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Rhiannon12866

(255,532 posts)
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 01:10 AM Mar 2024

SNL: State of the Union Cold Open



CNN covers President Biden’s (Mikey Day) State of the Union address and Republican Senator Katie Britt's (Scarlett Johansson) response.
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SNL: State of the Union Cold Open (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 OP
Another reason why Joe's performance was huge. If we had gotten what the right-wingers were hoping for, brewens Mar 2024 #1
You're absolutely right. Instead everyone is focusing on the cringeworthy part - the response by Katie Britt Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #3
I so appreciate you 🙏 Deuxcents Mar 2024 #2
This was such a good one, I waited for it. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #4
Worth the wait. Deuxcents Mar 2024 #7
Fortunately, they didn't wait to post this one, you never know. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #8
Senator Britt is a solid brass star! speak easy Mar 2024 #5
that's the best double entrendre I've witnessed in a while! Layzeebeaver Mar 2024 #21
Kicking this Hekate Mar 2024 #6
Thank you! 2naSalit Mar 2024 #9
I thought so, too! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #10
This was one of the better SNL cold opens in a while LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2024 #11
I thought so too! We joked that the SOTU response would be on SNL, and they couldn't resist it! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #12
Scarlett was epic! rubbersole Mar 2024 #13
That couldn't have been done any better, at first I thought she was really Katie Britt! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #14
10 minutes into the live response Thursday we were sitting around trying to decide who would play Britt. CincyDem Mar 2024 #33
Same here! She never crossed my mind --- but she was damn near perfect! liberalla Mar 2024 #34
Well it is her third marriage unc70 Mar 2024 #31
Third time is the charm! rubbersole Mar 2024 #37
Thank you. Beck2 Mar 2024 #15
Agreed, it was one of their best ever, IMO. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #16
No fair!! DFW Mar 2024 #17
Oh, damn! Why?? Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #18
It's OK, I saw it on HighPlainsDem's thread DFW Mar 2024 #24
Oh, good! And that was an amazing performance. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #25
VPN Layzeebeaver Mar 2024 #22
My HQ in Dallas already installed one here DFW Mar 2024 #23
must be the way its configured. Layzeebeaver Mar 2024 #30
Or wait for HighplainsDem to post a link I can use, DFW Mar 2024 #38
Haha hilarious. Layzeebeaver Mar 2024 #39
K&R burrowowl Mar 2024 #19
I agree, one of their best! We joked about the response being used on SNL and they couldn't have done a better job! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #20
What was up with the teacup? AllyCat Mar 2024 #26
I was wondering that too. Found this on CNN dem4decades Mar 2024 #28
Ooooohhhhh, thank you! AllyCat Mar 2024 #35
Yikes! Thanks so much! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #40
Here's the teacup scene from the 2017 movie Get Out IronLionZion Mar 2024 #32
Got it now. Thank you! AllyCat Mar 2024 #36
Craziest bitch in the target parking lot.... getagrip_already Mar 2024 #27
That was great BlueKota Mar 2024 #29
 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
1. Another reason why Joe's performance was huge. If we had gotten what the right-wingers were hoping for,
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 01:20 AM
Mar 2024

this would have been totally different. Joe and his speech writer did this. I'd love to know who wrote Katies speech and coached her. A big shout out to them too! LOL

Rhiannon12866

(255,532 posts)
3. You're absolutely right. Instead everyone is focusing on the cringeworthy part - the response by Katie Britt
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 01:24 AM
Mar 2024

And the president is getting nothing but praise - and there is no way to poke fun of him, they're saving that for the response.

Deuxcents

(26,917 posts)
7. Worth the wait.
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 01:36 AM
Mar 2024

There were a couple of tik tok takes posted which were good but got the whole set with this one. All appreciated

Rhiannon12866

(255,532 posts)
10. I thought so, too!
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 01:45 AM
Mar 2024

I actually did a double take, she looked and acted so much like Katie Britt that initially I wondered if that was actually her, like when they had Nikki Haley. But then I listened and there's no way on earth that Katie Britt would say any of that - but I had to read the description to see who it was.

Rhiannon12866

(255,532 posts)
12. I thought so too! We joked that the SOTU response would be on SNL, and they couldn't resist it!
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 02:22 AM
Mar 2024

rubbersole

(11,223 posts)
13. Scarlett was epic!
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 02:31 AM
Mar 2024

Colin Jost, you dog...nobody can figure out what did to get her to marry you. And you just sit there licking your eyebrows...

CincyDem

(7,392 posts)
33. 10 minutes into the live response Thursday we were sitting around trying to decide who would play Britt.
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:45 AM
Mar 2024

It was 1000% guaranteed that this was going to be the cold open subject. Anything else would have been a crime against comedy.

NEVER thought of Scarlett Johannsen and she was PERFECT.

Forgot about the Colin Jost connection.

liberalla

(11,089 posts)
34. Same here! She never crossed my mind --- but she was damn near perfect!
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 10:30 AM
Mar 2024

Thank you Scarlett! You were wonderful!

rubbersole

(11,223 posts)
37. Third time is the charm!
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 11:38 AM
Mar 2024

Contemporary marriage is very difficult. It has to be almost impossible when you're insanely wealthy. Options are everywhere

Rhiannon12866

(255,532 posts)
16. Agreed, it was one of their best ever, IMO.
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 03:04 AM
Mar 2024

We kept hearing that the response should be on SNL, and they took a chance and nailed it. And I make it a point to post these for those who don't stay up as late as I do.

Rhiannon12866

(255,532 posts)
18. Oh, damn! Why??
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 04:18 AM
Mar 2024

Last week, I tried to help a fellow DUer in Canada who had the same experience - and it was also SNL.

DFW

(60,186 posts)
24. It's OK, I saw it on HighPlainsDem's thread
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 07:10 AM
Mar 2024

Scarlett Johansson's takedown of Britt was so well done, I would bet that a third of Republican women wouldn't even recognize it for what it was, and half of those wouldn't detect the difference between SNL and the original.

Rhiannon12866

(255,532 posts)
25. Oh, good! And that was an amazing performance.
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 07:44 AM
Mar 2024

When I first saw her I thought that might actually be Katie Britt as Nikki Haley appeared on SNL a few weeks ago. But then I heard what she said. And I agree, Republican women would likely just see this performance as part of the same message that they heard the other night.

Layzeebeaver

(2,286 posts)
30. must be the way its configured.
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:32 AM
Mar 2024

sometimes companies install and configure VPN services ONLY to encrypt intercompany comms - and there is no intent to mask location.

In this case you might have to subscribe and install your own personal VPM on your own equipment (not your companies laptop).

DFW

(60,186 posts)
38. Or wait for HighplainsDem to post a link I can use,
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 11:51 AM
Mar 2024

My lazy nature tends to prefer the latter.

Yes, our IT guys in Dallas will have installed every possible encryption and wall there is. We already got hacked once, and the ransomers tried to hold us up for $5 million. We had our stuff backed up, so we told them to shove their demands up their дубки, but it cost us a weekend of work to get current again. Now, we are backed up every few minutes, and the few attampts since then have been feeble and ineffective.

*Do NOT use Google translate for "дубки" or you will get an English translation of the same word in Ukrainian, which is "oak trees." It does NOT mean "oak trees" in Russian

Rhiannon12866

(255,532 posts)
20. I agree, one of their best! We joked about the response being used on SNL and they couldn't have done a better job!
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 04:54 AM
Mar 2024

AllyCat

(18,842 posts)
26. What was up with the teacup?
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 08:23 AM
Mar 2024

I paused and zoomed in but cannot understand what the picture is.

dem4decades

(14,059 posts)
28. I was wondering that too. Found this on CNN
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 08:41 AM
Mar 2024

The end of the skit saw a well-placed spoof of Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning racial satire “Get Out,” when Johansson took out a teacup and stirred it, causing Kenan Thompson to freeze with a tear falling down his face.

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