--- title: SNL Beyonce Sketch: Beygency Prevents People From Dissing Beyonce description: During Saturday's sketch fest, host Andrew Garfield starred in a trailer for fictional movie The Beygency, about a man who every-so-slightly critiques Beyoncé. Needless to say, it doesn't turn out too well for him canonical: https://time.com/87100/snl-beyonce-beygency-sketch/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-04T15:37:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:23.886Z og:title: SNL Beyonce Sketch: Beygency Prevents People From Dissing Beyonce og:description: During Saturday's sketch fest, host Andrew Garfield starred in a trailer for fictional movie The Beygency, about a man who every-so-slightly critiques Beyoncé. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 4, 2014 3:37 PM UTC  performs onstage during day 2 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2014 in Indio, California. performs onstage during day 2 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2014 in Indio, California. Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 4, 2014 3:37 PM UTC In one of the best _SNL_ sketches we’ve seen in a while, Andrew Garfield played a man who foolishly decided to critique Beyoncé. “She is so good,” he says. “I’m not a huge fan of that of one ‘Drunk In Love’ song though.” Within seconds, the mock movie trailer takes a dark turn. Garfield’s character finds himself on the run from the Beygency, the group tasked with eliminating anyone who even _slightly_ disses Beyoncé. Along the way, he encounters some fellow celebrity fugitives, one of whom made the fatal mistake of getting a tattoo declaring Rihanna #1. The only thing that would have made this sketch better if _SNL_ cast member Sasheer Zamata had gotten a little screen time as Beyoncé. She’s already proved she can play that role: Now you’ll definitely think twice before calling Beyoncé anything other than the supreme, perfect, wonderful, amazing, legendary, beautiful queen that she is. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/87100/snl-beyonce-beygency-sketch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/87100/snl-beyonce-beygency-sketch/"},"headline":"SNL Shows What Happens If You Disrespect Beyoncé","datePublished":"2014-05-04T15:37:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:23.886Z","description":"During Saturday's sketch fest, host Andrew Garfield starred in a trailer for fictional movie The Beygency, about a man who every-so-slightly critiques Beyoncé. 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