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In a sketch called "Melania Moments", Saturday Night Live's Cecily Strong impersonated Melania Trump as the long-running comedy show returned for its 42nd season.
The segment "takes a page from the classic SNL series, 'Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey'," says Entertainment Weekly, "complete with a retro, synthy soundtrack" in which the comedian would offer inane musings over stock images of the natural world.
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In the sketch, the former model is looking down on the world from her lofty perch in Trump Tower while a male voiceover narrates her inner monologue: "She saw a man walk just out of sight and wondered, 'What happens to them, to the people, once they leave Fifth Avenue? Where do they go? Do they disappear? Is there a Sixth Avenue? Is there a Fourth Avenue? One day, I'd really like to know."
It is not the first time Saturday Night Live has lampooned Melania. Strong appeared as the former model in a sketch last year, sitting beside husband Donald, played by Taran Killam, to welcome viewers to "our humble gold house".
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