Bell Hooks A writer, teacher and cultural critic, bell hooks is best known for her work examining systems of domination, especially racism and patriarchy, and how they may be overcome. She has published more than twenty books, including  Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black; Killing Rage: Ending Racism , and  Where We Stand: Class Matters . hooks says that uncovering and naming the forms of oppression in our society is an extension of her lifelong curiosity about love and her desire to see love manifested. “Perhaps the most common false assumption about love is that it means we will not be challenged or changed,” she once wrote in the Buddhist magazine   Shambhala Sun . “When I write provocative social and cultural criticism that causes readers to stretch the...
Post a Comment
Read more