“Saturday Night Live” jumped into the conversation about Netflix’s hit documentary series, “Cheer.”
The show follows the Navarro College cheerleading squad in Texas on their pursuit of a junior college championship at NCA College Nationals in Daytona, Florida. The team’s season is filled with adversity, largely in the form of injuries (concussions, dislocations, sprains), which don’t seem to faze the coaching staff — or, in some cases, the injured athletes themselves.
Riffing off that oddity, the comedians on SNL — with a guest appearance from Adam Driver — decided to develop a spoof on the show and the too-dogged competitors. Here’s a look at that segment.
The show’s director, Greg Whiteley, probably didn’t know ahead of time that SNL developed a bit around his show. On Twitter, Whiteley wrote: “Retiring today as there’s really no point in going on.”
The best joke of the spoof might have been the line: “You’re watching ‘Cheer,’ the new Netflix docu-series that has everyone asking: ‘Did you watch Cheer?'” As someone who has watched “Cheer,” I’d be lying if I didn’t admit I’ve asked that exact question. And even though I feel roasted, the show is very good — and you should watch it.
So… Have you watched “Cheer”?
