Covid SNL w/Jim Carrey Chris Rock and Megan the Stallion

 So Saturday Night Live was brought back for their first episode of season 46 hosted by Chris Rock. Now I definitely have been late on the SNL train but I was interested in how the production would change due to corona restrictions and policies. There was a noticeable difference and the new rules and current climate were hard to ignore with references throughout the show. 

Politics of course was the main focal point, with the presidential election only weeks away, as it should be. Elections aside, politics for the past 6 odd months have been hot button topics of course, with coronas threat to public health, governmental restrictions put in place, as well as the affects on the American people. 

As much material that has been circulating around the media the episode had more of a safe and cautious feel, definitely toeing the line. The opening episode started off with a parody of the presidential debate that had just happened portrayed by Jim Carrey for Joe Biden and Alec Baldwin returning to his Donald Trump. Other sketches touches on the effects of corona, with material including masks, online school teaching, TIkTok, and the NBA bubble.  

Now next week the host is Bill Burr and I love that SNL is willing to touch on more controversial and edgier topics as he does. Bill's New Englander attitude and quick wit could definitely prompt a diverse array of sketches. Coupled with previous acting college Pete Davidson, there are definite areas for outside the box options.