{"id":14949,"date":"2016-11-14T11:19:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T11:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=14949"},"modified":"2016-11-14T11:19:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T11:19:52","slug":"saturday-night-live-blows-viewers-away-cold-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/celebrities\/saturday-night-live-blows-viewers-away-cold-open.html","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night Live Blows Viewers Away with Cold Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saturday Night Live Blows Viewers Away with Cold Open<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There are many questions American citizens now have with Donald Trump having been elected the 45th President of their country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Will he deport law-abiding immigrants? Will he build a wall? Will he ban Muslims from the country? Will he last a full term in office?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">And also this: How would Saturday Night Live react to his election?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The last question was answered this weekend&#8230; in truly memorable fashion.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Kate McKinnon as Hillary<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The NBC sketch series opened last night with Kate McKinnon dressed as Hillary Clinton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But there were no witty lines of dialogue. There were no tears being cried. There was no interaction with Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Instead, McKinnon simply say at a piano and sang the song &#8220;Hallelujah.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This was especially poignant because Leonard Cohen died this week, leaving this world as the man responsible for having written that iconic ballad.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Kate McKinnon Cold Open<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">At the end of her rendition, McKinnon turned to the camera, and as Clinton, told viewers \u201cI\u2019m not giving up, and neither should you.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It was an amazing decision by Saturday Night Live. Some people are comparing McKinnon&#8217;s version here to when Paul Simon sang &#8220;The Boxer&#8221; on SNL&#8217;s first episode after 9\/11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2016\/11\/saturday-night-live-blows-viewers-away-with-cold-open\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/celebrities\/saturday-night-live-blows-viewers-away-cold-open.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday Night Live Blows Viewers Away with Cold Open There are many questions American citizens now have with Donald Trump having been elected the 45th President of their country. Will he deport law-abiding immigrants? Will he build a wall? Will he ban Muslims from the country? 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