“Saturday Night Live” wasted no time immersing itself in the countless political dramas of January on its first show of the year this weekend, after more than a month of vacation.
In the show’s “Blue Georgia” sketch, cast members and guest presenter John Krasinski portray the generally trusted state of red as a lover of Rachel Maddow, avocado toast and vegan meatloaf, and solar-heated porch neck from the country.
The “politically correct” transformation follows the real-life election of two Democrats to the United States Senate in two run-off contests on January 5, expelling the incumbent Republicans.
“It’s nice to see a Blue Stater companion. We are just like you,” a small town Georgian waitress, played by Aidy Bryant, told a New York tourist, played by cast member Pete Davidson, who enters the cafeteria.
“Do you know where the men’s room is?” Davidson asks after he sits down.
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“Yes, in 2015,” cast member Beck Bennett told Davidson while playing the Georgian man “Skeeter, he / he”, the owner of the city’s electric truck dealership who looks a bit like KFC Colonel Sanders . “We don’t have a men’s bathroom, but the bathroom for all genders is right after.”
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After Davidson admits surprise that the restaurant has a bathroom for all genders, Bennett jokes that Davidson thinks all Georgians are “crazy Christian guys”.
“Oh, no, and even if you are, fine,” says Davidson. “I am Jewish.”
“I hope you know what we do with Jews here in Georgia,” Bennett, as Skeeter warns menacingly.
“We elected them!” he laughs, referring to Senator Jon Ossoff, the Democrat who defeated Republican Senator David Perdue in one of the second rounds. Ossoff thus became the first Jewish senator in the United States. (He also won on January 5, Senator Raphael Warnock, the first black senator in the United States. He defeated Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler.)
Later in the draft, Deputy Jimmy, played by Andrew Dismukes, breaks into the cafeteria, saying how “honored” he was by a group of Black Lives Matter activists wanting to “protest in our city!”
Then, a Floridian wearing a MAGA hat, played by Alex Moffatt, enters the cafeteria and receives a stern reminder from Krasinski, the city sheriff.
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“This is the country of Stacey Abrams,” warns the legislator, referring to the high-level Democrat who lost a race to governor of the state in 2018 and then launched Fair Fight Action, a group that helped Democrats win both disputes by the Senate.
But at the end of the draft, the only thing that hasn’t changed is the collective refusal of restaurant customers to wear masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus.
“Because we are free!” They scream.
The show also faced US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. During the cold opening, she outlined the controversy over GameStop’s actions and scoffed at the US Capitol riots and the impeachment of former President Trump.