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Netflix's new series Maid powerfully dramatized the experience of an abusive boyfriend pressuring a woman to abort.
Maid, inspired by Stephanie Land's memoir, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will To Survive, premiered on Friday, October 1. It is the story of a poor single mom, Alex (Margaret Qualley), who struggles to hang on after leaving an abusive relationship. In the second episode…
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This week, Showtime's American Rust dramatized the conflict between a local small businessman and his employees in an economically desperate Rust Belt Pennsylvania town.
Based on the novel of the same name, American Rust is the latest show since HBO's highly-acclaimed Mare of Eastown to delve into the lives of blue-collar and working poor Americans in the forgotten Rust Belt.
In this week's…
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Nearly two months ago, the world watched with shock and horror as the most botched military withdrawal in U.S. history took place. Much of network television has since ignored it, including CBS news. But CBS's unique sitcom United States of Al tackled the Afghanistan debacle head-on this week.
United States of Al is about Riley (Parker Young), a Marine living in Ohio, and the Afghan interpreter…
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Y: The Last Man continued its weekly descent into left-wing hell with a scene in which a biology-denying scientist tries to feed Holy Communion to a monkey.
In the dystopian trans show's latest FX on Hulu episode, "Weird Al Is Dead," released on Monday October 4, the sole biological male who survived a man-killing plague, is with a secret agent and a scientist who wants to clone him. The three …
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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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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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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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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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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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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…