May 20, 2018

SNL Season Finale Puts a Trumpy Twist on the Famous Sopranos Finale

Don’t stop believin’.

Saturday Night Live

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If we can speak frankly for a moment, Saturday Night Live‘s political sketches can be a bit heavy-handed. A famous actor wears a wig and makes the same joke you saw on Twitter three days ago—over and over again, for five minutes. We get it! But sometimes they bring in lots of famous actors around a pretty fun concept, and it works. Or at least, Kate McKinnon’s wild-eyed, slightly-lisping Rudy Giuliani works.

The cold open of SNL‘s 43rd season finale last night featured McKinnon, Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump, Ben Stiller as Michael Cohen, and…Robert DeNiro as Robert Mueller. Even someone who’s never watched the Sopranos will probably appreciate what’s going on here:

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BEFORE YOU CLICK AWAY!

“Lying.” “Disgusting.” “Scum.” “Slime.” “Corrupt.” “Enemy of the people.” Donald Trump has always made clear what he thinks of journalists. And it’s plain now that his administration intends to do everything it can to stop journalists from reporting things they don’t like—which is most things that are true.

No one gets to tell Mother Jones what to publish or not publish, because no one owns our fiercely independent newsroom. But that also means we need to directly raise the resources it takes to keep our journalism alive. There’s only one way for that to happen, and it’s readers like you stepping up. Please help with a donation today if you can—even a few bucks will make a real difference. A monthly gift would be incredible.

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