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The Day Beyonce Turned Black Analysis
With SNL displaying Juvenalian satire throughout their comical skit “The Day Beyonce Turned Black” helped portray a horrific perception on black lives matter. Beyonce attracted attention towards the “Black Lives Matter Movement” through her song “Formation” which points out her background. Likewise, “Black Lives Matter Movement” refers to the violence and discrimination against black lives, and Beyonce genuinely wanted to express where she actually comes from. For example, the opening lines state “For white people, it was just another great week, they never saw it coming. They had no warning. The day before the Super Bowl it happened.” Eventually, SNL goes on to show the exaggerated reactions of the white Americans when they realized that Beyonce
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