Saturday Night Live: Daniel Kaluuya & St. Vincent April 3, 2021
Published Apr 04, 2021
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Fantastic efforts by St. Vincent and Daniel Kaluuya, who had some inspired writing to sink his teeth into, made this an excellent episode. Here s everything that happened on
Saturday Night Live this week.
The cold open
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Reprising her recent turn as Britney Spears turned host of her own confessional talk show,
Oops, You Did it Again, Chloe Fineman kicked off the show with her idiosyncratic energy. Chris Redd appeared as Lil Nas X to address his recent Satan-infused music video, which was amusing. Then, things got absurd when Kate McKinnon appeared as Pepé le Pew to address his recent removal from the
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Last week, SNL vet Maya Rudolph delivered a sketch comedy masterclass on
Saturday Night Live and this week, we got to see an SNL newbie pull off a pretty impressive debut as well, despite an episode plagued by slow pacing, weird directing (it was really noticeable this week how many times people were talking off-camera), and a dreadful cold open.
On the plus side, Oscar-nominated actor Daniel Kaluuya made his SNL hosting debut this weekend with musical guest St. Vincent, and he acclimated himself seamlessly into the show. Kaluuya is known for his intense onscreen presence in intense films like