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Elise Ehrhard | October 5, 2021
This week, CBS's sitcom The Neighborhood mocked the trend of white women pretending to be black for professional and cultural caché. In the episode, "Welcome to the Sister from Another Mister," on Monday, October 4, white elementary school principal Gemma (Beth Behrs) introduces her black neighbors to Alexis (Nicole Sullivan), the new teacher she hired to teach black history. "Now my school's on…
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Elise Ehrhard | September 30, 2021
Ever dream of dating a woman where you talk about "environmental racism," "climate warriors," and "late-stage capitalism"? Well, a rich businessman went through that nightmare on the ABC sitcom Home Economics. It makes you wonder how much a guy is willing to torture himself for a woman. In the episode, titled "Chorizo with Mojo Verde and Chicharron, $45," on September 29, wealthy businessman…
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Elise Ehrhard | September 28, 2021
CBS's FBI: Most Wanted went over-the-top to stoke hatred and division in its latest episode. The episode deliberately pushed fear of "blood red" America and portrayed the January 6th Capitol riot as a pre-planned insurrection organized by thousands. In the episode, "Patriots," on Tuesday, September 28, a poor-looking white man shoots a female concierge named Callie (Morgan Lennon) point-blank in…
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Elise Ehrhard | September 28, 2021
Why can't Hollywood just call men "men," especially in a story about a plague killing off all the men in the world? FX on Hulu's series Y: The Last Man, is adapted from a twenty-year old graphic novel about a plague that kills off everyone with a Y chromosome, leaving only women. But into today's era of trans madness, the television adaptation is jumping through hoops to try to avoid too much…
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Elise Ehrhard | September 28, 2021
Showtime's L Word: Generation Q pushed the idea of puberty blockers for minors this week, even when parents are against it. In the episode, 'Launch Party,' on Monday, September 27, transgender psychiatrist Micah Lee (Leo Sheng) barges into the office of a transgender medical doctor named Claudia (Isis King) who has recommended puberty blockers to an adolescent. Claudia: Come in. Micah: I'…
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Elise Ehrhard | September 26, 2021
Fox's once-edgy Family Guy began its new season with a lame joke about Fox New's Sean Hannity, claiming the conservative host "just peddle[s] hate for money." In the episode, LASIK Instinct, on Sunday, September 26, Lois (Alex Borstein) accidentally hits Stewie's (Seth MacFarlane) preschool classmate Doug (Chris Parnell) with her car. To avoid a lawsuit from Doug's parents, the Griffins agree to…
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Elise Ehrhard | September 23, 2021
A hip "Christian pastor" offers a parable about "opium dick," a pop star who "listens to God" offers sex to high schoolers as an academic prize, and a pretentious teen gives philosophical justifications for prostitution in FX on Hulu's latest episode of The Premise. The convoluted new episode of the anthology series, 'The Ballad of Jesse Wheeler,' premiered on Thursday, September 23. It began…
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Elise Ehrhard | September 23, 2021
Continuing its tradition of garbage original programming, Netflix premiered the lame adult cartoon Chicago Party Aunt on Friday, September 17.  "Inspired" by a Twitter account portraying a degenerate middle-aged Chicago woman, the parody account was actually created by a male Netflix writer, not an aging aunt in Chicago.  The vulgar show slogs along with predictable jokes from the hard-partying…
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Elise Ehrhard | September 23, 2021
This week, FX's American Horror Story turned its terror plotline on the LAPD when a bloodthirsty chemist used a killer pill on cops. The episode, 'Winter Kills,' on Wednesday, September 22, had the mysterious character "the Chemist" (Angelica Ross) use a murderous black pill she invented on Los Angeles police officers. Initially working for the military, the Chemist had created a formula that…
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Elise Ehrhard | September 21, 2021
Fresh off an unfunny stint hosting the Emmy Awards on CBS, Cedric the Entertainer premiered a new season of his show The Neighborhood on Monday, September 20, and it was another embarrassing stroll down white guilt lane. In the episode, "Welcome to the Family," Calvin (Cedric the Entertainer) and his white neighbor Dave (Max Greenfield) discover they are distant relations, sixth cousins to be…