Saturday Night Live Blows Viewers Away with Cold Open
There are many questions American citizens now have with Donald Trump having been elected the 45th President of their country.
Will he deport law-abiding immigrants? Will he build a wall? Will he ban Muslims from the country? Will he last a full term in office?
And also this: How would Saturday Night Live react to his election?
The last question was answered this weekend… in truly memorable fashion.
Kate McKinnon as Hillary
The NBC sketch series opened last night with Kate McKinnon dressed as Hillary Clinton.
But there were no witty lines of dialogue. There were no tears being cried. There was no interaction with Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump
Instead, McKinnon simply say at a piano and sang the song “Hallelujah.”
This was especially poignant because Leonard Cohen died this week, leaving this world as the man responsible for having written that iconic ballad.
Kate McKinnon Cold Open
At the end of her rendition, McKinnon turned to the camera, and as Clinton, told viewers “I’m not giving up, and neither should you.”
It was an amazing decision by Saturday Night Live. Some people are comparing McKinnon’s version here to when Paul Simon sang “The Boxer” on SNL’s first episode after 9/11.
Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2016/11/saturday-night-live-blows-viewers-away-with-cold-open/
