Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Saturday Night Live's" Dec. 7 episode, hosted by Jennifer Lopez, had a sketch where the main characters were supposedly Wisconsin women working at a hardware store, but it wasn't very convincing.
The sketch featured Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong and Lopez as three rural Wisconsin women rocking feathered short hair and "reinforced industrial leggings from Tractor Supply" for running from bears.
They might have looked a little Wisconsin, but the accents did not sound Wisconsin. Lopez sort of had the accent in the first line but sounded more Bronx toward the end. Strong, an Illinois native, was closest to nailing the long and nasally vowels of northern Midwest accents.
The cast could have taken notes from a previous SNL reoccurring skit featuring a similar accent with "Bill Swerski's Super Fans" famous for its "da Bears" line, or from Wisconsin comedian Charlie Berens.
The only reason viewers knew the sketch was about Wisconsin women was because they said so; otherwise there weren't any obvious hints of the skit being in the Dairyland.
A few references to beer, cheese or Packers would have gone a long way if SNL really wanted to some have stereotypical Wisconsin aspects.
Oh jeez this was bad. Cecily String gets closest to the accent. Needed at least one "ope" and there shoulda been Packers gear all over that there store. youtu.be/aXMFL_HaGsI
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On top the failed accents, the skit didn't make much sense. Overall viewers thought the skit was a flop.
HEY YO! @nbcsnl ! What is this supposed to be? Can y’all PLEASE redo this sketch, the RIGHT way? youtu.be/aXMFL_HaGsI#NotFunnyEnough
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Was the Wisconsin women SNL skit particularly bad, or is this the new norm now?
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sometimes i think a deep midwestern accent is so easy to do and make fun of and all and then i watch snl try and do wisconsin and i hurt a lot
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I thought this SNL couldn't get any worse, then J Lo started to try a Wisconsin accent.
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Jordyn Noennig covers pop culture and entertainment in Milwaukee. Follow her on Instagram @JordynTaylor_n. Find her on Twitter @JordynTNoennig. Call her at 262-446-6601 or email Jordyn.Noennig@jrn.com.
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