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It was a beautiful day in Upper Manhattan, and I’d say the majority of people out and about were without masks. Social distancing certainly wasn’t been observed much at all, and crowds weren’t being broken up. Groups and families were barbecuing and blasting merengue, and guys were doing shirtless pull-ups on the jungle gym and playing team soccer on the fields. Folks are totally over it at this point. The majority of people wearing masks do it because most stores require them for entry.

I’m all for reckoning and wrestling with the past, but I think policing these ancient curios are a waste of energy. In cases like GWTW, they are snapshots in time that can be learned from and contextualized in a way that is useful in our digital culture, which decontextualized everything (but with DofH, you’re right: very few people were even thinking about that show before this controversy). How do we make the culture more inclusive moving forward?

The recent (unsurprising) stories about Lea Michele’s bullying and racist microaggressions on the set of Glee made me think: which TV series have had the most dysfunctional sets? Glee certainly seemed like anarchy BTS, and the downward spirals and deaths of Cory Montieth and Mark Salling just underscored that. The recently ended Criminal Minds has revealed itself to be a cesspool of abuse and toxicity over the years. In the ‘80s, we had a constant barrage of stories about Bea Arthur vs. Betty White on The Golden Girls and Bruce Willis vs Cybill Shepherd on Moonlighting. What are some feuds or stories about BTS dysfunction that you recall? Which set seemed like the worst of all?

From Melbourne 🇦🇺

From Dallas 🇺🇸

This apparently was the East Village here in NYC last night.

And she’s hilarious. She’s just such a vivacious, over-the-top personality. I don’t think I appreciated it as much in the past.

Look who’s back...

From Kiel, Germany 🇩🇪

I’ve gone from loving Dorinda to being disgusted by her. She’s appalling.

Yeah. They set her up to fail. They could appear as if they were throwing her fans a bone by bringing MM back, but their ultimate intention is for her to slowly fade into the background and pretend like they tried to make it work before getting rid of her when they *think* no one’s looking.

He’s certainly easy on the eyes.

The show has announced its first black Bachelor just days after its first black Bachelorette, Rachel, took the show to task for not having crossed that milestone: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abc-names-matt-james-as-first-black-bachelor-1297996

From the U.K. 🇬🇧

I saw a lot of cheating rumors, but that IS juicy. Reba McEntire’s (former) stepson has a lot to answer for! 😂

What’s the tea, y’all?