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Consider the 'Diner Lobster'

The best<em> Saturday Night Live </em>sketch in ages was a bizarre <em>Les Misérables </em>homage that recalled the show’s glory days.
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“Who am I?” It’s a line famously sung by Jean Valjean in the musical It’s also, now, a probing question of self, asked by a crustacean preparing to be boiled alive in one of ’s best recent sketches. On last weekend’s episode, which was hosted by the comedian , “Diner Lobster” stood out for its goofy surrealism, its high production values, and the fact that it featured a cast member breaking character halfway through (Pete Davidson openly laughing as the camera cut back to him). It also felt like a reminder

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