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Photo In its first new episode since Donald J. Trump won the 2016 presidential election, “Saturday Night Live” embraced the tension that many of its viewers surely feel, satirizing Mr. Trump, his controversial campaign and the uncertainty that surrounds him as president-elect, but also mocking the bewilderment of liberals who did not consider the possibility that Hillary Clinton could lose – or the conditions that gave rise to his victory.
As the guest host Dave Chappelle joked in his opening monologue, “I didn’t know that Donald Trump was going to win the election. I did suspect it. Seemed like Hillary was doing well in the polls and yet, I know the whites. You guys aren’t as full of surprises as you used to be.”
T could hardly have been a more pointed moment for this appearance by Mr. Chappelle, an outspoken stand-up comedian who does not shy away from bold statements, and who walked away from his own celebrated Comedy Central sketch series, “Chappelle’s Show,” more than a decade ago.
Even as Mr. Chappelle spoke, Mr. Trump has been planning his transition and protests against his presidency are occurring across the country.
T was no appearance this week from Alec Baldwin, who has played a hectoring version of Mr. Trump on this season of “S.N.L.,” and whom Mr. Trump criticized on Twitter last month.
Mr. Chappelle’s opening monologue addressed the protests that have occurred since the election, but also how these demonstrations have been viewed differently by white and black Americans.
Mr. Chappelle concluded his monologue with an anecdote about how he recently visited the White House for a party that was attended mostly by black guests, and how it prompted him to reflect on the historical outcries that resulted when Abraham Lincoln invited Frederick Douglass t, or when Theodore Roosevelt hosted Booker T. Washington.
Later, in a comedy sketch, Mr. Chappelle and Chris Rock played the black guests at an election-night party of white Hillary Clinton supporters, who become increasingly unnerved as they watch her lose the vote.