‘Saturday Night Live’ Cold Open Riffs On Marjorie Taylor Greene – Deadline

‘Saturday Night Live’ Cold Open Riffs On Marjorie Taylor Greene – Deadline

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The first Saturday Night Live in the cold open of 2021, Cecily Strong appears as Marjorie Taylor Greene, the QAnon-affiliated congresswoman whose conspiracy theory has become a source of endless media fascination.

The essay was by Greene in a talk show, What else works, with the host (Kate McKinnon) asking her, “What are some of the theories you believe in and that you have promoted?”

“Okay, first, I believe the Parkland shooting was a hoax,” Greene said. ‘The teachers were actors and the children were dolls. I believe 9/11 was a joke. Did anyone really see this happen? I also told my fans that they should physically kill Nancy Pelosi. This lady I work with. And this is a new one that has just come out: I think the California wildfires were caused by Jewish space lasers. ‘

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“So there are lasers in space that cause wildfires, and identify the lasers as Jewish?”

“Correct,” Greene said confidently.

It turns out that the jokes are not too far from reality, as reports of Greene’s social media posts and other statements have appeared in the past. The House of Commons’ Nancy Pelosi’s office on Saturday blew up a press release by Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for failing to take action against Greene and ‘rewarding’ her with a place in the House of Representatives. and Budget Committee.

Strong portrayed her with a kind of arrogance seen in some of the clips of the real Greene, including one in which she reprimanded the surviving David Hogg of the Parkland shooting.

What else works then saw Pete Davidson, as the new majority shareholder of GameStop, soaring its share price this week amid a revolt that inspired Reddit against hedge funds; and then the long-bearded Jack Dorsey (Kyle Mooney) and Mark Zuckerberg (Mikey Day), defending the way their platforms handled misinformation.

At one point, Dorsey asks the host if his beard, which he had during congressional hearings, ‘works’.

“It works to keep my lesbians going,” says the host.

Next up was Kenan Thompson as OJ Simpson, with a single bracelet, to talk about how he managed to get a Covid-19 vaccine, even though it was still a challenge for elderly Americans to receive it.

“Guilty as charged … over the vaccine,” Simpson said.

The sketch ends with John Krasinski as Tom Brady, who according to the host ‘may be the only thing in America still working’.

“So I think everyone’s rooting for you, right?” she says.

“Almost no one,” Brady says.

‘Well, I’ll root for you, Tom Brady, because you’re the only thing this country can still rely on. And it’s not like you’re a weird Trump guy or anything, is it? ‘

Then Brady says shyly, “Thank you for having me.”

The host is then ready. “I was already Kate McKinnon, slowly losing my mind with you all.”

See excerpts from the cold open below.

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