“ Saturday Night Live ” has taken on the phenomenon of “The Hunting Wives” — and has designed the Netflix hit a second season.
In a taped piece, host Amy Poehler and guest Aubrey Plaza lampooned the streaming sensation, as well as the culture’s reaction to it. (As Poehler caressed Chloe Fineman, the narrator informed us that People magazine said that “The Hunting Wives” was “like ‘Call Me By Your Name’ for women who shop at Bass Pro Shop.”) What “SNL” described as “the straight but lesbian horny Republican murder drama” begins its hypothetical second season with Poehler (lampooning Malin Akerman’s role) dropping her top and declaring “Look what the cat dragged in.”
“SNL” treated “The Hunting Wives” with love but some degree of scrutiny: The narrator notes the “wigs that are doing the