This week’s new Saturday Night Live attempts to mine some humor from the noticeable uptick in public anger and insanity – “People are flipping out at Target, stabbing is back, and the only thing that can cheer us up is a sexy show about Jeffrey Dahmer” – with a new gameshow that intentionally pushes contestants over the edge.
On So You Think You Won’t Snap, host Morgan Freegirl (Bowen Yang) reads news headlines to level-headed contestants until they flip out. From President Biden’s apocalyptic rhetoric, to Kanye West’s latest lunatic escapades, to the trailer for the new awful-looking Mario Bros movie, to Elon Musk just being Elon Musk, it doesn’t take long for the guests to start chugging wine, assaulting flight attendants and burning themselves with hot irons.
