A little over 24 hours. That’s all it took for Druski’s now mega-viral video poking fun at conservative white women — and seemingly Erika Kirk in particular — to hit 100 million views on X/Twitter.
It drew praise. It drew criticism. It drew a line — and it picked a side. Much like Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s, Martin Lawrence as “Bob From Marketing” in the 1990s, Dave Chappelle’s “Chuck Taylor,” or even Druski himself in previous skits, Black comics playing white characters is social commentary filtered through comedy.
But the rules of the internet are simple. Every day there’s a main character, one who has the pleasure, or terrible luck, of being the most talked about person of the day. In most instances, actively avoiding such a distinction is the goal. But Druski openly embraced the title. By doing so, he tapped into something Black comedy has done since its inception: live at the intersections of race, politics, humor and where no one agrees where the lines of acceptability reside.
