Quinta Brunson demanded better teacher pay in her SNL monologue

Quinta Brunson demanded better teacher pay in her SNL monologue

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Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl), shared this post Quinta Brunson hosted Saturday Night Live last weekend. They gave her great material, which made it a great show. She was fantastic. Quinta wasn't in the Trump indictment-based open, but she did have a solid opening monologue. Although it felt too short, that was due to the tight set and how well her jokes were received. These things can drag on when the host is flailing. Quinta's biggest joke was the one about Friends, but the rest was equally funny. She spoke about how she wanted to host...

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Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl), shared this post Quinta Brunson hosted Saturday Night Live last weekend. They gave her great material, which made it a great show. She was fantastic. Quinta wasn't in the Trump indictment-based open, but she did have a solid opening monologue. Although it felt too short, that was due to the tight set and how well her jokes were received. These things can drag on when the host is flailing. Quinta's biggest joke was the one about Friends, but the rest was equally funny. She spoke about how she wanted to host SNL, but she decided to create a TV program instead. It was popular and won Emmys. Then she was invited to host the show because it seemed easier. She also effortlessly humble-bragged Obama a bit. Quinta stated that people expected her to play the role of Abbott Elementary's character outside of the show. Quinta made a few jokes about how it had hampered her social lives and ended by pleading to teachers to be honored and paid what they are worth. It's Quinta Brunson, live from Studio 8H! The Abbott Elementary star, now 33, hosted Saturday Night Live, with Lil Yachty as her musical guest. Brunson spoke about Abbott Elementary's success, comparing it to Friends in her opening monologue. It's not about a bunch of friends. It's about a bunch of teachers. It's not in New York. Brunson joked that it doesn't have Black people. Brunson explained that viewers expect her to solve problems in the public schools system in real-life, just like Janine Teagues, her character. She shared that she is the "opposite" to her character and that the success of the show has brought her in contact with some very prominent names. Brunson showed a video that she and Barack Obama had sent to Brunson's mother, thanking her for being such a good teacher. Brunson concluded that teachers are "taken for granted." She said, "Please remember how valuable teachers are, acknowledge their work every day, and for the love God, give them the money that they deserve." [From People] It was tight, and Quinta's closing on teachers was the perfect cap. This country is currently experiencing a teacher's crisis. It's happening all over the country, but it's so severe here in Los Angeles right now that I am a little blind. LAUSD went on strike just a few days ago. This is the second-largest school district in the nation, so you can see how many were affected. Teachers were just as affected by the pandemic as were children. Teachers had to learn from their parents, which made it difficult for them to figure out how to educate their entire class. Many people had a reassessment of their lives after the country was reopened. I believe many teachers asked themselves if the stress they faced on a daily basis was worth the small wages they received. The only positive aspect of the school pandemic was that there were no school shootings. This is another nightmare teachers have to face with barely-there salaries. Ask any teacher why they don’t want more. They will tell you that they must decide whether to make enough money to pay rent or to provide textbooks and other supplies for their students. Every time the matter goes to a vote, it is rejected by the public. I hope Quinta can be more persuasive on this. Quinta did a few sketches, but not the monologue. Even the ones that were not great, she raised them. She and Mikey Day performed the Traffic Altercation, in which they masked their road rage to each other with help from Chloe Fineman (and Ego Nwodim). Although it sounds stupid on paper, Quinta and Mikey make it work. Peridot and I can't wait to see TajajiP. Henson play Janine's mom in Abbott. I would love to see all three Teagues women on one show. Can you picture Momma Teagues taking on Ava Coleman? This post is on Instagram Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl), shared this post Pho...