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SNL Takes On Racism With a Spot-On Stranger Things Sketch

Oct 10 2016 - 7:00am

Lin-Manuel Miranda [1] hosted Saturday Night Live [2] this week, and one of the best parts of the show was when he traveled back to the '80s to poke fun at Netflix's sci-fi hit Stranger Things [3]. After the show's creators, the Duffer brothers, basically admit they forgot to ever mention Lucas's parents, they show a preview for season two [4], which addresses the issue.

Leslie Jones and Kenan Thompson star as Lucas (Sasheer Zamata)'s mother and father, who are a bit concerned about him hanging out with so many "crazy white people," including Eleven (played by Kate McKinnon) and one of the cast's newest members, Melissa Villaseñor, who makes a spot-on Winona Ryder [5] impression. The sketch manages to tackle racism and police brutality — "You don't have to go looking for scary stuff; it's gonna find you," Lucas's dad says — while also making us laugh. Watch it above now.


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