‘SNL’ Takes Aim at Pro-Palestine Campus Protesters in Cold Open

It wasn’t completely unexpected when Saturday Night Live focused its cold open on the massive wave of student protests sweeping America, but the exact direction it chose was a surprise. Rather than a news report or a sketch involving protester characters themselves, SNL chose to open up with a fake talk show.

Called “Community Affairs,” the talk show focused on a concerned host played by Michael Longfellow and two white, well-off parents played by Heidi Gardner and Mikey Day. At first...