Kam Patterson performed Professor Snape from “Harry Potter” throughout “Weekend Replace” on “Saturday Evening Stay.”
Patterson’s casting as Snape is a reference to HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” sequence, wherein the beforehand white character is being performed by Black actor Paapa Essiedu.
After being launched by Colin Jost, Patterson’s Snape started by talking overly formally, saying “Good night, Mr. Jost — nah, I’m taking part in. I don’t discuss like that, bro. It’s referred to as code-switching. Codio switchio!”
When Jost requested how his 12 months at Hogwarts had gone, Snape mentioned, “Not nice. We obtained this new child. His identify is Harry Potter, and he’s racist as hell. Harry Potter — or, the Proud Boy Who Lived — spent the entire 12 months telling everyone that the varsity’s solely Black trainer was secretly evil.”
Jost mentioned, “I believe he’s simply anxious as a result of he is aware of somebody’s attempting to steal the Sorcerer’s Stone.” “So any individual stole one thing, and the primary suspect is Black Snape? They didn’t even have a look at the white man within the turban. So offensive. He’s obtained a wizard on the again of his head,” Snape mentioned, referencing how the villain Voldemort seems on the again of Professor Quirrell’s head on the finish of the primary “Harry Potter” story.
“I’m actually sorry that he simply jumped to conclusions like that,” Jost mentioned. Snape replied, “All good. It occurs on a regular basis. I confirmed up at Hogwarts, and on the primary day they checked out me and mentioned, ‘You’re the professor of the Darkish Arts.’ I by no means even studied that! I majored in African Muggle Research.”
“The entire wizarding world is racist,” Snape continued. “There’s one different Black man, Kingsley Shacklebolt, a reputation I’m guessing they obtained out of the Wu-Tang identify generator. Everybody’s in these dignified robes. They dressed him up like he was promoting cocoa butter incense out of a barbershop.” When Jost requested, “That’s form of a cool outfit, proper?” Snape mentioned, “Yeah, for a Haitian cab driver. And why they obtained to place ‘shackle’ in his identify? That’s loopy, man. Shackle? Shackle!”
Jost mentioned, “Nicely, for the very first time, I’m beginning to assume J.Ok. Rowling could be problematic.”
Snape went on, “The entire wizarding world is tousled. We’ve magic, we have now wands that may do something, and folks in my world nonetheless have slaves.” He rejected Jost’s assertion that they’re truly referred to as “home elves.” “Sure, some folks obtained home elves. I guess you didn’t know they obtained area elves too. They didn’t put that within the ebook, huh, Colin?”
Patterson’s cameo concluded with Snape calling out a closing message for Harry: “Your mama was thick as hell, canine. I miss her a lot.”
Watch the sketch beneath.
