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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Zach Vasquez

Saturday Night Live: Chris Rock can’t save a flat episode

A man stands between two women on stage, all of them smiling
Gracie Abrams, Chris Rock and Heidi Gardner. Photograph: NBC/Rosalind O'Connor/Getty Images

Episode nine of Saturday Night Live’s 50th season opens with Nancy Grace’s (Sarah Sherman, doing a solid impression for a change) YouTube show’s coverage of Luigi Mangione, the recently apprehended alleged murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The hypocritical Grace is morally outraged over Mangione’s status as a sex symbol, dismissing people’s fury over the state of healthcare in America: “Then how come my dentist gives me breast exams for free?”

She briefly interviews a psychiatrist (Ashley Padilla), a witness from the McDonald’s where Mangione was captured (Kenan Thompson), and a man who looks like the assassin (Emil Wakim). Aside from Thompson’s witness, no one can get a word in between the apoplectic Grace and the nonstop ads for bro-y fitness scams.

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