An Italian-American organization lashes out at SNL over its Elon Musk "Wario" sketch

Vanity Fair

The National Italian American Foundation released a statement today calling out Saturday Night Live's Super Mario Bros.-inspired sketch. “In an era of enhanced sensitivity to racial and ethnic stereotyping, Saturday Night Live’s sophomoric Wario skit demonstrates that a profound double standard continues to exist when it comes to ‘acceptable’ caricaturing of Italians in popular culture,” the statement reads, adding that the organization “condemns such media depictions which run completely counter to the spirit of the times and the aspirations of the nation.”