Comedy show Saturday Night Live was called out for being in "poor" taste by a non-profit organization for disabled people after the producers of the show mocked New York governor David Paterson's blindness in a skit.
A spokeswoman for the governor said he found the impersonation offensive. In the skit, actor Fred Armisen who wore a fake beard and made fun of the governor's disability on the "Weekend Update" segment with actor Seth Meyers.
"Come on, I'm a blind man who loves cocaine who was suddenly appointed governor of New York. My life is an actual plot from a Richard Pryor movie," Armisen said in character.
The head of Lighthouse International -- a non-profit organization for disabled blind people -- condemned that "to use his [Paterson's] disability as the focal point of comedy is in very poor taste." The Governors' communications director said "The governor is sure that 'Saturday Night Live' with all of its talent can find a way to be funny without being offensive."
A spokesman of the National Federation of the Blind added to the rebukes.
"The biggest problem faced by blind people is not blindness itself, but the stereotypes held by the general public," Federation spokesman Chris Danielsen said.
