Pete Davidson addresses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and 9/11 with his Saturday Night Live cold open.
The Big Picture Saturday Night Live is back after several months because of the studio's inability to make a deal with the writers. Now that the WGA and the AMPTP have come to a deal that worked for both parties, the show can return because it is technically a variety show and does not fall under the SAG-AFTRA rules.
Davidson's father died in a terrorist attack in 2001. He was 7 at the time his father was killed on 9/11, and Davidson used his own personal story to highlight the turmoil and the pain that the children of Israel and Palestine are going through in the midst of the war.
The message here is important because, while it was masked in Davidson's joke about him listening to Eddie Murphy: Delirious at too young of an age or trying to keep listening against his mother's wishes, it still was him saying that comedy helped him remember that smiling and laughing made him happy.
An Important Tonal Shift Often the show modifies the cold open appropriately when necessary; whether it is as a result of the status of the news week or because of another world issue, the show recognizes that sometimes we don't need to just make jokes straight out of the gate without having a moment to recognize what is going on. Seeing Davidson this somber was a surprise for viewers as he often makes jokes when talking about the difficult situations he's been through.
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