Video Of The Day: SNL’s Take On Lesbian Period Dramas Is Almost Too Accurate
“Lesbian Period Drama” brilliantly takes on the tropes of prestige queer cinema.
With the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary show just around the corner (note: it will air Sunday, Feb. 16, from 8 to 11 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock), we’re celebrating some of the most memorably sapphic moments from the sketch comedy juggernaut.
If you’ve ever watched a historical drama about two women exchanging longing glances in dimly lit drawing rooms and thought, “Wow, this feels familiar,” then the SNL vault has the perfect sketch for you.
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The 2021 parody, “Lesbian Period Drama,” takes on the tropes of prestige queer cinema, with star-crossed lovers caught in a whirlwind of stolen glances and whispered desires. The sketch mimics the genre’s signature elements—gorgeous countryside settings, an age gap, a repressive society, and, of course, “one brush of the hand that is never addressed.”
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