{"id":29434,"date":"2021-07-13T21:46:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=29434"},"modified":"2021-07-13T21:46:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:46:27","slug":"bowen-yang-snl-emmy-awards-nomination-2021","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/bowen-yang-snl-emmy-awards-nomination-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Sketches That Earned Bowen Yang His Milestone Emmy Nom"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29439\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29439 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1232246192-e1626208488224.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bowen Yang on Saturday Night Live\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bowen Yang on <i>Saturday Night Live<\/i> (Photo: Will Heath\/NBC\/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bowen Yang already made <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-nas-x-snl-wardrobe-malfunction\/\"><em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/a> history when he was cast as the show\u2019s first Chinese-American featured cast member in 2019. Now, he\u2019s reached another milestone, becoming the first featured player ever to be nominated for an <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/emmy-nominations-mj-rodriguez\/\">Emmy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, no one who has been watching the show recently should be surprised. Yang has been responsible for some of <em>SNL<\/em>\u2019s most viral, meme-able and talked-about sketches of the past couple years. As pals like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRRvdYSppph\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Kim Booster<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRRgn7aiOjj\/\" target=\"_blank\">Julio Torres<\/a> send their congrats, we decided to take a look back at some of the sketches that undoubtedly earned Yang his nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weekend Update: Fran Lebowitz and Martin Scorsese on New York City - SNL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LOr2Z-6Kibc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After her divisive Netflix series introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/fran-lebowitz-pretend-its-a-city-fashion-uniform\/\">Fran Lebowitz<\/a> to a whole new generation, Yang stopped by Weekend Update to deliver a spot-on impression of the notoriously cantankerous New York fixture. Not only was his cadence and inflection perfect, he somehow managed not to break in the face of Kyle Mooney\u2019s hysterical impersonation of a hysterical Martin Scorsese. Unfortunately, it seems Lebowitz herself was none too pleased with the performance. But then, what the hell is she <em>ever<\/em> too pleased about?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weekend Update: Bowen Yang on the Rise of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes - SNL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B9qTB6beAOk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of this spring\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sandra-oh-asian-hate-crime-speech\/\">dramatic rise<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/biden-anti-asian-hate-crime-legislation\/\">anti-Asian hate crimes<\/a>\u2014including the massacre of eight Atlanta area spa employees by a white gunman\u2014Yang again joined <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/scarlett-johansson-pregnant-colin-jost\/\">Colin Jost<\/a> on Weekend Update to parody the memes that masquerade as meaningful action on social media these days. \u201cWhat can I say to help how insanely bad things are,\u201d he told Jost, sounding genuinely fed up. \u201cIf someone\u2019s personality is punching an Asian grandma, it\u2019s not a dialogue.\u201d We got some laughs about Yang\u2019s thirst for <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/winners-2021-oscars\/\">Steven Yeun<\/a> and his scrapped 20-minue performance of Gay Passover Bunny, but the take-home was serious: <em>ji\u0101y\u00f3u<\/em>, do more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weekend Update: The Iceberg on the Sinking of the Titanic - SNL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qP5bu9hLH9E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A couple months later, Yang returned to Weekend Update with another iconic impression, not of an actual person this time, but of the iceberg that sank the Titanic. \u201cThis is always a really weird time of year for me,\u201d he said, referencing the anniversary of the tragedy. Turns out, there was a lot churning beneath the surface for the most infamous chunk of ice in western history, as Yang\u2019s unhinged performance revealed. \u201cEveryone\u2019s talking about <em>me! <\/em>No one\u2019s talking about <em>the water!<\/em>\u201d Yang wailed before performing the iceberg\u2019s new single, \u201cLover Boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sara Lee - SNL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aeoxg8hx-lc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This sketch from 2019 probably wasn\u2019t technically eligible to factor into Emmy voters\u2019 decision to nominate Yang this year, but it is nonetheless iconic. Written by Yang and Torres, the, again <em>iconic<\/em>, sketch pairs Yang and Cecily Strong as Sara Lee management who have to confront an employee (the iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/harry-styles-olivia-wilde-boat-italy\/\">Harry Styles<\/a>) about using the company\u2019s Instagram account to post horny comments. Just watch, it\u2019s\u2026iconic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":29439,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4 Sketches That Earned Bowen Yang His Milestone Emmy Nom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bowen Yang already made Saturday Night Live history when he was cast as the show\u2019s first Chinese-American featured cast member in 2019. 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