Sunday, October 4, 2020

SNL's Timely Return

SNL kicked off its 46th season with a strong showing in front of a live studio audience, albeit smaller and masked. So much happened in the last 5 days that I wondered how it was going to handle that historic debate fiasco with Trump's Covid diagnosis... 

The show tackled both and didn't hold back in either the cold open or host Chris Rock's monologue. The opening debuted Jim Carrey's uncanny impressions of Biden, where he wistfully mused about science and karma coming together to send a powerful message about the Corona virus. 


 Weekend Update also didn't spare Trump, wishing him a "lengthy recovery".

There were other lighter, funny sketches that also worked. And Megan Thee Stallion's remix of Savage was mesmerizing.    

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