“Thanks for helping me heal from my breakup, SNL,” they said. One user commented about their own experience as a “white ex-girlfriend of a Colombian dude” with an overprotective and judgy mother. On YouTube, the sketch has reached 1.5 million views in one day. Tía Rosa judges Casey by calling her “very Old Navy” and stereotyping her as a white girl with a “flat butt” who works at Starbucks. This skit on the gf meeting the bf’s mom and tía is so accurate to the Latino culture haha Mamá Flores is devastated at the possibility of having grandchildren named “Hailey” or “Tyler.”īad Bunny and Pedro Pascal on SNL is absolutely hilarious Throughout the sketch, Mamá Flores, Tía Rosa and Luis speak in Spanglish, keeping Casey out of the loop while they passive aggressively judge her. Laying on the guilt for not calling them everyday while making it known that they are praying day and night for them. In near tears, she hugs him, praising the Virgin Mary and the three kings while at the same time taking off her slipper to hit him for not calling her enough.Ī highly recognized scene by most Latin people, Latin mothers see their sons as babies despite their actual age. Mamá Flores is torn between anger and joy when she sees her son Luis. *I knew what was gonna happen when moms received that tin can of cookies A true tribute to the Latin community who grew up with every butter cookie tin being filled with anything but butter cookies.īad Bunny as La Tia & Pedro Pascal as the overprotective mom is 100% accurate lol In response, Mamá Flores dumps out the cookies and fills the tin with sewing tools. Casey made sure to not come empty-handed and passed over Royal Dansk Danish Butter Cookies as a gift to Mamá Flores. Right from the initial meeting, Mamá Flores and Tía Rosa coddled Luis and judged Casey. Pascal’s character, Mamá Flores and Benito’s character, Tía Rosa were meeting Luis’ new white girlfriend, Casey.
One of the sketches, “Protective Mom 2” involved actor Pedro Pascal and Benito dressing up in drag as older Latina women. A perfect encapsulation of this was Puerto Rican rapper and singer, Benito “Bad Bunny” Ocasio’s time hosting Saturday Night Live last weekend. In the same way, dark humor is the ointment of our intergenerational trauma. Thickly slathered on our chests, the soles of our feet and wherever else our guardians deemed necessary to help us recover quickly from our colds and flu. Forever imprinted in our senses, the intense smell of eucalyptus is usually associated with sickness. If you grew up in a Latin household, the smell of Vaporub is a hard one to forget. Editor’s Note: The usage of Hispanic, Latino/a/e/x and Chicano/a/e/x is in accordance with the preference and language of the sources and/or organizations included in this story.