SNL Cold Open: Kate McKinnon, Playing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"

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Tonight’s Saturday Night Live cold open brought new meaning to the term, as longtime cast member Kate McKinnon—who, until Tuesday, presumed to be playing President Clinton for the next four years—performed a solo rendition of “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen, who died at 82 earlier this week.

It was an odd opening to an already-odd show, one featuring the returns of Dave Chappelle and A Tribe Called Quest.

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