The Office‘s holiday episode, “A Benihana Christmas,” was mentioned in a recent
Washington Post write-up concerning Hollywood’s broad mistreatment of Asian women. She recalled that she was essentially told to “shut up and be grateful.” Featured Video Hide
In the episode in question, Steve Carell’s lovesick, buffoonish character, Michael Scott, asks two Asian waitresses from the Benihana restaurant, or as he calls it, “Asian Hooters,” to come to an office holiday party. To differentiate between them, he later marks the women’s arms with a Sharpie. Advertisement Hide
Michael, the everlasting boor, is supposed to be the fool in the scenario. However, in describing the famous episode in the present, Ahn told the
In a rare admission, MTV says its programming offers a dim view of mental health
Steven Zeitchik, The Washington Post
April 1, 2021
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A scene from The Hills: New Beginnings in 2019. The MTV series was one of 29 studied by researchers and found to be misrepresenting mental-health challenges. The networks executives are now trying to change that.MTV
When Jersey Shore s Ronnie Ortiz-Magro got into an on-camera fight with his sometime-girlfriend Jen Harley a few years ago, words quickly grew heated. You re driving me crazy, Ortiz-Magro yelled at Harley in the show, an episode of the spinoff Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. Cause you re a [bleeping] psychopath, she shot back.
Black Friendship, Broadcasted
The hosts of the “OK Now Listen” podcast want to reflect the best parts of chatting with your buds. “I have a tribe of women that hold me down,” Deanii Scott said.
Deanii Scott, left, and Sylvia Obell are the hosts of the Netflix podcast “Okay, Now Listen.”Credit.Tayler Smith for The New York Times
April 1, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Every two weeks, Sylvia Obell and Deanii Scott get on Zoom from opposite coasts to record their podcast, “Okay, Now Listen,” which is produced by Netflix.
They tackle topics that range from breakups to parental abandonment to favorite TV shows, heartbreak and memes in an upbeat, sisterly way. In one episode, the hosts read from the journals they kept as preteens.
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