In Shane Gillis' first time on the SNL stage after his very public firing before he ever appeared onscreen in 2019, we discuss satirizing fact, fiction, and fraud across Trump Victory Party Cold Open and Trump Sneakers, as well as stereotype threat and racial anxiety in The Floor. Readings include the futuristic Boston Globe Editorial from 2016, Du Bois' The Souls of White Folks (1910), and several psychological studies.
