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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Zach Vasquez

Saturday Night Live: Jean Smart can’t save a lazy, light-on-laughs season opening

Jean Smart in Saturday Night Live
Jean Smart in Saturday Night Live. Photograph: Rosalind O’Connor/AP

Saturday Night Live makes television history by celebrating its 50th year on the air. This momentous occasion could not have come at a better time, with the presidential election heading into its final stretch.

Apropos of all this, the season opener kicks off with news coverage of rallies from both candidates, starting with Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph). Everyone’s favorite “funt” (fun aunt) lays out her vision for the future: “It’s like I say to my husband Doug when he leaves his phone at the Chili’s: we are not going back.”

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