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‘Saturday Night Live’ Cold Open Takes Aim At Columbia University For Ineffective Handling Of Protests Amid Sky High Tuition Costs


Saturday Night Live tackled the college campus pro-Palestinian protests by taking aim at high education’s high tuition costs and questionable payoff. Rather than tackle the Gaza issue itself, SNL instead went with the POV of parents, featuring a NY1 roundtable of parents concerned about their children attending the school. While two of the parents earnestly […]

While two of the parents earnestly expressed concerns over their kids participation in the demonstration, Kenan Thompson played a father of a daughter, an African-American studies major at Columbia University, who would have none of it. “Had me out here paying $68,000 for tuition, and she is at my house taking classes on Zoom, learning about the applied history of the BET Awards. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy.

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