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The TP subreddit mentioned these uncanny parallel situations:

I'm prob throwing in the towel for awhile with the show when Carl exits, so it's fitting that Scott Gimple is also out - although apparently (and this may well be PR spin, but he is going to be in place) it's not a firing so much as him being promoted to running the whole of the franchise, with longtime writer Angela Kang succeeding him. Meanwhile, some lukewarm to hot tea: Norman Reedus vents about losing Chandler Riggs, and a BI claims the kid's dad was an issue. Poor Chandler.

Tangential, but: Megyn Kelly, of all people, is allegedly "at war" with NBC over wanting to book Catt Sadler, the E! host whose pay gap was grossly at odds with that of her male counterpart.

For the love of God:

^ That is much more important than this, but nonetheless:

Robert Knepper has left his CW show, though the network claims it is not due to the allegations against him.

People Magazine aside, I actually don't think the media are carrying his water thus far. And yeah, he is clearly spooked.

There is no other world. AFAIC that awful finale and the final season never happened.

Hmmmmm:

About to be outed by Harper's and very questionable journalist Katie Roiphe, Moira Donegan outs herself as the author of the "Shitty Media Men List":

She'll always be there. Write fanfic!

I almost can't believe this, but that "Norwegians are leaving" scene - which is quite famous - is apparently not on YT. I know there are many gifs of it floating around though. This may have to suffice for now. Or this:

The word of the day, ladies and gentlemen, is "shithole".

I honestly hope that ludicrous twist is done away with.

Seal?!

I think there's good being done - starting with Ronan Farrow's hard, dangerous work - but I also think we're reaching a tipping point where every bandwagon becomes suspect. My fear (for awhile now, actually, going back to like 2015) is we're reaching a point of early-mid 2000s Limp Bizkit/Jackass The Movie-style right wing backlash in pop culture, a la Trump, because so much of the 'woke' stuff in media and online is just performative bullshit and parlor games for coastal blogger kids trying to police material and play high school cliqueism. There are valid points made, but everything can't be viewed from the same gush/hate college freshman lens all the fücking time. And too much is. If everything is commoditized and hashtagged then it becomes a status symbol and performance vs. actionable change. And yeah, that includes the sexual harassment wave. When everything is seized upon and nothing is questioned or nuanced, my fear is this will ultimately lead to a lot of people throwing up their hands and just saying 'whatever' to sexual violence or any number of other issues. And yes, I include Rose McGowan's recent behavior in that furor. I think she's been through a lot and has every right to her voice, but I think people take everything she says as gospel at their peril. (Three Billboards is a pretty good movie about very difficult, ugly people, though - the overnight backlash over it is so high school, I've got no time for it.)

I agree, but I also never thought Roseanne Barr IRL would ever vote for Trump. I don't think it's about trying to appeal to a Trump audience so much as there's no way this is something they can get away from given the nature of the show, its star and its setting. The two women are intrinsically tied on the show and in real life, so it feels dishonest not to dig into it. I'm willing to see where it goes. I do too. The thing is I think Laurie Metcalf* herself has recently said that she often sees Jackie as "Barney Fife", which is not encouraging. So it doesn't just come from the old writers. But I hope they tone it down. I can't see TPTB going for Trumpist Roseanne running over Jackie. And I do sense some buyer's remorse from IRL Roseanne as well. The other stuff - the adopted kid, etc. - don't bother me, as it's in keeping with stuff Roseanne talked about wanting on the show for years. And I think it's only right they still be blue-collar, especially now. It will likely be very imperfect, but I'm open to seeing how they handle all these various dissonances. * - Laurie Metcalf is amazing in Lady Bird BTW, see it