Recently, Saturday Night Live reimagined the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast with a twist. Instead of a monstrous beast, Belle, played by host Nikki Glaser, falls in love with YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known more widely as Mr. Beast.

Mr. Beast first rose to fame in 2017, after a video of him counting to 100,000 went viral. Since then, he has amassed 450 million subscribers due to his particular brand of challenge-based content, and he has expanded into various other media and business ventures . His primary demographic is viewers under 25 years of age, with a large portion of his audience being male.

The SNL spoof opens with Mr. Beast , played here by Ben Marshall, locking Belle's father in a dungeon for 30 days "for the chance to win $300,000." It then continues to make

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