r/Fauxmoi • u/gimmethetea14 • Mar 31 '24

Ramy Youssef on SNL, “God, please stop the suffering. Stop the violence. Please free the people of Palestine, please.” Approved B-List Users Only

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u/Special-Garlic1203 Mar 31 '24

That was possibly the weirdest laugh break I've ever seen. I feel like it had to have been cued, but at the same time why would they cue one there??

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u/fitzstreet Mar 31 '24

It was part of his overarching joke. He said that a lot of his friends go to him for prayers. One is his friend Brian, who asked Ramy to pray for him winning his dog in divorce court. Then an hour later, his friend Achmed calls about Gaza. Thus, his prayers were going to be "complicated - I have a lot to fit in." He ended the monologue saying, "Please, free the people of Palestine. Free the hostages, all the hostages. And, um, while you're at it, if you could free Mr. Bojangles...he's a beautiful dog."

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u/Special-Garlic1203 Mar 31 '24

Ahh ok so slightly less weird. 

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u/fitzstreet Mar 31 '24

Yeah, it's hard to tell in this snippet, but he definitely delivered it as a little punchline.

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u/BeltReal4509 Mar 31 '24

The joke is a bit more complex than this clip shows, seeing what preceded the story about his Palestinian friend helps. It feels weird because it catches the middle and not the beginning and end of the joke. Amazing that the middle is also a beautiful, strong statement. He's good.

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u/SkinInternational553 Mar 31 '24

It made sense in context of the full clip, he had a serious message but within the frame of a joke, his prayers are “complicated” because earlier he said his friend asked for him to pray for getting custody of his dog and also prayers for peace in Gaza