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Saturday Night Live in the Classroom

S51 E15: Harry Styles

This week, we discuss Harry Styles’ second time as host and musical guest on March 14, 2026. We push back against mainstream critics who called Styles’ appearance dull or low-energy; it was genuinely fun, and sketches like MAHAspital, White Castle drive-through, and “She’s an Irish Dancer” were hilarious and on point. The final sketch of the night, “Harry For Him,” opened a broader conversation about masculinity, makeover culture, and style identity, drawing on Brenda Weber’s academic work on male makeover shows, films like Crazy, Stupid, Love and Class Act, and the philosophical question of whether style can ever be borrowed or must be authentically one’s own.

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