Saturday Night Live Goes After Elizabeth Warren in Cold Open: 'Money Doesn't Exist' (VIDEO)

[highplainsdem]

Video of the cold open at the link:

https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/saturday-night-live-goes-after-elizabeth-warren-in-cold-open-money-doesnt-exist/

Saturday Night Live was back for another episode tonight, with Kate McKinnon’s portrayal of 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren in full force.

“Look at me, I am in my natural habitat. A public school on the weekend. And I just had a Nature Valley bar in the hallway so I’m jacked up and ready to pop off,” McKinnon said.

The sketch poked fun at Warren herself and made fun of her expensive plans and her inexplicable love of the HBO show Ballers.

She also rolled out an incomprehensible chart to explain the costs of her health care proposal.

“Now we’re talking trillions. So when the numbers are this big, they’re just pretend. They ain’t no scrooge McDuck vault somewhere. You want to get red-pilled? Money doesn’t exist,” McKinnon said, rolling out the chart. “Here. Here’s the math. Do you understand this? I do. I can explain it to you but you would die.”

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[redstateblues]

1. Kate McKinnon does a great Warren

[question everything]

3. She does a great everyone

I still choke when I remember her “Hillary” singing Hallelujah.

[highplainsdem]

5. That was brilliant, and incredibly moving.

[More_Cowbell]

14. I cried again, watching this

I stayed away from the news for WEEKS after the election.

I couldn't believe that hatred had won. And that was before I had any idea how bad things would get with Trump.

I cried again watching this. But thanks for posting it. I see the light at the end of the tunnel.

When I thought that Hillary would win I thought, how will we deal with the hateful, ignorant Trump supporters?

Now I know that there's nothing to do but wait till they die off. By and large, they're irredeemable.

But hope lives.

[FoxNewsSucks]

40. Hatred didn't exactly win,

Evil stole it.

[rainy]

16. It was very moving and reflected the state of mind

of over half the country after the election.

[blm]

29. And Leonard Cohen's passing added to the poignancy.

[Pachamama]

27. This makes me cry....

[highplainsdem]

6. HRC wrote that she fought back tears listening that night:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-kate-mckinnon-what-happened_n_59bf89e7e4b0edff971d4576

Kate McKinnon’s portrayal of Hillary Clinton on “Saturday Night Live” won her an Emmy Award Sunday night and a shoutout in the former Democratic nominee’s new book about the 2016 presidential election.

As McKinnon took to the stage to accept her award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, ABC News’ Chris Donovan tweeted a page from Clinton’s recently released memoir, What Happened, that mentioned McKinnon’s award-winning portrayal.

“She sat at a grand piano and played ‘Hallelujah,’ the hauntingly beautiful song by Leonard Cohen, who had died a few days before,” Clinton wrote of McKinnon’s cold open on “Saturday Night Live’s” first show after the Nov. 8 election.

“As she sang, it seemed like she was fighting back tears,” Clinton added. “Listening, so was I.”

Clinton included her reaction to McKinnon’s portrayal in the chapter titled “Grit and Gratitude.”

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[Baked Potato]

47. Me too

This was one of the last things we watched after the election before not watching the news for about 3 months.

[question everything]

49. We did not watch. Did not have the mood for any jokes or light program

But this part was so poignant that NBC put it online before the program was over and I think I came here and found out.

[Perseus]

2. Shame on SNL

Did they read the report Warren put out?

They must know how much influence they have on young people.

[BannonsLiver]

19. Yeah, it's a comedy show. Relax.

[StarfishSaver]

23. SNL is a comedy show, not a news broadcast

Anyone who looks to it to assess their views on fact or policy has a problem - and that's not SNL's fault.

[defacto7]

41. Do problem people vote?

[LongtimeAZDem]

43. Oh, good god; SNL parodied Jimmy Carter. All politiicians are fair game

[calguy]

51. You love when they make fun of trump.

You hate it when they make fun of Warren?
Seems to me you just MIGHT have a weak sense of humor.

[underpants]

4. Very funny

She went into a southern accent at one point.

[Scotch-Irish]

7. Wow!! The capitalists are REALLY sending out the dogs on Warren!!

That's a very good sign!

[revmclaren]

9. You must be very new to SNL

to not know they satire ALL political figures and always have.



ONLY!!! 2019 and beyond.

[StarfishSaver]

24. No.

It's satire.

Have you ever seen them do Trump?

[DarthDem]

8. OMG

That was really funny, both in the writing and Kate's performance. A must-watch.

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. I don't think they went after Warren, I thought it was a charming, supportive, funny bit

In fact, the skit took a poke at Biden for not having a plan or working out the costs on his healthcare proposal.

To me, it came off as gentle satire, and McKinnon seems to have a genuine affection for Warren.

[highplainsdem]

12. Well, the poke at Biden was off since he does have a plan, released back in July, which drew praise

from Warren supporter Paul Krugman, among others.

As for whether the skit went after Warren...I'm seeing an interesting split in opinions on Twitter.

Many Warren supporters, the ones who seem to like her idiosyncrasies, thought it was flattering.

People who don't like Warren's idiosyncrasies found McKinnon's exaggeration of them even more annoying, but in some cases very amusing for being so annoying.

And one Sanders supporter on Twitter thought that SNL having a cold open featuring Warren talking about MFA meant Sanders would be elected. I'll admit I don't follow that reasoning.

[BlueMTexpat]

18. "Warren's idiosyncracies"

???

[BeyondGeography]

21. You found the most anti-Warren headline you could and you posted it

The skit is mostly kind to Warren.

Here’s a more accurate headline:

‘SNL': Kate McKinnon’s Elizabeth Warren Explains Her Healthcare Plan, Dunks Hard on Beto and Biden (Video)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thewrap.com/snl-kate-mckinnon-elizabeth-warren-health-plan-dunks-hard-on-beto-and-biden/amp/

[highplainsdem]

42. I posted the first article and video I saw.

And again, how people viewed the skit depended on whether they were already huge Warren fans, as far as I could tell from reactions on Twitter.

[Cha]

48. Stop with your accusatory assigning motives to the OP.. if you don't like

it make your own OP.

[tonedevil]

46. LOL. /nt

[BannonsLiver]

20. +1

People need to calm down and not take everything so literally, personally and seriously. It’s a fucking comedy show.

[StarfishSaver]

25. I mean, really

[applegrove]

11. To be fair, money is a human construct or fiction. She's right on that.

[Pachamama]

28. +100000

They will just print more....

[madville]

30. Pelosi sent the message Friday that M4A is fiction

Warren has even said it wouldn’t happen in her first term. The fact she has devoted so much time to defending something that won’t be delivered is good for Biden in the end, his plan would be realistic with control of the Senate. Speaker Pelosi made it clear Friday that straight M4A has zero chance in the House under her leadership.

[CTyankee]

50. Yep. Google "fiat money."

[Recursion]

13. They're riffing on Modern Monetary Theory, which she probably taught at Harvard

It's just the standard "Ivy League Professor" joke that she's always going to get, but in fact that is what an econ or fin law professor would teach.

[More_Cowbell]

15. I believe that Warren benefits from being portrayed

I agree with the portrayal, that no one asks male candidates to justify their positions.

[BlueMTexpat]

17. This.

And the double standard continues ....

[LAS14]

35. See #32. When's the last time you saw a Klobuchar or Harris comedy sketch? nt

[redstateblues]

36. Like Bennett, Steyer, Gabbard etc they are not contenders. Nobody cares

[BeyondGeography]

22. Fix it, Mom!

McKinnon’s Warren called out a double standard in how she’s covered by political media versus her male opponents: “When Bernie was talking Medicare for All, they were, like, ‘Oh cool,’ but then they turned to me and were, like, ‘Fix it, Mom!'” she said.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thewrap.com/snl-kate-mckinnon-elizabeth-warren-health-plan-dunks-hard-on-beto-and-biden/amp/

[StarfishSaver]

26. That was awesome, wasn't it?

"And I'll do it because that's what moms do. You know, with dad you eat birthday cake for breakfast and then go to Six Flags, and then I hold your hand while you throw up in my purse."

It was a dead-on commentary about the double standard being applied to female candidates in general and her in particular.

People really need to lighten up. Everything isn't a conspiracy. Sometimes it's just funny and true.

[BeyondGeography]

39. I loved that Six Flags line

Lots of great writing in that skit. Even the political stuff (the audience questions eg) was spot-on.

[blm]

34. Maybe you can make an OP with the positive analysis.

[MerryBlooms]

45. Love it!

[blm]

31. So right. Media demands women show all their work.

Trump got away with a few pet jingoisms and never had to explain any details.....not even once.

[LAS14]

33. See #32. When's the last time you watched a Klobuchar comedy sketch? nt

[redstateblues]

37. Klobuchar is at 3%. Most of the audience doesn't know who she is

[LAS14]

32. She's ripe for satire because she so clearly stands for things....

... and because she is so clearly, immitatably her own person. This only benefits her. For one thing, it portrays her as a person who really does understand that chart! At bottom we know that most people can't understand the economy.

[blm]

38. That's a good point. At the right time Warren will cut through all the complexity

and explain to the wider audience of working family voters what is needed to unrig the financial system that is impacting their everyday lives, including their healthcare, education, and workplace issues.

She has been doing it in smaller crowds in red states and succeeding because she uses the language of common sense. And because....she’s right.

[BlueMTexpat]

44. Excellent points!

Thanks!