For those progressive Americans feeling distraught and unsafe following Donald Trump’s election victory, “Saturday Night Live” offered a “safe space” where “it’s like the election never happened.”
Starting in January 2017, the SNL skit said that instead of moving to Canada, progressive Americans can move into “the Bubble,” which is a city under a dome closed off from the rest of the world.
“If you’re an open-minded person, come here and close yourself in,” said SNL’s Kyle Mooney in the fake ad alongside Sasheer Zamata.
The Bubble, where one-bedroom apartments start at $1.9 million, will be filled with liberal-friendly things such as hybrid cars, used bookstores and small farms with “the rawest milk you’ve ever tasted.” And the one dollar bill features Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ face.
Only “good” websites will be available, including Huffington Post and the Daily Kos, along with Netflix documentaries about sushi rice and the “explosive” comedy of “McSweeney’s.”
Don’t expect any police or firemen, “because we haven’t found any who’d agreed to live here,” said Mooney.
The commercial ends with the tagline: “It’s Brooklyn. With a bubble on it!”
