Tina Fey Starts "Sheet Caking" Movement Against Nazis
Following last week's violent attack at the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Tina Fey has a message for Americans tired of neo-Nazis: Eat a sheet cake.
During her special guest appearance on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update: Summer Edition last night, the famous SNL alumni and former Weekend Update co-host scarfed most of a vanilla-frosted sheet cake while railing against the rally and President Trump's controversial response to it, telling viewers to ignore neo-Nazi rallies and go buy a cake. Her comedic take on the chaotic and deadly events of last week comes amidst a flood of criticism towards U.S. President Donald Trump's "many sides" response to the attack that left one woman dead and 19 injured.
"You support maybe a Jewish-run bakery or an African-American-run bakery, order a cake with an American flag on it and then, um, just eat it."
"Sheet caking is a grass roots movement. Most of the women I know have been doing it once a week since the election."
As #sheetcaking takes the Internet by storm, Fey's cake protest skit has been met with mixed feelings on social media.
On one side, people love any excuse to eat their feelings, and with Nazis walking down the streets screaming "Blood and soil" and "Jews will not replace us," it's an understandable response.
I support Tina Fey's new #sheetcaking protest movement. A sheet cake a week will only bring more love to the world. 🍰 pic.twitter.com/fOW6cel6VE
— Mr. M. McDonald (@Mr_McDonaldDOM) August 18, 2017
Tina Fey is a national treasure and the only woman who perfectly summarizes my feelings #weekendupdate #sheetcaking pic.twitter.com/lusnA8DAka
— Jennifer Van Dyke (@Jennger22) August 18, 2017
#TinaFey calling out @SpeakerRyan for being a pussy and not knowing how to use the @ symbol was amazing 😂😍#WeekendUpdate #Sheetcaking
— Julie Elizabeth (@CubsGirl10) August 18, 2017
"We let you chinless turds walk through the streets with semi-automatic weapons"You tell them Tina Fey #Sheetcaking https://t.co/KxDT4bvYTG
— FixIt_Fitz (@fixit_fitz) August 18, 2017
Meanwhile, others argue that standing up to Nazis is a long-standing American tradition. Rather than turning your attention to a delicious, moist cake, they say you should turn your attention to the armed masses of "chinless turds."
I hope Tina Fey is enjoying her sheet cake. We are marching in 100+ degree heat. #DefendDurham
— Chris Robinson (@CRMusicWriter) August 18, 2017
tina fey telling people who historically don't show up to fight white supremacy not to show up is…well, it's consistent
— Kindred
SPX E10 (itskindred) August 18, 2017
Stay safe inside. Don't go honor the life of an innocent person killed in the name of white supremacy. Stay silent. Safe. Thanks Tina Fey 👍🏾
— wikipedia brown (@eveewing) August 18, 2017
And in a classic display of the fast-paced internet outrage cycle, some are just outraged by the outrage. Twitter be Twitter.
People are really, really misunderstanding or being willfully obtuse about that Tina Fey routine.
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) August 18, 2017
It seemed v obvious to me Tina Fey was doing a bit? not actually advocating a thing? Colin was the straightman going "how would that help?"
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) August 18, 2017
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Glazed1221
Maybe I'm just a puss, but this feels way too fucking soon for something that a woman died at due to people going apeshit. Has SNL always been this way?
iotacom
They had their golden age in the past, but they've been kind of shit in recent times. My dad insisted they're still good, but that's just his nostalgia talking. It was something a lot of Babyboomers and Gen-Xers grew up with.
Go ahead and look up their older stuff, it's pretty damn good, they just don't have teeth anymore.
DirkDiggums
Why the hell did this go viral? It's just not funny at all. The you have people taking it seriously and saying its not proper because "we standin in 100 degree heat". I swear progressives are their own worst enemy like 90% of the time.
Memebot9000
Is this just a way to gain weight with people cheering that "She's doing the right thing"
ZanardBell
Last thing any so-called "Nazi" protester needs is cake. They're obese already.
JC Denton
Its basically Jimmy Fallon, You don't have to be funny just be political and agree with the mainstream.
JC Denton
It feels like Tina was trying really hard to be funny and the laughs are fake or forced.
Russian Guy
Nazi: Wait, wait WAIT WHAT?! She has the cake!? alright alright… We could still… Wait, she also ATE some of it!? Damn…. Well everyone that was a good run, let's go home. Also I'm leaving my facist political stance and my hate for blacks behind me. Who is for Dota2 tonight?
Aaron Hong
well running over people is their shit now, and they had to steal it from fucking ISIS.
Postnihilist
She ain't agin' so good.
CatsGoneWildVol4
I have a new idea for a protest movement:
How about everyone just chill the fuck out and agree to be nice to each other?
anxietydecending
Them's fightin' words
Postnihilist
As a professional mediator, it sounds like you're trying to take away my job!
iotacom
Whoa, hold on now. That's exactly what a NAZI would suggest!
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Agent_Dmitry
What a time to be alive. Everything is a political statement these days. If I wipe my ass standing instead of sitting, I guess that means I support Trump.
Aaron Hong
well you'd have to be bending over pretty far, which is precisely what Trump expects from his supporters.