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1 of 3 | NYPD constabulary officers region and apprehension pro-Palestine protesters who occupied nan Hamilton Hall building nan field astatine Columbia University successful New York City connected April 30. "Saturday Night Live" addressed nan turmoil successful this weekend's episode. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
May 5 (UPI) -- Saturday Night Live this play mined for laughs nan caller pro-Palestine protests roiling immoderate of nan astir prestigious and pricey universities successful nan United States.
The 5-minute sketch featured Kenan Thompson, Mikey Day and Heidi Gardner arsenic parents offering their perspectives astir nan disruptions nan protests are causing, nan cancellation of immoderate graduations and nan sky-high tuition bills they are paying for their kids to spell to college.
Gardner's characteristic said her narration pinch her Hunter College student girl was strained because, moreover though she supports state of speech, she doesn't get what college-campus protesters deliberation they are accomplishing.
"One of my worst fears is my girl being thrown down bars. This is simply a important clip successful her life," she said. "I'd dislike for her to person an apprehension travel her forever."
Day's character, nan begetter of a New School student, agreed.
"I want to fto my boy make his ain choices, but, it's a small scary. To beryllium honest, these protests are getting much aggressive," he said.
Thompson, whose characteristic has a girl astatine Columbia University, had different thoughts.
He said he was mostly proud of young group who guidelines up for what they judge in, but his girl "better person her butt successful class."
"Let maine find retired that she's successful 1 of those damn tents alternatively of nan dorm room I salary for," he said, adding, "She ain't talking astir 'free this, free that' because you cognize what ain't free? Columbia!"
He noted really he useful galore jobs -- including Uber driving, bounty hunting and trading Gucci wallets retired of his car trunk -- to screen nan $68,000 a twelvemonth tuition, truthful that his girl could opportunity she sewage a grade successful African American Studies.
"It's like: 'Little girl, you've been Black your full life. You cognize it is,"' he said, adding she is talented and will alteration nan world. "She will. She's worthy each penny."
