Overview

• On June 17’s Good Hang podcast, Poehler admitted “I misappropriated. I appropriated. I didn't know. I did know” when reflecting on former SNL performances.
• She credited SNL’s February 50th anniversary In Memoriam segment, introduced by Tom Hanks, with confronting ethnic stereotypes and insensitive makeup.
• Poehler pointed to her own impressions of Michael Jackson, Yoko Ono and Kim Jong-il as examples of roles she would not play today.
• The In Memoriam montage also recalled a 2004 sketch in which she walked into a scene of Ben Affleck berating a character with a disability.
• She stressed that comedy has an expiration date and urged peers to repair past harms and evolve their work.