‘Saturday Night Live’ Cold Open Takes Aim At Columbia University For Ineffective Handling Of Protests Amid Sky High Tuition Costs
deadline.comSaturday Night Live tackled the college campus pro-Palestinian protests by taking aim at high education’s high tuition costs and questionable payoff.
Rather than tackle the Gaza issue itself, SNL instead went with the POV of parents, featuring a spook of a NY1 talk show roundtable of parents concerned about their children taking part in the demonstrations.
While two of the parents earnestly expressed worry over their kids but acknowledged their right to express themselves, Kenan Thompson played a Alphonso Roberts, a parent with a daughter at Columbia University, and a father who will have none of the disruption.
His daughter, he said, “better have her butt in class. Let me find out if she is in one of those damn tents instead of the dorm room I pay for.” He added, “I am all in favor of you all’s kids protesting.
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