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It’s anybody’s guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Araujo says he’s been exploring several prospects, “but so far, nothing has been signed in ink.” Ideally, he wants to stay in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/save-empire-seven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoFundMe campaign\u003c/a> Araujo and Ahn launched has raised about $27,000 — a fraction of what’s necessary to buy another property in this Silicon Valley town. So while the original goal was buying a property, they’d settle for a place to rent at this point in time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLlXlMLMNZ0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A beloved local institution\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Empire Seven is a labor a love,” says Kristin Farr, a former KQED Arts writer who is now Deputy Editor for \u003ca href=\"http://www.juxtapoz.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juxtapoz Magazine\u003c/a>. She’s also a visual artist. “They’ve been very good to my husband and me. We’ve shown our art there a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farr echoes a chorus of people who say Empire Seven is more than a gallery. For many, it’s a champion of emerging talent, and a go-between that brings under-the-radar artists together with established institutions and property owners for all sorts of public works, like murals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Empire Seven’s current location is not in a fancy part of Japantown. Train tracks are steps away. Trash blows up against the front door. The place was a dusty mess when Araujo and Ahn came in with a broom and an idea nearly 10 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can hear the train in the back,” Araujo says as we talk. “It’s one of the things that sold me on the place. It looked like a diamond in the rough. I took a chance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12622585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12622585\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A mural by Andrew Schoultz, right around the corner from Empire Seven Studios.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural by Andrew Schoultz, right around the corner from Empire Seven Studios. \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Are we really doing this?” Ahn recollected on a recent episode of the San Jose-based podcast \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/jorge-m-sanchez/82-roberto-tinoco-duran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JMS\u003c/a>. “Are we really, seriously doing this? It was nothing like it is now, but it all fell into place.” The drywall, the track lighting, the clean, white paint: that wasn’t here before them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>But Empire Seven is for-profit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gallery does receive funding from the San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs. But there’s only so much support San Jose can offer, even though the city has gone to great lengths to help nonprofit arts organizations like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bagi.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay Area Glass Institute\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://maclaarte.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana\u003c/a> rent or buy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerry Adams Hapner, Deputy Director of Economic Development for San Jose’s Director of Cultural Affairs, suggested that the couple should think seriously about becoming a nonprofit. “Empire Seven is a mission-driven organization with a public benefit. Becoming a nonprofit requires complete reconsideration of a business model and it is not for everyone, but it may enable them access to more resources. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others aren’t so sure. Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez, Executive Director of MACLA, says “I would NOT suggest that they become a nonprofit organization. People often think that the 501(c)3 tax code structure is the holy grail of ‘free money’ and access to unlimited grants, but that is not the case. To be a nonprofit, you have be willing to live within the legal structure that governs our industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12622586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12622586\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23583_Photo-Dec-22-10-07-55-AM-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt='The last show up on the walls, DY*NAS*TY, is representative of the political and artistic aesthetic of Empire Seven. 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All three artists — Mesngr, SFaustina and Cristovoe — came up in graffiti, but work as “grown-ups” now in graphic design, animation and retail clothing. \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That means a board of directors, by laws, etc, and all of that takes time to establish. It also takes even more time to apply for grants, and then to wait for that money to come through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what’s Empire Seven to do in the meantime? Araujo and Ahn are talking to the developer pushing them out about a gallery space in the new building. They might rent gallery space from other outfits to mount exhibitions. They might consult. They might pursue all those options simultaneously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the case, Helstrup-Alvarez argues it’s a great idea for Empire Seven to “continue to build public awareness through their murals, public art projects, or pop-up exhibition spaces.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Araujo is cagey about debt. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The last art show is up on the walls of \u003ca href=\"http://www.empiresevenstudios.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Empire Seven Studios\u003c/a> – at least, in the gallery Juan Carlos Araujo and Jennifer Ahn opened nearly 10 years ago. A luxury apartment developer bought the building near the corner of Empire and 7th in Japantown late last year, and in a story grown familiar to artists all over the Bay Area, the couple has to leave ahead of the bulldozers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new landlord has offered some give room. Empire Seven has until the end of February. After that? It’s anybody’s guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Araujo says he’s been exploring several prospects, “but so far, nothing has been signed in ink.” Ideally, he wants to stay in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/save-empire-seven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoFundMe campaign\u003c/a> Araujo and Ahn launched has raised about $27,000 — a fraction of what’s necessary to buy another property in this Silicon Valley town. So while the original goal was buying a property, they’d settle for a place to rent at this point in time.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/rLlXlMLMNZ0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/rLlXlMLMNZ0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A beloved local institution\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Empire Seven is a labor a love,” says Kristin Farr, a former KQED Arts writer who is now Deputy Editor for \u003ca href=\"http://www.juxtapoz.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juxtapoz Magazine\u003c/a>. She’s also a visual artist. “They’ve been very good to my husband and me. We’ve shown our art there a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farr echoes a chorus of people who say Empire Seven is more than a gallery. For many, it’s a champion of emerging talent, and a go-between that brings under-the-radar artists together with established institutions and property owners for all sorts of public works, like murals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Empire Seven’s current location is not in a fancy part of Japantown. Train tracks are steps away. Trash blows up against the front door. The place was a dusty mess when Araujo and Ahn came in with a broom and an idea nearly 10 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can hear the train in the back,” Araujo says as we talk. “It’s one of the things that sold me on the place. It looked like a diamond in the rough. I took a chance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12622585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12622585\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A mural by Andrew Schoultz, right around the corner from Empire Seven Studios.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23585_Photo-Dec-22-10-14-38-AM-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural by Andrew Schoultz, right around the corner from Empire Seven Studios. \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Are we really doing this?” Ahn recollected on a recent episode of the San Jose-based podcast \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/jorge-m-sanchez/82-roberto-tinoco-duran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JMS\u003c/a>. “Are we really, seriously doing this? It was nothing like it is now, but it all fell into place.” The drywall, the track lighting, the clean, white paint: that wasn’t here before them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>But Empire Seven is for-profit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gallery does receive funding from the San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs. But there’s only so much support San Jose can offer, even though the city has gone to great lengths to help nonprofit arts organizations like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bagi.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay Area Glass Institute\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://maclaarte.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana\u003c/a> rent or buy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerry Adams Hapner, Deputy Director of Economic Development for San Jose’s Director of Cultural Affairs, suggested that the couple should think seriously about becoming a nonprofit. “Empire Seven is a mission-driven organization with a public benefit. Becoming a nonprofit requires complete reconsideration of a business model and it is not for everyone, but it may enable them access to more resources. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others aren’t so sure. Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez, Executive Director of MACLA, says “I would NOT suggest that they become a nonprofit organization. People often think that the 501(c)3 tax code structure is the holy grail of ‘free money’ and access to unlimited grants, but that is not the case. To be a nonprofit, you have be willing to live within the legal structure that governs our industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12622586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12622586\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23583_Photo-Dec-22-10-07-55-AM-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt='The last show up on the walls, DY*NAS*TY, is representative of the political and artistic aesthetic of Empire Seven. All three artists -- Mesngr, SFaustina and Cristovoe -- came up in graffiti, but work as \"grown-ups\" now in graphic design, animation and retail clothing.' width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23583_Photo-Dec-22-10-07-55-AM-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23583_Photo-Dec-22-10-07-55-AM-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23583_Photo-Dec-22-10-07-55-AM-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23583_Photo-Dec-22-10-07-55-AM-001-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23583_Photo-Dec-22-10-07-55-AM-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23583_Photo-Dec-22-10-07-55-AM-001-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23583_Photo-Dec-22-10-07-55-AM-001-qut-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23583_Photo-Dec-22-10-07-55-AM-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23583_Photo-Dec-22-10-07-55-AM-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/RS23583_Photo-Dec-22-10-07-55-AM-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The last show up on the walls, DY*NAS*TY, is representative of the political and artistic aesthetic of Empire Seven. All three artists — Mesngr, SFaustina and Cristovoe — came up in graffiti, but work as “grown-ups” now in graphic design, animation and retail clothing. \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That means a board of directors, by laws, etc, and all of that takes time to establish. It also takes even more time to apply for grants, and then to wait for that money to come through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what’s Empire Seven to do in the meantime? Araujo and Ahn are talking to the developer pushing them out about a gallery space in the new building. They might rent gallery space from other outfits to mount exhibitions. They might consult. They might pursue all those options simultaneously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the case, Helstrup-Alvarez argues it’s a great idea for Empire Seven to “continue to build public awareness through their murals, public art projects, or pop-up exhibition spaces.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Araujo is cagey about debt. 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"content": "\u003cp>Since its inception over Thanksgiving weekend, the\u003ca href=\"https://www.pussyhatproject.com/\"> Pussyhat Project\u003c/a> has inspired women and their allies nationwide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pussyhatproject.com/knit/\">knit\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pussyhatproject.com/crochet/\">crochet\u003c/a>, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.pussyhatproject.com/sew/\">sew\u003c/a> kitten-shaped hats in solidarity with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.womensmarch.com/\">Women's March\u003c/a> in Washington. 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Burn books were so quaint back then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the palace, the governess tries to hold a lesson with Alexandrina, who replies with a \u003cem>Meh, I know enough. \u003c/em>The governess is bummed that she is now obsolete and must return to her native Germany, but she is quickly promoted to household dictator. The governess gleefully runs to the downstairs kitchen to be rude to all the servants for no reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in the day, Lord Melbourne, the Prime Minister, arrives to kick it with Alexandrina. Sir John intercepts him and gives a speech about how Alexandrina is a homeschooled weirdo and needs him to be in charge of her affairs. Lord Melbourne pulls one of these:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/diss.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37158\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/diss.gif\" alt=\"chappelle show diss gif\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some small talk about dolls and ugly, pumpkin-headed suitors, Lord Melbourne brings up Sir John's attempts at seizing control. Alexandrina delivers a quick and strong \u003cem>NOPE!\u003c/em> Melbourne then slyly tries to pull a fast one: \u003cem>TOTALLY, but reading stuff can be quite hard. Your itty-bitty lady brain wouldn't like it. Let me do it! \u003c/em>Alexandrina responds by throwing a Betty Friedan book at his face and burning a bra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, okay, she didn't exactly react like that, but she did firmly say no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/picgifs-nope-400931.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57716\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/picgifs-nope-400931.gif\" alt=\"picgifs-nope-400931\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, a bunch of Lords assemble to kiss the new Queen's hand. But before all the germ-spreading can commence, Alexandrina must give a speech. Her jealous uncle -- who, like the jealous uncle in \u003cem>The Lion King\u003c/em>, has a huge scar on his face -- interrupts to say she isn't talking loud enough. So she turns the volume and the content way up: \u003cem>Because you all are sexist and ageist as hell, you don't think I'm going to do well. Watch me.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mhihjztjut1qbh0eio1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57724\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mhihjztjut1qbh0eio1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mhihjztjut1qbh0eio1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"238\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexandrina goes to the balcony and proclaims herself Queen Victoria, a name change without which Prince may have never been referred to as \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2016/04/21/the_story_behind_prince_s_unpronounceable_love_symbol_2.html\">an unpronounceable symbol\u003c/a>. It's a major moment, yet all I can focus on is the actress' horrible colored contacts. They make her look possessed!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58528\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-13-at-4-20-24-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM.png 989w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-160x100.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-800x498.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-768x478.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-960x598.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-240x149.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-375x234.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-520x324.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58529\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-13-at-4-19-57-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM.png 872w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM-160x117.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM-800x584.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM-768x561.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM-240x175.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM-375x274.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM-520x380.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58527\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.43-PM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-13-at-4-20-43-pm\" width=\"575\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.43-PM.png 575w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.43-PM-160x95.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.43-PM-240x142.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.43-PM-375x222.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.43-PM-520x308.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyway, some time later, Governess Dictator hires a wide-eyed servant girl. The senior servants are royally pissed over not being consulted:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCMs8dUWZus\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Victoria is hanging out with her only friends: her dolls and a portrait of her dead dad (#HomeschoolLife). Sir John bursts in, makes fun of her for still playing with dolls, and shuffles around important documents, in an attempt to convince Victoria that she didn't already fire him. When that doesn't work, he takes a more aggressive approach, by getting in Victoria's face and spitting: \"What can a girl like you -- \u003cem>unformed\u003c/em> -- possibly do to serve her country?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/she-came-that-way.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58530\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/she-came-that-way.gif\" alt=\"she-came-that-way\" width=\"245\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calling her \"unformed\" is one thing, but insulting her best doll friends? Oh, hell nah. Victoria sets him straight by yelling: \"IF I REQUIRE ADVICE, I WILL ASK FOR IT! Sir John, you have our permission to withdraw.\" That's polite royal talk for \"GTFO and TTYN, loser.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/17028425.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58531\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/17028425.gif\" alt=\"17028425\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's mom's eye twitches, as Sir John limps backwards out of the room like a beaten puppy. Feminist Teen Queens: 1; Men Who Think Rocking Mutton Chops Makes Them Hot: 0.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Babyface Maid tries to mend some fancy gloves. Her boss tells her not to bother; the Queen never wears a pair more than once. Okay, Victoria seems chill and all, but I can see why head-chopping revolutions happen. The servants have their own way of sticking it to The Man though; they secretly sell the Queen's gloves, shoes, and other accessories, and pocket the money. Power to the ballsy, poor people! Get them coins!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-32.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58802\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-32.gif\" alt=\"giphy (32)\" width=\"500\" height=\"452\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, Victoria whines. \u003cem>Sir John is, like, sooo annoying! And mom's other friend, Flora, walked into my room without knocking!\u003c/em> If this were a century or two earlier, Victoria would simply have them both killed, but it's the 19th century, so she decides to just move to a bigger mansion -- the recently-completed Buckingham Palace -- where she can keep them sequestered in whichever wing gets the least natural light. All is fair in love and real estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, it's time for a montage of everyone we've met so far running around the new digs, freaking out over all the chandeliers, and chanting, \"Started from the bottom, now we're here!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Babyface Maid spots Victoria for the first time and is so dumbfounded that she blurts out this dumb statement: \"She is small, but she ain't no midget.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58801\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/short.gif\" alt=\"short\" width=\"470\" height=\"188\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments later, the Prime Minister eases Victoria's worries that no one takes her seriously because of her height by declaring: \"Anyone who dares comment on your stature should be sent straight to the Tower!\" (Sayonara, Babyface!) Victoria rewards him for waging a war against heightists -- and for being sort of sexy, if you squint a little -- by giving him a cute nickname -- Lord M -- and allowing him to be her Private Secretary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_n9yz2e80Qt1tp719lo1_r1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58800\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_n9yz2e80Qt1tp719lo1_r1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n9yz2e80Qt1tp719lo1_r1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, Victoria's mom is really bummed that she and her friends have been put in the North Wing, far away from Victoria's room in the South Wing (#FirstWorldProblems). Sir John takes the opportunity to play a few more B-sides from his Victoria-is-a-stupid-shrimpy-loser broken record, only to be interrupted by the Queen herself. Sir John pounces and tries to make Victoria pick her maids-of-honor on the spot. Victoria gives him the silent treatment and a look that says:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/anigif_enhanced-4773-1430938663-26.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36234\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/anigif_enhanced-4773-1430938663-26.gif\" alt=\"get off my jock gif bethenny\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not taking the hint, Flora pulls out a list of potential girls and ensures that none of them are tall whores. Victoria doubles down on her request for everyone to get off her jock:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/i-just-want-you-off-my-jock-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58681\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/i-just-want-you-off-my-jock-gif.gif\" alt=\"i-just-want-you-off-my-jock-gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that day, Victoria tells Babyface Maid she wants to change things up with an \u003cem>au courant\u003c/em> hairstyle. Babyface Maid doesn't know what\u003cem> au courant\u003c/em> means, despite telling all the servants earlier that she has studied French. So she's a liar \u003cem>and\u003c/em> hates short people. Got it. They end up going with braids that go under and around the ears, which soon became the 19th century version of \u003ca href=\"http://parade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Jennifer-Aniston-The-Rachel-Hairstyle-ftr.jpg\">The Rachel\u003c/a>™.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few days later, Flora continues to pester Victoria. Apparently, Victoria accidentally turned her back on some troops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \"No one mentioned this to me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora:\u003c/strong> \"I assure you, they noticed, but no one likes to correct their monarch, ma'am.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \"Except for you, evidently.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-24.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58689\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-24.gif\" alt=\"giphy-24\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in the palace, Governess Dictator is yelling at a servant for wasting too much money on beeswax candles. She doesn't know the help is selling them off, along with all the Queen's other once-used belongings, but something tells me she will soon and the reckoning will be glorious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days later, Victoria and Lord M are trotting around on horses and chatting about how everyone thinks they're bumping uglies. Victoria asks if the reason he's single is because he's still clinically depressed about his wife running away with Lord Byron and then dying (yes, that \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron\">Lord Byron\u003c/a>!). Lord M is like, \u003cem>Um, yeah. Thanks for bringing that up.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day is the Royal Coronation Ball. Everyone who's anyone is in attendance... except for Lord M, who is crying in the dark at his house, while smelling a lock of hair. Yikes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before heading into the ballroom, Sir John, who's still allowed to live in the palace for some reason, reminds Victoria to not get too wasted or do anything slutty. Victoria is like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-25.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58697\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-25.gif\" alt=\"giphy-25\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wouldn't be a ball without a few scandals:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scandal #1:\u003c/strong> The servants swapped out all the beeswax candles for cheap tallow candles, which are dripping wax all over the guests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scandal #2:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia\">Alexander II\u003c/a>, the son of the Russian Emperor, gets a bit too handsy with Victoria, while dancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latter is broken up, thanks to Lord M (who dried his tears and showed up, after all). Victoria deals with being groped by chugging lots of champagne and basically confessing her love for Lord M: \"You dance so well. I wish I could dance with you every night.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Lick_your_lips.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58698\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Lick_your_lips.gif\" alt=\"lick_your_lips\" width=\"500\" height=\"187\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little later, Governess Dictator pulls Victoria aside to Wikileak \u003cstrong>Scandal #3:\u003c/strong> Flora appears to be pregnant! And the baby is probably Sir John's!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria goes and yells at Sir John, who then calls her a drunk. Victoria's measured reply:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/3d34e403-b4c9-45bd-8c93-91efec18a2a8.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58699\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/3d34e403-b4c9-45bd-8c93-91efec18a2a8.gif\" alt=\"3d34e403-b4c9-45bd-8c93-91efec18a2a8\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some sloppy 19th century twerking, Flora interrupts Victoria on the dance floor to relay a message. The music stops just in time for everyone to hear Victoria yell, \"Mama sent \u003cem>you\u003c/em> to tell \u003cem>me\u003c/em> what to do??\" Lord M quickly escorts Victoria out and makes her go to bed before she pukes on everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Victoria somehow doesn't have a raging hangover. She informs her mom about Flora's scandalous pregnancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/What-Happens-When-You-Deliver-Large-Baby.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58707\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/What-Happens-When-You-Deliver-Large-Baby.gif\" alt=\"what-happens-when-you-deliver-large-baby\" width=\"400\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Flora and Sir John commiserate over not being invited to the Coronation ceremony and hating Victoria's guts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-26.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58708\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-26.gif\" alt=\"giphy-26\" width=\"500\" height=\"260\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Victoria is being coronated, she has ordered that Flora undergo a medical examination to prove to everyone that she's a pregnant floozy. This plan backfires when the doctors conclude Flora is \u003cem>virgo intacta\u003c/em> and actually has a huge tumor growing inside of her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Bad-This-is-bad-My-bad-Oops-GIF.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58716\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Bad-This-is-bad-My-bad-Oops-GIF.gif\" alt=\"bad-this-is-bad-my-bad-oops-gif\" width=\"468\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's evil uncle Scar sees an opportunity. He leaks the scandalous story of the Queen forcing a humiliating examination upon an innocent dying woman and calls for the powers of the crown to be turned over to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flora takes a turn for the worst and Victoria is pressured to hang out at her deathbed. This proves to be quite awkward and goes a little something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora:\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/baby-box-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58726\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/baby-box-gif.gif\" alt=\"baby-box-gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Ummm, hiiiii. Being sick totally sucks. Want me to send you some peaches? They'll fix you right up!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-20-1.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58717\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-20-1.gif\" alt=\"giphy-20\" width=\"400\" height=\"223\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Anyway, that whole exam thing was my bad. We cool?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>You're going to hell. Now leave me alone so I can die.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_m15vqg8mRd1r5aheq.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58725\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_m15vqg8mRd1r5aheq.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m15vqg8mRd1r5aheq\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Governess Dictator finds out about the glove-selling ring. She correctly accuses the lead maid, Mrs. Jenkins, but Babyface Maid confesses because Jesus would have also taken the blame for a random misdemeanor or something. Governess Dictator tells Victoria, who responds:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/wvr.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58728\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/wvr.gif\" alt=\"wvr\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/90081_idgaf-i-dont-care-christina-aguilera-nobody-cares.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58727\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/90081_idgaf-i-dont-care-christina-aguilera-nobody-cares.gif\" alt=\"90081_idgaf-i-dont-care-christina-aguilera-nobody-cares\" width=\"500\" height=\"351\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that day, Victoria's mom bursts in crying. Flora is dead. And she believes Victoria \"drove her to her grave.\" Victoria somehow manages to make it all about her: \u003cem>Sorry about your dead friend and all, but Sir John always makes fun of my height and you never defend me! Leave me alone!!!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Lord M finds Victoria sitting at a piano, having a full-blown anxiety attack about how everyone thinks she killed a virgin. He confesses that he often wishes he was dead because his young son died some years ago, but that he pretends to be okay with this whole being alive thing, and she should too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next time Victoria is in front of the public, they yell about her being a virgin murderer, but she takes Lord M's advice and cooly pretends to be OK with being alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some time passes. Uncle Scar continues to travel around, talking smack about his niece and encouraging rumors that something inappropriate is going on between her and Lord M. He selflessly offers to take control of things, if needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-28.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58750\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-28.gif\" alt=\"giphy (28)\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria finds out slavery is still a thing in the Caribbean. She's like, \u003cem>Oh, I'll just fix that then\u003c/em>. Lord M is like, \u003cem>Ha ha ha. We can't just be decent human beings, silly. We have to let a bunch of white privileged men debate the economic losses associated with letting other human beings have basic rights first.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sir John bursts in and demands that Victoria give her mother the title of Queen Mother. Victoria is like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/310bd726b77ad245d304a77f78b459f7.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58751\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/310bd726b77ad245d304a77f78b459f7.gif\" alt=\"310bd726b77ad245d304a77f78b459f7\" width=\"499\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Governess Dictator orders men to install gas lighting. Try selling candles now, riff-raff! The workers open up a wall and AN AVALANCHE OF RATS FALLS OUT. THEY SCURRY ALL OVER THE KITCHEN. AHHHHH!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-29.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58754\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-29.gif\" alt=\"giphy (29)\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/scared02.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58753\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/scared02.gif\" alt=\"scared02\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-30.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58752\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-30.gif\" alt=\"giphy (30)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back upstairs, the results of the slavery vote are in. By six votes, the Parliament decided enslaving people is bad!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tenor.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tenor.gif\" alt=\"tenor\" width=\"498\" height=\"243\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lord M has to step down and stop talking to Victoria because his party has been weakened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/iooo.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58772\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/iooo.gif\" alt=\"iooo\" width=\"251\" height=\"251\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A wailing Victoria goes outside in the rain and uses her closed umbrella to attack hedges.\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/why.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58770\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/why.gif\" alt=\"why\" width=\"245\" height=\"160\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, she calms down and interviews a potential replacement for the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington. He turns the position down because he's old and has been there, done that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/giphy-8.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19744\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/giphy-8.gif\" alt=\"honey boo boo no thank you gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2hhznE3Ub1rfduvxo1_250.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19743\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2hhznE3Ub1rfduvxo1_250.gif\" alt=\"honey boo boo too much gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2dkpmzid11rfduvxo1_250.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19742\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2dkpmzid11rfduvxo1_250.gif\" alt=\"honey boo boo bye gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the lead maid turns on the brand new gas line and takes her sweet time finding a flame. Her hand is consumed by a fireball. Babyface Maid runs to fetch some butter for the burn, but gets distracted by a hot chef, who says, \"You can have butter, if you like, but I can give you something better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/oprah-face.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58780\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/oprah-face.gif\" alt=\"oprah-face\" width=\"415\" height=\"212\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He tells her to close her eyes so he can show her \"a surprise.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then shows her his...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/732978471.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58781\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/732978471.gif\" alt=\"732978471\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>...freezer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/1478238113-oprah-winfrey-notimpressed.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58782\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/1478238113-oprah-winfrey-notimpressed.gif\" alt=\"1478238113-oprah-winfrey-notimpressed\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back upstairs, Victoria is mad about a new coin that makes her look like she has a double chin. Her problems are so relatable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another possible candidate for the Prime Minister position by the name of Robert Peel shows up. He says the coin looks just like her. Uh oh! He then mansplains how the British government works. Double uh oh! Then he demands that she replace her ladies with women from his political party. Triple uh oh! Victoria isn't having any of it:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/gtfo13.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58783\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/gtfo13.gif\" alt=\"gtfo13\" width=\"375\" height=\"247\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Uncle Scar is doing lines of 19th century coke, when Sir John comes in. They plot to convince everyone that Victoria is insane like her grandfather and unfit to rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Victoria keeps trying to convince Lord M to get over himself and agree to stay Prime Minister. Lord M screams the lyrics to Taylor Swift's \"We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/JmW19.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58784\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/JmW19.gif\" alt=\"JmW19\" width=\"500\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, Victoria can't sleep and decides to sit in front of a portrait of her insane grandfather. Her mother comes to hang out in a chic toilet paper headpiece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58787\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-15 at 1.06.29 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM.png 701w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-160x214.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-240x321.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-375x501.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-520x695.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's mom assures her that she won't let anyone take away her power. One way to respond is for Victoria to be chill for once and just hug her mom and say \"Thanks.\" Instead, she gives her mom a hard time for hanging out with Sir John and never protecting her in the past. Yeesh. At least she didn't bring up her \u003cem>I'm short and super sad about it\u003c/em> hang-up again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day is Victoria's birthday. The hot chef presents his impressive multi-tiered cake, topped with a likeness of the Queen and her cute dog. Some kids sing \"God Save the Queen\" and Victoria talks through it. Sir John tries to give Victoria a present and she pretends he's not there. Everyone almost dies of awkwardness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria opens a gift from Lord M. Will it be a love letter? A lock of his hair? A nude photo?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58796\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\" alt=\"Excited-Baby-Opening-Present\" width=\"332\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a telescope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/waqrg59iicwip04mmswz.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58797\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/waqrg59iicwip04mmswz.gif\" alt=\"waqrg59iicwip04mmswz\" width=\"434\" height=\"261\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next up: her mother's gift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58796\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\" alt=\"Excited-Baby-Opening-Present\" width=\"332\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a copy of \u003cem>King Lear\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/dsppntmnt.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58798\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/dsppntmnt.gif\" alt=\"dsppntmnt\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a very rude passage underlined: \"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58899\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House.gif\" alt=\"How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House\" width=\"320\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Victoria can even react, RATS ARE ALL OVER HER CAKE! Victoria understandably loses her sh-t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cut to Uncle Scar's cocaine den. He's sniffing and spinning the story with Sir John's help. She was in hysterics! Maybe she hallucinated the rats! Muahaha!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Victoria tries to unveil her royal painting by pulling a tarp off of it. She can't manage it because she has poor upper body strength and/or is not used to doing very basic things like pulling. Lord M swoops in to help and casually says, \u003cem>Oh, hey, I'll be your Prime Minister again. Sorry about yelling Taylor Swift breakup lyrics in your face for the past couple of weeks. \u003c/em>Is he serious? All that running around for nothing? If it wasn't for his wife running off and his kid dying, I might hold a grudge, but I'll just move on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a dark alley, some random tries to get Babyface Maid to sell herself and won't take no for an answer. Thankfully, the hot cook swoops in. Turns out he's been stalking her, but in the cute way. He reveals that he recognizes her from some former house of ill repute, but he doesn't care. He just wants to date. Aww (I think)!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the palace, Lord M and Victoria gaze longingly across a room at each other. Some dude tells Lord M that this googly-eyed business won't last for long, as Victoria will soon wed. But Lord M knows that marriage doesn't mean anything. Just ask Lord Byron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: Sir John. \u003c/strong>The uncle has a scar over his eye, which means he has no choice but to be evil. What's this guy's excuse?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: William IV. \u003c/strong>I would totally watch a show about him and his 10 \"illegitimate\" children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Hot Chef. \u003c/strong>That cake was impressive. And so is his face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SILVER: \u003cstrong>Flora. \u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>If anyone has earned the right to say \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7S1hnRPF0\">That was way harsh, Tai,\u003c/a>\" it's this virgin who can't drive.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GOLD: Victoria. \u003c/strong>Duh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Until next week! If you miss me, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/author/ehapsis/\">read some of my other work \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/xcusemybeauty\">follow me on Twitter @xcusemybeauty\u003c/a>!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>More recaps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108303/victoria-season-3-finale-recap-matchmaker-matchmaker\">'Victoria' Season 3 Finale Recap: Matchmaker, Matchmaker\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108301/victoria-season-3-episode-7-recap-california-love\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: California Love\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108299/victoria-season-3-episode-6-recap-love-on-the-brain\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: Love on the Brain\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108293/victoria-season-3-episode-5-recap-on-the-road-again\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: On The Road Again\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108291/victoria-season-3-episode-4-recap-ill-be-missing-you\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: I'll Be Missing You\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108289/victoria-season-3-episode-3-recap-la-isla-bonita\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: La Isla Bonita\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108287/victoria-season-3-episode-2-recap-the-guns-of-brixton\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: The Guns of Brixton\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108284/victoria-season-3-premiere-recap-god-save-the-queen\">'Victoria' Season 3 Premiere Recap: God Save The Queen\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97779/victoria-season-2-finale-recap-its-a-hard-knock-life\">'Victoria' Season 2 Finale Recap: It's a Hard-Knock Life\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97777/victoria-season-2-episode-6-recap-somewhere-over-the-rainbow\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 6 Recap: Somewhere Over The Rainbow\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97775/victoria-season-2-episode-5-recap-lost-and-found\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 5 Recap: Lost and Found\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97773/victoria-season-2-episode-4-recap-people-are-people\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: People Are People\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97771/victoria-season-2-episode-3-recap-daddy-issues\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 3 Recap: Daddy Issues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97769/victoria-season-2-episode-2-recap-puppy-love\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: Puppy Love\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97767/victoria-season-2-premiere-recap-baby-its-cold-outside\">'Victoria' Season 2 Premiere Recap: Baby It's Cold Outside\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/56546/victoria-season-1-finale-recap-bye-bye-baby-blues\">'Victoria' Season 1 Finale Recap: Bye Bye Baby Blues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/02/19/victoria-season-1-episode-6-recap-cmon-ride-the-train/\">'Victoria' Season 1, Episode 6 Recap: C'mon Ride the Train\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/02/12/pbs-victoria-season-1-episode-5-recap-ill-make-love-to-you/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: I’ll Make Love to You\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/02/05/pbs-victoria-season-1-episode-4-recap-wedding-bell-blues/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Wedding Bell Blues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/29/pbs-victoria-season-1-episode-3-recap-youre-so-vain/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: You’re So Vain\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/22/victoria-season-1-episode-2-recap-all-the-single-ladies/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: All The Single Ladies\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/15/victoria-season-1-premiere-recap-bow-down/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1 Premiere Recap: Bow Down\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Hi there! You might remember me from \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/downton-abbey/\">Downton Abbey\u003c/a>\u003cem> or \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/poldark/\">Poldark\u003c/a>\u003cem> recaps of yore. Since those shows wrapped, I've felt a void in my spirit that can only be filled by PBS-approved British imports. So I'm going to try falling in love again; this time, with a show called \u003c/em>Victoria\u003cem>. I hope you'll join me. Let's do this!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pastel clouds greet a pleasant sunrise in the English countryside... but there's no time to appreciate that right now because there's a bunch of text on the screen! It's 1837, the year that daguerreotypes and \u003cem>Oliver Twist\u003c/em> became a thing. William IV is the king and apparently in some trouble. His niece Alexandrina is his heir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, before we get any further, here are a few interesting things I found out about this William dude, after researching him for the past hour:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>He joined the Royal Navy at 13. While stationed in North America, George Washington tried to kidnap him!\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Because William IV was so far down the line of succession (he was the third son of King George III), he decided \u003cem>Ah, screw it!\u003c/em>, shacked up with an actress with a bad reputation and had ten \"illegitimate\" kids. Get it, Willie!\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>After the deaths of his father, both his older brothers, and his niece, he became an unexpected King at the ripe age of 64. Under his reign, slavery was abolished in nearly all of the British Empire and child labor was restricted. Huzzah for common decency!\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In his final months, William gave a blistering speech at a banquet about how much he hoped he wouldn't croak before his niece was of age, so that her no-good, sneaky mother wouldn't get her hands on the powers of the crown. Queen Victoria -- then Alexandrina -- burst into tears from shock. But she still thought fondly of him because he was kind of right.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>So that sets us up for what we're about to see. Back to the show!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A messenger arrives at Kensington Palace wearing a black armband. Our homeboy William IV is dead. Well, that was quick!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Some dude named Sir John is basically like, \u003cem>Ugh, finally!\u003c/em> Alexandrina is so jazzed that she walks down a set of stairs WITHOUT HOLDING ONTO HER GOVERNESS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After pretending to be bummed out about her dead uncle in front of the Archbishop for three seconds, she dances around the palace with her cute dog before heading to her room to blast the \"Bow down, b-tches!\" part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geEMtwkBZVk\">that Beyoncé song\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Sir John and her mother are already trying to take control, starting with the Queen's name. They both agree Alexandrina is way too ethnic and that her middle name Victoria is super lame. Elizabeth will do. Or Ann.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexandrina interrupts: \u003cem>Um, guys? Sorry to interrupt your little planning sesh, but I just saw the Archbishop alone and I intend to handle my own business forever and ever without your help. Cool? Oh, and I went down a staircase without assistance earlier.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-21.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57705\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-21.gif\" alt=\"giphy-21\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sir John and co. are horrified by the idea of a grown woman having opinions and making her own decisions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/IVVeY.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57706\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/IVVeY.gif\" alt=\"ivvey\" width=\"360\" height=\"288\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In town, randoms are gossiping about how they've heard Alexandrina's tongue is too big for her mouth. Burn books were so quaint back then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the palace, the governess tries to hold a lesson with Alexandrina, who replies with a \u003cem>Meh, I know enough. \u003c/em>The governess is bummed that she is now obsolete and must return to her native Germany, but she is quickly promoted to household dictator. The governess gleefully runs to the downstairs kitchen to be rude to all the servants for no reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in the day, Lord Melbourne, the Prime Minister, arrives to kick it with Alexandrina. Sir John intercepts him and gives a speech about how Alexandrina is a homeschooled weirdo and needs him to be in charge of her affairs. Lord Melbourne pulls one of these:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/diss.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37158\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/diss.gif\" alt=\"chappelle show diss gif\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some small talk about dolls and ugly, pumpkin-headed suitors, Lord Melbourne brings up Sir John's attempts at seizing control. Alexandrina delivers a quick and strong \u003cem>NOPE!\u003c/em> Melbourne then slyly tries to pull a fast one: \u003cem>TOTALLY, but reading stuff can be quite hard. Your itty-bitty lady brain wouldn't like it. Let me do it! \u003c/em>Alexandrina responds by throwing a Betty Friedan book at his face and burning a bra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, okay, she didn't exactly react like that, but she did firmly say no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/picgifs-nope-400931.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57716\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/picgifs-nope-400931.gif\" alt=\"picgifs-nope-400931\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, a bunch of Lords assemble to kiss the new Queen's hand. But before all the germ-spreading can commence, Alexandrina must give a speech. Her jealous uncle -- who, like the jealous uncle in \u003cem>The Lion King\u003c/em>, has a huge scar on his face -- interrupts to say she isn't talking loud enough. So she turns the volume and the content way up: \u003cem>Because you all are sexist and ageist as hell, you don't think I'm going to do well. Watch me.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mhihjztjut1qbh0eio1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57724\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mhihjztjut1qbh0eio1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mhihjztjut1qbh0eio1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"238\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexandrina goes to the balcony and proclaims herself Queen Victoria, a name change without which Prince may have never been referred to as \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2016/04/21/the_story_behind_prince_s_unpronounceable_love_symbol_2.html\">an unpronounceable symbol\u003c/a>. It's a major moment, yet all I can focus on is the actress' horrible colored contacts. 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The senior servants are royally pissed over not being consulted:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/QCMs8dUWZus'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/QCMs8dUWZus'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Upstairs, Victoria is hanging out with her only friends: her dolls and a portrait of her dead dad (#HomeschoolLife). Sir John bursts in, makes fun of her for still playing with dolls, and shuffles around important documents, in an attempt to convince Victoria that she didn't already fire him. When that doesn't work, he takes a more aggressive approach, by getting in Victoria's face and spitting: \"What can a girl like you -- \u003cem>unformed\u003c/em> -- possibly do to serve her country?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/she-came-that-way.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58530\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/she-came-that-way.gif\" alt=\"she-came-that-way\" width=\"245\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calling her \"unformed\" is one thing, but insulting her best doll friends? Oh, hell nah. Victoria sets him straight by yelling: \"IF I REQUIRE ADVICE, I WILL ASK FOR IT! Sir John, you have our permission to withdraw.\" That's polite royal talk for \"GTFO and TTYN, loser.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/17028425.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58531\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/17028425.gif\" alt=\"17028425\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's mom's eye twitches, as Sir John limps backwards out of the room like a beaten puppy. Feminist Teen Queens: 1; Men Who Think Rocking Mutton Chops Makes Them Hot: 0.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Babyface Maid tries to mend some fancy gloves. Her boss tells her not to bother; the Queen never wears a pair more than once. Okay, Victoria seems chill and all, but I can see why head-chopping revolutions happen. The servants have their own way of sticking it to The Man though; they secretly sell the Queen's gloves, shoes, and other accessories, and pocket the money. Power to the ballsy, poor people! Get them coins!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-32.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58802\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-32.gif\" alt=\"giphy (32)\" width=\"500\" height=\"452\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, Victoria whines. \u003cem>Sir John is, like, sooo annoying! And mom's other friend, Flora, walked into my room without knocking!\u003c/em> If this were a century or two earlier, Victoria would simply have them both killed, but it's the 19th century, so she decides to just move to a bigger mansion -- the recently-completed Buckingham Palace -- where she can keep them sequestered in whichever wing gets the least natural light. All is fair in love and real estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, it's time for a montage of everyone we've met so far running around the new digs, freaking out over all the chandeliers, and chanting, \"Started from the bottom, now we're here!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Babyface Maid spots Victoria for the first time and is so dumbfounded that she blurts out this dumb statement: \"She is small, but she ain't no midget.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58801\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/short.gif\" alt=\"short\" width=\"470\" height=\"188\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments later, the Prime Minister eases Victoria's worries that no one takes her seriously because of her height by declaring: \"Anyone who dares comment on your stature should be sent straight to the Tower!\" (Sayonara, Babyface!) Victoria rewards him for waging a war against heightists -- and for being sort of sexy, if you squint a little -- by giving him a cute nickname -- Lord M -- and allowing him to be her Private Secretary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_n9yz2e80Qt1tp719lo1_r1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58800\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_n9yz2e80Qt1tp719lo1_r1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n9yz2e80Qt1tp719lo1_r1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, Victoria's mom is really bummed that she and her friends have been put in the North Wing, far away from Victoria's room in the South Wing (#FirstWorldProblems). Sir John takes the opportunity to play a few more B-sides from his Victoria-is-a-stupid-shrimpy-loser broken record, only to be interrupted by the Queen herself. Sir John pounces and tries to make Victoria pick her maids-of-honor on the spot. Victoria gives him the silent treatment and a look that says:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/anigif_enhanced-4773-1430938663-26.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36234\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/anigif_enhanced-4773-1430938663-26.gif\" alt=\"get off my jock gif bethenny\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not taking the hint, Flora pulls out a list of potential girls and ensures that none of them are tall whores. Victoria doubles down on her request for everyone to get off her jock:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/i-just-want-you-off-my-jock-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58681\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/i-just-want-you-off-my-jock-gif.gif\" alt=\"i-just-want-you-off-my-jock-gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that day, Victoria tells Babyface Maid she wants to change things up with an \u003cem>au courant\u003c/em> hairstyle. Babyface Maid doesn't know what\u003cem> au courant\u003c/em> means, despite telling all the servants earlier that she has studied French. So she's a liar \u003cem>and\u003c/em> hates short people. Got it. They end up going with braids that go under and around the ears, which soon became the 19th century version of \u003ca href=\"http://parade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Jennifer-Aniston-The-Rachel-Hairstyle-ftr.jpg\">The Rachel\u003c/a>™.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few days later, Flora continues to pester Victoria. Apparently, Victoria accidentally turned her back on some troops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \"No one mentioned this to me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora:\u003c/strong> \"I assure you, they noticed, but no one likes to correct their monarch, ma'am.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \"Except for you, evidently.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-24.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58689\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-24.gif\" alt=\"giphy-24\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in the palace, Governess Dictator is yelling at a servant for wasting too much money on beeswax candles. She doesn't know the help is selling them off, along with all the Queen's other once-used belongings, but something tells me she will soon and the reckoning will be glorious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days later, Victoria and Lord M are trotting around on horses and chatting about how everyone thinks they're bumping uglies. Victoria asks if the reason he's single is because he's still clinically depressed about his wife running away with Lord Byron and then dying (yes, that \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron\">Lord Byron\u003c/a>!). Lord M is like, \u003cem>Um, yeah. Thanks for bringing that up.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day is the Royal Coronation Ball. Everyone who's anyone is in attendance... except for Lord M, who is crying in the dark at his house, while smelling a lock of hair. Yikes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before heading into the ballroom, Sir John, who's still allowed to live in the palace for some reason, reminds Victoria to not get too wasted or do anything slutty. Victoria is like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-25.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58697\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-25.gif\" alt=\"giphy-25\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wouldn't be a ball without a few scandals:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scandal #1:\u003c/strong> The servants swapped out all the beeswax candles for cheap tallow candles, which are dripping wax all over the guests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scandal #2:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia\">Alexander II\u003c/a>, the son of the Russian Emperor, gets a bit too handsy with Victoria, while dancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latter is broken up, thanks to Lord M (who dried his tears and showed up, after all). Victoria deals with being groped by chugging lots of champagne and basically confessing her love for Lord M: \"You dance so well. I wish I could dance with you every night.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Lick_your_lips.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58698\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Lick_your_lips.gif\" alt=\"lick_your_lips\" width=\"500\" height=\"187\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little later, Governess Dictator pulls Victoria aside to Wikileak \u003cstrong>Scandal #3:\u003c/strong> Flora appears to be pregnant! And the baby is probably Sir John's!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria goes and yells at Sir John, who then calls her a drunk. Victoria's measured reply:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/3d34e403-b4c9-45bd-8c93-91efec18a2a8.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58699\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/3d34e403-b4c9-45bd-8c93-91efec18a2a8.gif\" alt=\"3d34e403-b4c9-45bd-8c93-91efec18a2a8\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some sloppy 19th century twerking, Flora interrupts Victoria on the dance floor to relay a message. The music stops just in time for everyone to hear Victoria yell, \"Mama sent \u003cem>you\u003c/em> to tell \u003cem>me\u003c/em> what to do??\" Lord M quickly escorts Victoria out and makes her go to bed before she pukes on everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Victoria somehow doesn't have a raging hangover. She informs her mom about Flora's scandalous pregnancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/What-Happens-When-You-Deliver-Large-Baby.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58707\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/What-Happens-When-You-Deliver-Large-Baby.gif\" alt=\"what-happens-when-you-deliver-large-baby\" width=\"400\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Flora and Sir John commiserate over not being invited to the Coronation ceremony and hating Victoria's guts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-26.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58708\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-26.gif\" alt=\"giphy-26\" width=\"500\" height=\"260\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Victoria is being coronated, she has ordered that Flora undergo a medical examination to prove to everyone that she's a pregnant floozy. This plan backfires when the doctors conclude Flora is \u003cem>virgo intacta\u003c/em> and actually has a huge tumor growing inside of her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Bad-This-is-bad-My-bad-Oops-GIF.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58716\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Bad-This-is-bad-My-bad-Oops-GIF.gif\" alt=\"bad-this-is-bad-my-bad-oops-gif\" width=\"468\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's evil uncle Scar sees an opportunity. He leaks the scandalous story of the Queen forcing a humiliating examination upon an innocent dying woman and calls for the powers of the crown to be turned over to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flora takes a turn for the worst and Victoria is pressured to hang out at her deathbed. This proves to be quite awkward and goes a little something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora:\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/baby-box-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58726\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/baby-box-gif.gif\" alt=\"baby-box-gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Ummm, hiiiii. Being sick totally sucks. Want me to send you some peaches? They'll fix you right up!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-20-1.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58717\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-20-1.gif\" alt=\"giphy-20\" width=\"400\" height=\"223\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Anyway, that whole exam thing was my bad. We cool?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>You're going to hell. Now leave me alone so I can die.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_m15vqg8mRd1r5aheq.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58725\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_m15vqg8mRd1r5aheq.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m15vqg8mRd1r5aheq\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Governess Dictator finds out about the glove-selling ring. She correctly accuses the lead maid, Mrs. Jenkins, but Babyface Maid confesses because Jesus would have also taken the blame for a random misdemeanor or something. Governess Dictator tells Victoria, who responds:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/wvr.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58728\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/wvr.gif\" alt=\"wvr\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/90081_idgaf-i-dont-care-christina-aguilera-nobody-cares.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58727\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/90081_idgaf-i-dont-care-christina-aguilera-nobody-cares.gif\" alt=\"90081_idgaf-i-dont-care-christina-aguilera-nobody-cares\" width=\"500\" height=\"351\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that day, Victoria's mom bursts in crying. Flora is dead. And she believes Victoria \"drove her to her grave.\" Victoria somehow manages to make it all about her: \u003cem>Sorry about your dead friend and all, but Sir John always makes fun of my height and you never defend me! Leave me alone!!!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Lord M finds Victoria sitting at a piano, having a full-blown anxiety attack about how everyone thinks she killed a virgin. He confesses that he often wishes he was dead because his young son died some years ago, but that he pretends to be okay with this whole being alive thing, and she should too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next time Victoria is in front of the public, they yell about her being a virgin murderer, but she takes Lord M's advice and cooly pretends to be OK with being alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some time passes. Uncle Scar continues to travel around, talking smack about his niece and encouraging rumors that something inappropriate is going on between her and Lord M. He selflessly offers to take control of things, if needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-28.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58750\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-28.gif\" alt=\"giphy (28)\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria finds out slavery is still a thing in the Caribbean. She's like, \u003cem>Oh, I'll just fix that then\u003c/em>. Lord M is like, \u003cem>Ha ha ha. We can't just be decent human beings, silly. We have to let a bunch of white privileged men debate the economic losses associated with letting other human beings have basic rights first.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sir John bursts in and demands that Victoria give her mother the title of Queen Mother. Victoria is like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/310bd726b77ad245d304a77f78b459f7.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58751\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/310bd726b77ad245d304a77f78b459f7.gif\" alt=\"310bd726b77ad245d304a77f78b459f7\" width=\"499\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Governess Dictator orders men to install gas lighting. Try selling candles now, riff-raff! The workers open up a wall and AN AVALANCHE OF RATS FALLS OUT. THEY SCURRY ALL OVER THE KITCHEN. AHHHHH!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-29.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58754\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-29.gif\" alt=\"giphy (29)\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/scared02.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58753\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/scared02.gif\" alt=\"scared02\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-30.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58752\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-30.gif\" alt=\"giphy (30)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back upstairs, the results of the slavery vote are in. By six votes, the Parliament decided enslaving people is bad!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tenor.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tenor.gif\" alt=\"tenor\" width=\"498\" height=\"243\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lord M has to step down and stop talking to Victoria because his party has been weakened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/iooo.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58772\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/iooo.gif\" alt=\"iooo\" width=\"251\" height=\"251\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A wailing Victoria goes outside in the rain and uses her closed umbrella to attack hedges.\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/why.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58770\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/why.gif\" alt=\"why\" width=\"245\" height=\"160\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, she calms down and interviews a potential replacement for the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington. He turns the position down because he's old and has been there, done that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/giphy-8.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19744\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/giphy-8.gif\" alt=\"honey boo boo no thank you gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2hhznE3Ub1rfduvxo1_250.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19743\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2hhznE3Ub1rfduvxo1_250.gif\" alt=\"honey boo boo too much gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2dkpmzid11rfduvxo1_250.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19742\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2dkpmzid11rfduvxo1_250.gif\" alt=\"honey boo boo bye gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the lead maid turns on the brand new gas line and takes her sweet time finding a flame. Her hand is consumed by a fireball. Babyface Maid runs to fetch some butter for the burn, but gets distracted by a hot chef, who says, \"You can have butter, if you like, but I can give you something better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/oprah-face.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58780\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/oprah-face.gif\" alt=\"oprah-face\" width=\"415\" height=\"212\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He tells her to close her eyes so he can show her \"a surprise.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then shows her his...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/732978471.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58781\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/732978471.gif\" alt=\"732978471\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>...freezer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/1478238113-oprah-winfrey-notimpressed.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58782\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/1478238113-oprah-winfrey-notimpressed.gif\" alt=\"1478238113-oprah-winfrey-notimpressed\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back upstairs, Victoria is mad about a new coin that makes her look like she has a double chin. Her problems are so relatable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another possible candidate for the Prime Minister position by the name of Robert Peel shows up. He says the coin looks just like her. Uh oh! He then mansplains how the British government works. Double uh oh! Then he demands that she replace her ladies with women from his political party. Triple uh oh! Victoria isn't having any of it:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/gtfo13.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58783\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/gtfo13.gif\" alt=\"gtfo13\" width=\"375\" height=\"247\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Uncle Scar is doing lines of 19th century coke, when Sir John comes in. They plot to convince everyone that Victoria is insane like her grandfather and unfit to rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Victoria keeps trying to convince Lord M to get over himself and agree to stay Prime Minister. Lord M screams the lyrics to Taylor Swift's \"We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/JmW19.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58784\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/JmW19.gif\" alt=\"JmW19\" width=\"500\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, Victoria can't sleep and decides to sit in front of a portrait of her insane grandfather. Her mother comes to hang out in a chic toilet paper headpiece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58787\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-15 at 1.06.29 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM.png 701w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-160x214.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-240x321.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-375x501.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-520x695.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's mom assures her that she won't let anyone take away her power. One way to respond is for Victoria to be chill for once and just hug her mom and say \"Thanks.\" Instead, she gives her mom a hard time for hanging out with Sir John and never protecting her in the past. Yeesh. At least she didn't bring up her \u003cem>I'm short and super sad about it\u003c/em> hang-up again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day is Victoria's birthday. The hot chef presents his impressive multi-tiered cake, topped with a likeness of the Queen and her cute dog. Some kids sing \"God Save the Queen\" and Victoria talks through it. Sir John tries to give Victoria a present and she pretends he's not there. Everyone almost dies of awkwardness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria opens a gift from Lord M. Will it be a love letter? A lock of his hair? A nude photo?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58796\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\" alt=\"Excited-Baby-Opening-Present\" width=\"332\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a telescope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/waqrg59iicwip04mmswz.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58797\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/waqrg59iicwip04mmswz.gif\" alt=\"waqrg59iicwip04mmswz\" width=\"434\" height=\"261\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next up: her mother's gift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58796\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\" alt=\"Excited-Baby-Opening-Present\" width=\"332\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a copy of \u003cem>King Lear\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/dsppntmnt.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58798\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/dsppntmnt.gif\" alt=\"dsppntmnt\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a very rude passage underlined: \"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58899\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House.gif\" alt=\"How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House\" width=\"320\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Victoria can even react, RATS ARE ALL OVER HER CAKE! Victoria understandably loses her sh-t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cut to Uncle Scar's cocaine den. He's sniffing and spinning the story with Sir John's help. She was in hysterics! Maybe she hallucinated the rats! Muahaha!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Victoria tries to unveil her royal painting by pulling a tarp off of it. She can't manage it because she has poor upper body strength and/or is not used to doing very basic things like pulling. Lord M swoops in to help and casually says, \u003cem>Oh, hey, I'll be your Prime Minister again. Sorry about yelling Taylor Swift breakup lyrics in your face for the past couple of weeks. \u003c/em>Is he serious? All that running around for nothing? If it wasn't for his wife running off and his kid dying, I might hold a grudge, but I'll just move on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a dark alley, some random tries to get Babyface Maid to sell herself and won't take no for an answer. Thankfully, the hot cook swoops in. Turns out he's been stalking her, but in the cute way. He reveals that he recognizes her from some former house of ill repute, but he doesn't care. He just wants to date. Aww (I think)!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the palace, Lord M and Victoria gaze longingly across a room at each other. Some dude tells Lord M that this googly-eyed business won't last for long, as Victoria will soon wed. But Lord M knows that marriage doesn't mean anything. Just ask Lord Byron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: Sir John. \u003c/strong>The uncle has a scar over his eye, which means he has no choice but to be evil. What's this guy's excuse?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: William IV. \u003c/strong>I would totally watch a show about him and his 10 \"illegitimate\" children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Hot Chef. \u003c/strong>That cake was impressive. And so is his face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SILVER: \u003cstrong>Flora. \u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>If anyone has earned the right to say \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7S1hnRPF0\">That was way harsh, Tai,\u003c/a>\" it's this virgin who can't drive.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GOLD: Victoria. \u003c/strong>Duh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Until next week! If you miss me, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/author/ehapsis/\">read some of my other work \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/xcusemybeauty\">follow me on Twitter @xcusemybeauty\u003c/a>!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>More recaps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108303/victoria-season-3-finale-recap-matchmaker-matchmaker\">'Victoria' Season 3 Finale Recap: Matchmaker, Matchmaker\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108301/victoria-season-3-episode-7-recap-california-love\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: California Love\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108299/victoria-season-3-episode-6-recap-love-on-the-brain\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: Love on the Brain\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108293/victoria-season-3-episode-5-recap-on-the-road-again\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: On The Road Again\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108291/victoria-season-3-episode-4-recap-ill-be-missing-you\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: I'll Be Missing You\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108289/victoria-season-3-episode-3-recap-la-isla-bonita\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: La Isla Bonita\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108287/victoria-season-3-episode-2-recap-the-guns-of-brixton\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: The Guns of Brixton\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108284/victoria-season-3-premiere-recap-god-save-the-queen\">'Victoria' Season 3 Premiere Recap: God Save The Queen\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97779/victoria-season-2-finale-recap-its-a-hard-knock-life\">'Victoria' Season 2 Finale Recap: It's a Hard-Knock Life\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97777/victoria-season-2-episode-6-recap-somewhere-over-the-rainbow\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 6 Recap: Somewhere Over The Rainbow\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97775/victoria-season-2-episode-5-recap-lost-and-found\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 5 Recap: Lost and Found\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97773/victoria-season-2-episode-4-recap-people-are-people\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: People Are People\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97771/victoria-season-2-episode-3-recap-daddy-issues\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 3 Recap: Daddy Issues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97769/victoria-season-2-episode-2-recap-puppy-love\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: Puppy Love\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97767/victoria-season-2-premiere-recap-baby-its-cold-outside\">'Victoria' Season 2 Premiere Recap: Baby It's Cold Outside\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/56546/victoria-season-1-finale-recap-bye-bye-baby-blues\">'Victoria' Season 1 Finale Recap: Bye Bye Baby Blues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/02/19/victoria-season-1-episode-6-recap-cmon-ride-the-train/\">'Victoria' Season 1, Episode 6 Recap: C'mon Ride the Train\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/02/12/pbs-victoria-season-1-episode-5-recap-ill-make-love-to-you/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: I’ll Make Love to You\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/02/05/pbs-victoria-season-1-episode-4-recap-wedding-bell-blues/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Wedding Bell Blues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/29/pbs-victoria-season-1-episode-3-recap-youre-so-vain/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: You’re So Vain\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/22/victoria-season-1-episode-2-recap-all-the-single-ladies/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: All The Single Ladies\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"disqusTitle": "Outraged By Joseph Fiennes Playing Michael Jackson? TV Producers Were Banking On It",
"title": "Outraged By Joseph Fiennes Playing Michael Jackson? TV Producers Were Banking On It",
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"content": "\u003cp>For an entire year now, widespread outrage has been bubbling up online over the decision to cast Joseph Fiennes -- a man most of us associate with English period dramas, like his most famous film, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_33\">Shakespeare in Love\u003c/a>\u003c/em> -- as Michael Jackson in an upcoming TV show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last January, when very valid accusations of whitewashing first hit social media, Fiennes told \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.etonline.com/news/180946_joseph_fiennes_shocked_he_was_cast_to_portray_michael_jackson/\">Entertainment Tonight\u003c/a>\u003c/em>: \"I'm a white, middle-class guy from London. I’m as shocked as you may be,\" followed by a statement that Jackson \"was probably closer to my color than his original color\" because of a \"pigmentation issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, as photos emerged of what Fiennes looks like in full MJ make-up, the anger only increased from bloggers and fans, culminating in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.thepetitionsite.com/712/071/341/\">petition to boycott\u003c/a> the show. Michael's daughter, \u003ca href=\"http://jezebel.com/paris-jackson-is-not-happy-about-joseph-fiennes-s-portr-1791112588?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow\">Paris, \u003c/a>also weighed in: \"I’m so incredibly offended by it, as i’m sure plenty of people are as well, and it honestly makes me want to vomit. It angers me to see how obviously intentional it was for them to be this insulting.\" Michael's nephew, Taj, also referred to it as \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.eonline.com/news/821604/michael-jackson-s-nephew-taj-jackson-calls-joseph-fiennes-casting-blatant-disrespect\">blatant disrespect.\u003c/a>\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faced with this image, who could possibly blame them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58380\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-800x444.png\" alt=\"michael\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-800x444.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-160x89.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-768x427.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1020x567.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1920x1067.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1180x656.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-960x533.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-672x372.png 672w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1038x576.png 1038w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-240x133.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-375x208.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-520x289.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On closer inspection, however, it becomes clear that, if the producers hadn't opted to cast a white Englishman in the role of Michael Jackson, it's probable that no one in America would have ever even heard about \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5320014/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2\">Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon\u003c/a>.\" Not only is this thing not a biopic, it's not even a movie. \"Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon\" is just an episode of a surrealist television series, titled \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts/urban-myths\">Urban Myths\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, that will be aired on a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Arts\">relatively obscure\u003c/a> British cable channel named \u003ca href=\"https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts\">Sky Arts\u003c/a>. (\u003cstrong>Update:\u003c/strong> Due to the controversy, the episode has \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/13/sky-pulls-broadcast-of-show-that-cast-white-actor-as-michael-jackson-joseph-fiennes-urban-myths\">now been pulled\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, it's hard to feel like this particularly offensive casting decision was made for any reason other than to specifically draw an inflated amount of attention to this bizarre TV show. The fact that Sky Arts gave us a full 12 months to get annoyed about it suggests much calculation on the channel's part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To give you some idea of what we're dealing with, here's the full \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em> trailer, complete with jaunty please-don't-take-this-seriously music and an appearance by \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3701064/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Iwan Rheon\u003c/a> (Ramsay Bolton from \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>) playing -- yes -- Adolf Hitler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//players.brightcove.net/769341148/E1zVmpNYx_default/index.html?videoId=5277428302001\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it bluntly, this is nothing that any of us should be paying attention to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitewashing roles and minimizing options for actors of color is an ongoing problem on far bigger stages than this, as demonstrated by \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158632/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Margaret Cho\u003c/a>’s recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/12/tilda-swinton-margaret-cho-emails\">spat\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842770/?ref_=tt_cl_t6\">Tilda Swinton\u003c/a> over the latter portraying The Ancient One -- a role usually inhabited by an Asian male -- in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1211837/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5\">Doctor Strange\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Remember when Angelina Jolie played Marianne Pearl, a real-life woman of Afro-Cuban descent, in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">A Mighty Heart\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? How about in 2015 when Juliette Binoche portrayed a Chilean woman in \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006295/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>The 33\u003c/em>\u003c/a>? Or in 2014 when Christian Bale \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528100/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">played Moses\u003c/a>, and 2010 when Jake Gyllenhaal was the leading man in a movie called \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473075/?ref_=nv_sr_3\">The Prince of Persia\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? How about when Liam Neeson was Ra’s Al Ghul, a character of Arabian descent, in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">The Dark Knight Rises\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? We could drag this all the way back to Mickey Rooney's portrayal of a Japanese immigrant in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054698/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Breakfast at Tiffany's\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, but, frankly, we'd be here all day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Truthfully, a large swath of the outrage directed at \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em> probably has more to do with the present-day culturally pervasive idea that Michael Jackson must be protected and held sacred at all costs than it does with the racist casting issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson was the butt of cruel jokes throughout his career, but since his premature death from a Propofol overdose in 2009, there is an underlying guilt in the public consciousness that, just perhaps, we could've gone a little easier on poor, perpetually vulnerable Michael Jackson. (This notion persists, despite Jackson's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley asserting in a prominent \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrVLbP8uyEE\">2003 interview\u003c/a> that \"he has some idea about how he should represent himself in public… which is sort of the meek, victim-y, quiet thing that he does, which is not anything like how he really is.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, Jackson had unshakeable defenders during his lifetime -- like those fans that cheered him on as he (inappropriately) climbed on top of a car outside the courthouse, before the first day of his \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Michael_Jackson\">2005 child molestation trial\u003c/a> -- but the truth is, most of us laughed at his expense at some point during his strange and spectacular life, and we just don't feel okay about doing it after his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Jackson's friend Princess Diana died tragically in a car accident in 1997, pursued relentlessly by paparazzi, theories emerged that the gigantic public outpouring of grief that followed in the U.K. was rooted in \u003ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584072/Losing-Princess-Diana-Where-the-guilt-lies.html\">guilt\u003c/a> that the public's appetite for Diana-based gossip had somehow contributed to her death. Similarly, while racism is definitely an issue when it comes to Fiennes' portrayal of Jackson in \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em>, it's possible that this outcry is particularly inflamed because every time we see Jackson's surgery-ravaged face, we feel partially responsible for it. When a third party is mimicking it, it only entrenches the sensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em>’ decision to cast a white British man as Michael Jackson was undoubtedly a cynical one, designed to garner maximum publicity. Our willingness to respond with such outrage isn't just predictable, it also somehow misses the bigger picture.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For an entire year now, widespread outrage has been bubbling up online over the decision to cast Joseph Fiennes -- a man most of us associate with English period dramas, like his most famous film, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_33\">Shakespeare in Love\u003c/a>\u003c/em> -- as Michael Jackson in an upcoming TV show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last January, when very valid accusations of whitewashing first hit social media, Fiennes told \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.etonline.com/news/180946_joseph_fiennes_shocked_he_was_cast_to_portray_michael_jackson/\">Entertainment Tonight\u003c/a>\u003c/em>: \"I'm a white, middle-class guy from London. I’m as shocked as you may be,\" followed by a statement that Jackson \"was probably closer to my color than his original color\" because of a \"pigmentation issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, as photos emerged of what Fiennes looks like in full MJ make-up, the anger only increased from bloggers and fans, culminating in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.thepetitionsite.com/712/071/341/\">petition to boycott\u003c/a> the show. Michael's daughter, \u003ca href=\"http://jezebel.com/paris-jackson-is-not-happy-about-joseph-fiennes-s-portr-1791112588?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow\">Paris, \u003c/a>also weighed in: \"I’m so incredibly offended by it, as i’m sure plenty of people are as well, and it honestly makes me want to vomit. It angers me to see how obviously intentional it was for them to be this insulting.\" Michael's nephew, Taj, also referred to it as \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.eonline.com/news/821604/michael-jackson-s-nephew-taj-jackson-calls-joseph-fiennes-casting-blatant-disrespect\">blatant disrespect.\u003c/a>\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faced with this image, who could possibly blame them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58380\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-800x444.png\" alt=\"michael\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-800x444.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-160x89.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-768x427.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1020x567.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1920x1067.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1180x656.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-960x533.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-672x372.png 672w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1038x576.png 1038w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-240x133.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-375x208.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-520x289.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On closer inspection, however, it becomes clear that, if the producers hadn't opted to cast a white Englishman in the role of Michael Jackson, it's probable that no one in America would have ever even heard about \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5320014/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2\">Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon\u003c/a>.\" Not only is this thing not a biopic, it's not even a movie. \"Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon\" is just an episode of a surrealist television series, titled \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts/urban-myths\">Urban Myths\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, that will be aired on a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Arts\">relatively obscure\u003c/a> British cable channel named \u003ca href=\"https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts\">Sky Arts\u003c/a>. (\u003cstrong>Update:\u003c/strong> Due to the controversy, the episode has \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/13/sky-pulls-broadcast-of-show-that-cast-white-actor-as-michael-jackson-joseph-fiennes-urban-myths\">now been pulled\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, it's hard to feel like this particularly offensive casting decision was made for any reason other than to specifically draw an inflated amount of attention to this bizarre TV show. The fact that Sky Arts gave us a full 12 months to get annoyed about it suggests much calculation on the channel's part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To give you some idea of what we're dealing with, here's the full \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em> trailer, complete with jaunty please-don't-take-this-seriously music and an appearance by \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3701064/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Iwan Rheon\u003c/a> (Ramsay Bolton from \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>) playing -- yes -- Adolf Hitler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//players.brightcove.net/769341148/E1zVmpNYx_default/index.html?videoId=5277428302001\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it bluntly, this is nothing that any of us should be paying attention to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitewashing roles and minimizing options for actors of color is an ongoing problem on far bigger stages than this, as demonstrated by \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158632/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Margaret Cho\u003c/a>’s recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/12/tilda-swinton-margaret-cho-emails\">spat\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842770/?ref_=tt_cl_t6\">Tilda Swinton\u003c/a> over the latter portraying The Ancient One -- a role usually inhabited by an Asian male -- in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1211837/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5\">Doctor Strange\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Remember when Angelina Jolie played Marianne Pearl, a real-life woman of Afro-Cuban descent, in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">A Mighty Heart\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? How about in 2015 when Juliette Binoche portrayed a Chilean woman in \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006295/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>The 33\u003c/em>\u003c/a>? Or in 2014 when Christian Bale \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528100/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">played Moses\u003c/a>, and 2010 when Jake Gyllenhaal was the leading man in a movie called \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473075/?ref_=nv_sr_3\">The Prince of Persia\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? How about when Liam Neeson was Ra’s Al Ghul, a character of Arabian descent, in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">The Dark Knight Rises\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? We could drag this all the way back to Mickey Rooney's portrayal of a Japanese immigrant in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054698/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Breakfast at Tiffany's\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, but, frankly, we'd be here all day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Truthfully, a large swath of the outrage directed at \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em> probably has more to do with the present-day culturally pervasive idea that Michael Jackson must be protected and held sacred at all costs than it does with the racist casting issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson was the butt of cruel jokes throughout his career, but since his premature death from a Propofol overdose in 2009, there is an underlying guilt in the public consciousness that, just perhaps, we could've gone a little easier on poor, perpetually vulnerable Michael Jackson. (This notion persists, despite Jackson's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley asserting in a prominent \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrVLbP8uyEE\">2003 interview\u003c/a> that \"he has some idea about how he should represent himself in public… which is sort of the meek, victim-y, quiet thing that he does, which is not anything like how he really is.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, Jackson had unshakeable defenders during his lifetime -- like those fans that cheered him on as he (inappropriately) climbed on top of a car outside the courthouse, before the first day of his \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Michael_Jackson\">2005 child molestation trial\u003c/a> -- but the truth is, most of us laughed at his expense at some point during his strange and spectacular life, and we just don't feel okay about doing it after his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Jackson's friend Princess Diana died tragically in a car accident in 1997, pursued relentlessly by paparazzi, theories emerged that the gigantic public outpouring of grief that followed in the U.K. was rooted in \u003ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584072/Losing-Princess-Diana-Where-the-guilt-lies.html\">guilt\u003c/a> that the public's appetite for Diana-based gossip had somehow contributed to her death. Similarly, while racism is definitely an issue when it comes to Fiennes' portrayal of Jackson in \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em>, it's possible that this outcry is particularly inflamed because every time we see Jackson's surgery-ravaged face, we feel partially responsible for it. When a third party is mimicking it, it only entrenches the sensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em>’ decision to cast a white British man as Michael Jackson was undoubtedly a cynical one, designed to garner maximum publicity. Our willingness to respond with such outrage isn't just predictable, it also somehow misses the bigger picture.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This piece was inspired by an episode of \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cooler/id1041117499?mt=2\">The Cooler\u003c/a>, KQED’s weekly pop culture podcast. Give it a listen!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/302316901&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uncertainty has been the only thing certain in recent months. Checking to see if a headline is real or a joke from \u003cem>The Onion\u003c/em> has become a daily practice. Gone are the days when we could correctly assume how things might turn out. Or are they?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nikki, self-proclaimed Psychic to the Stars, believes she already knows what's coming. Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/01/14/the-10-most-amusing-predictions-nikki-psychic-to-the-stars-made-for-2016/\">I shared 10 of her most amusing predictions\u003c/a>. They included:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new head at Mt. Rushmore:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/beyonce-rushmore-768x432.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58315 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/beyonce-rushmore-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"beyonce-rushmore-768x432\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/beyonce-rushmore-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/beyonce-rushmore-768x432-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/beyonce-rushmore-768x432-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/beyonce-rushmore-768x432-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/beyonce-rushmore-768x432-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Bey We Trust. (Photo: Emmanuel Hapsis)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A monkey breaking into the White House:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/anigif_enhanced-buzz-25328-1384182042-35.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58317\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/anigif_enhanced-buzz-25328-1384182042-35.gif\" alt=\"anigif_enhanced-buzz-25328-1384182042-35\" width=\"477\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim and Kanye having a baby named Kristal South:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/kimk-1415673876.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58316\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/kimk-1415673876.gif\" alt=\"kimk-1415673876\" width=\"460\" height=\"262\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a pet parrot killing a movie star:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Iago-Animated-Image.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58318\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Iago-Animated-Image.gif\" alt=\"iago-animated-image\" width=\"500\" height=\"209\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Did any of these come true?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she\u003cem> was\u003c/em> right about a few things. She correctly predicted that \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/prince/\">Prince\u003c/a>, Muhammad Ali, and Fidel Castro would die; \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/one-direction/\">One Direction would break up\u003c/a>; and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/20/the-only-way-to-process-angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitts-divorce/\">Brangelina would consciously uncouple\u003c/a>. And in 2013, her hunch that a man would be bitten to death by a beaver in Belarus did come to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what does Nikki see around the river bend? Bring a few grains of salt and behold:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>What does late night TV need more of? You might be thinking women, people of color, younger people, anyone who isn’t a 40+ straight white male. Well, you aren’t going to get any of that. What you will supposedly get is a late night talk show by Bernie Sanders. Based on this photo of me photobombing the Vermont Senator, I think I'm in the running to his Andy Richter-esque sidekick:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BNhvzI6glmF/?taken-by=excusemybeauty\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are in supposed danger. And to that I say, dear 2017:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/vbAPQY6.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58320\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/vbAPQY6.gif\" alt=\"vbapqy6\" width=\"480\" height=\"258\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>An impeachment of a U.S. politician is coming. Huh. I wonder who that could possibly be about. 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Roomba's Revenge! It'll murder you and then clean up the crime scene!\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/funny-evil-girlfriend-prank-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58330\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/funny-evil-girlfriend-prank-gif.gif\" alt=\"funny-evil-girlfriend-prank-gif\" width=\"425\" height=\"388\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A dog with glasses will become a school teacher. Maybe Air Bud is bored of basketball?\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/anigif_original-grid-image-8157-1466001399-11.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58331\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/anigif_original-grid-image-8157-1466001399-11.gif\" alt=\"anigif_original-grid-image-8157-1466001399-11\" width=\"352\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Washington politician will strip naked after getting drunk. To \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ETQQNw2wHk\">quote Valerie Cherish\u003c/a>, \"Note to self, after a long day at work, I don’t wanna see that!\" (...unless it’s Barack).\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cover-eyes.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58333\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cover-eyes.gif\" alt=\"cover-eyes\" width=\"244\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bad news for me and other Bay Area denizens. The Golden Gate Bridge will be partly destroyed, a gigantic earthquake will hit, as will a meteor. It’s been real, y’all.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/mega-shark-giant-octopus-11-bridge-work-saint-pauly-wtf-text.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58159\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/mega-shark-giant-octopus-11-bridge-work-saint-pauly-wtf-text.gif\" alt=\"mega-shark-giant-octopus-11-bridge-work-saint-pauly-wtf-text\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A robot will break into the White House. My money is on Vicki the Robot from \u003cem>Small Wonder.\u003c/em>\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/539342_absurdnoise-80s-tv-bad-tv-small-wonder-vicky-the-robot.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58160\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/539342_absurdnoise-80s-tv-bad-tv-small-wonder-vicky-the-robot.gif\" alt=\"539342_absurdnoise-80s-tv-bad-tv-small-wonder-vicky-the-robot\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Alec Baldwin will run for political office.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mdlz4bYl3i1r9iu1oo1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58334\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mdlz4bYl3i1r9iu1oo1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mdlz4byl3i1r9iu1oo1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">2017 is going to be a big year for Drake, who will star in a Western, buy a sports team, direct a movie, get into a real relationship and have a child. Must be a morning person to get all that done in the next 11 and a half months.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/work-rihanna-lyrics-ft-drake.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58336\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/work-rihanna-lyrics-ft-drake.gif\" alt=\"work-rihanna-lyrics-ft-drake\" width=\"500\" height=\"266\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Justin Bieber will also father a child.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/j-bieber-baby.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58337\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/j-bieber-baby.gif\" alt=\"j-bieber-baby\" width=\"318\" height=\"214\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pamela Anderson will get bitten by a wild animal.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/pam_fainting.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58338\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/pam_fainting.gif\" alt=\"pam_fainting\" width=\"456\" height=\"336\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A monkey, perhaps the animal that plans on biting Pam, will pull Jimmy Kimmel’s hair out on his show. But he will be OK.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bunheads-hair-pull-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58339\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bunheads-hair-pull-gif.gif\" alt=\"bunheads-hair-pull-gif\" width=\"305\" height=\"254\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>If you thought \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/20/the-only-way-to-process-angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitts-divorce/\">the dissolution of Angelina and Brad\u003c/a> was hard on your spirit, get ready 'cause all of these breakups are allegedly coming:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Amal and George Clooney, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Julia Roberts and her hot cinematographer husband (I determined his hotness by Googling his name and the term \"beach\"), \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kim and Kanye, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ellen and Portia, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">David and Victoria Beckham, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eva Mendez and Ryan Gosling, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barbara Streisand and James Brolin, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Annette Bening and Warren Beatty, and \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cul>\n\u003cli>President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are in supposed danger. And to that I say, dear 2017:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/vbAPQY6.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58320\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/vbAPQY6.gif\" alt=\"vbapqy6\" width=\"480\" height=\"258\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>An impeachment of a U.S. politician is coming. Huh. I wonder who that could possibly be about. Maybe this guy?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58165\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/trump-boy-bye.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-58165\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/trump-boy-bye-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Emmanuel Hapsis\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/trump-boy-bye-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/trump-boy-bye-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/trump-boy-bye-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/trump-boy-bye-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/trump-boy-bye-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/trump-boy-bye-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/trump-boy-bye-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/trump-boy-bye-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/trump-boy-bye-520x293.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/trump-boy-bye.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Emmanuel Hapsis\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A vacuum cleaner will murder someone. Roomba's Revenge! It'll murder you and then clean up the crime scene!\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/funny-evil-girlfriend-prank-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58330\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/funny-evil-girlfriend-prank-gif.gif\" alt=\"funny-evil-girlfriend-prank-gif\" width=\"425\" height=\"388\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A dog with glasses will become a school teacher. Maybe Air Bud is bored of basketball?\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/anigif_original-grid-image-8157-1466001399-11.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58331\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/anigif_original-grid-image-8157-1466001399-11.gif\" alt=\"anigif_original-grid-image-8157-1466001399-11\" width=\"352\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Washington politician will strip naked after getting drunk. To \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ETQQNw2wHk\">quote Valerie Cherish\u003c/a>, \"Note to self, after a long day at work, I don’t wanna see that!\" (...unless it’s Barack).\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cover-eyes.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58333\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cover-eyes.gif\" alt=\"cover-eyes\" width=\"244\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bad news for me and other Bay Area denizens. The Golden Gate Bridge will be partly destroyed, a gigantic earthquake will hit, as will a meteor. It’s been real, y’all.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/mega-shark-giant-octopus-11-bridge-work-saint-pauly-wtf-text.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58159\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/mega-shark-giant-octopus-11-bridge-work-saint-pauly-wtf-text.gif\" alt=\"mega-shark-giant-octopus-11-bridge-work-saint-pauly-wtf-text\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A robot will break into the White House. My money is on Vicki the Robot from \u003cem>Small Wonder.\u003c/em>\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/539342_absurdnoise-80s-tv-bad-tv-small-wonder-vicky-the-robot.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58160\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/539342_absurdnoise-80s-tv-bad-tv-small-wonder-vicky-the-robot.gif\" alt=\"539342_absurdnoise-80s-tv-bad-tv-small-wonder-vicky-the-robot\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Alec Baldwin will run for political office.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mdlz4bYl3i1r9iu1oo1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58334\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mdlz4bYl3i1r9iu1oo1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mdlz4byl3i1r9iu1oo1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">2017 is going to be a big year for Drake, who will star in a Western, buy a sports team, direct a movie, get into a real relationship and have a child. Must be a morning person to get all that done in the next 11 and a half months.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/work-rihanna-lyrics-ft-drake.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58336\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/work-rihanna-lyrics-ft-drake.gif\" alt=\"work-rihanna-lyrics-ft-drake\" width=\"500\" height=\"266\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Justin Bieber will also father a child.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/j-bieber-baby.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58337\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/j-bieber-baby.gif\" alt=\"j-bieber-baby\" width=\"318\" height=\"214\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pamela Anderson will get bitten by a wild animal.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/pam_fainting.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58338\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/pam_fainting.gif\" alt=\"pam_fainting\" width=\"456\" height=\"336\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A monkey, perhaps the animal that plans on biting Pam, will pull Jimmy Kimmel’s hair out on his show. But he will be OK.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bunheads-hair-pull-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58339\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bunheads-hair-pull-gif.gif\" alt=\"bunheads-hair-pull-gif\" width=\"305\" height=\"254\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>If you thought \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/20/the-only-way-to-process-angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitts-divorce/\">the dissolution of Angelina and Brad\u003c/a> was hard on your spirit, get ready 'cause all of these breakups are allegedly coming:\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Amal and George Clooney, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Julia Roberts and her hot cinematographer husband (I determined his hotness by Googling his name and the term \"beach\"), \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kim and Kanye, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ellen and Portia, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">David and Victoria Beckham, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eva Mendez and Ryan Gosling, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barbara Streisand and James Brolin, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Annette Bening and Warren Beatty, and \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel. So either love is dead or this psychic is bad at her job and/or hates celebrities. It's 50/50.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/slide_335008_3365101_free.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58335\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/slide_335008_3365101_free.gif\" alt=\"slide_335008_3365101_free\" width=\"500\" height=\"271\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think that's enough prophecy for one sitting, but if you're still craving more bonkers predictions, give this episode of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/category/the-cooler/\">The Cooler\u003c/a>\u003c/em> a listen!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/302316901&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003cstrong>KQED’s Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thedolist/2017/01/TDL20170113.mp3\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Last week, we talked about \u003ca href=\"http://www.fogfair.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fog Design + Art\u003c/a>, the art fair opening today (Jan. 12) at Fort Mason, but we neglected another gathering of galleries: \u003ca href=\"http://www.art-untitled.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Untitled, San Francisco\u003c/a> at Pier 70 in the Dogpatch, a new outpost for an art fair out of Miami Beach. Perhaps the competition will make them both better, and the art more affordable (not likely). Now here’s the show:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12617116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617116\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-800x495.jpg\" alt=\"Kristen Grzeca leads the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts orchestra and chorus in a performance of Brahms' German Requiem \" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-800x495.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-768x475.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-1020x631.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-1920x1187.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-1180x730.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-960x594.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-240x148.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-375x232.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-520x322.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristen Grzeca leads the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts orchestra and chorus in a performance of Brahms’ German Requiem. \u003ccite>(Photo: Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 13\u003c/strong>: Brahms’ \u003cem>German Requiem\u003c/em> is a gorgeous expression of the joy that can come after great sorrow. The student musicians from the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts have every right to those emotions, after the death of junior and chorus member \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/12/16/draven-mcgill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Draven McGill\u003c/a> and alum \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/12/11/johnny-igaz-a-pillar-of-community-electronic-musician-and-inspiration/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Igaz \u003c/a>in the Ghost Ship fire in December. The performance at the Calvary Presyterian Church in San Francisco is dedicated to the two young men. Details \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsota.org/calendar3/brahms-requiem1132017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12617312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617312\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-800x367.jpg\" alt=\"Corporate consultants with a creepy agenda: Pictured, from left: Brock (George Psarras), Sandeep (Sunny Moza), Hannah (Lisa Mallette), Ted (Tom Gough) and Scooter (Max Tachis)\" width=\"800\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-800x367.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-160x73.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-768x352.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-1020x468.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-1180x541.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-960x440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-240x110.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-375x172.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-520x238.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corporate consultants with a creepy agenda: Pictured, from left: Brock (George Psarras), Sandeep (Sunny Moza), Hannah (Lisa Mallette), Ted (Tom Gough) and Scooter (Max Tachis). \u003ccite>(Photo: Taylor Sanders/City Lights Theater Co.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 19–Feb. 19\u003c/strong>: Berkeley playwright \u003ca href=\"http://corporate.kabam.com/leadership/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Loeb\u003c/a> (\u003cem>Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party) \u003c/em>wrote \u003cem>Ideation\u003c/em> a few years ago while working with consultants in his day job as a video game executive, and while his wife led a civil suit against the former defense minister of Somalia. \u003cem>Ideation\u003c/em> melds those elements into a show that will seem very familiar at first to anyone who works in a modern office — with tightly wound corporate types outlining strategies on a white board — except they’re plotting something very creepy, reminiscent of a police state. It’s good to see this show get a fresh production in Silicon Valley, where companies sometimes help foreign governments do not-so-nice things like spy on dissidents. Details for \u003cem>Ideation\u003c/em>’s run at \u003ca href=\"http://cltc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Lights Theater Company \u003c/a>in San Jose are \u003ca href=\"http://cltc.org/explore-our-2016-17-season/ideation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIjjB2KLCJQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 19\u003c/strong>: Glasgow-based \u003ca href=\"http://www.mogwai.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mogwai\u003c/a> makes trance-like prog rock, and the band’s new album, \u003cem>Atomic\u003c/em>, serves a double mission: it’s also the soundtrack to the British documentary \u003cem>Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise\u003c/em>, about the prospect of nuclear warfare. Band member Stuart Braithwaite says Mogwai has been wanting to make music about the threat of nuclear annihilation ever since visiting Hiroshima some years ago. Mogwai is showing the film and doing the live soundtrack on its current tour; perhaps our President-elect should see the film before \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/811977223326625792?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeting about the need for a new arms race\u003c/a>. Details for Mogwai’s show at the UC Theatre in Berkeley are \u003ca href=\"//www.theuctheatre.org/event/1394713-mogwai-play-atomic-berkeley/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiXy25ejFzU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jan. 13–14: \u003ca href=\"http://www.dancebrigade.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dance Brigade\u003c/a> founder Krissy Keefer says the company’s idea has always been to make dance infused with the same passion and politics as one finds in the songs of Woody Guthrie or Holly Near. The company is now celebrating 40 years of that kinetic mix of feminist activism and modern dance with a timely anniversary show, \u003cem>Gracias a la Vida — Love in a Bitter Time\u003c/em>, featuring dances on NSA Spying and the election of Donald Trump. “We don’t mince our words,” Keefer told me at her Mission District studio. “We make proclamations, declarations, and accusations and observations and we articulate them with humor and poetry and great resolve. People’s heart channels are opened because the dancing is so beautiful.” And it’s a \u003cstrong>cheap thrill\u003c/strong> — tickets for their \u003ca href=\"http://www.ybca.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\u003c/a> shows start at just $10, with a matinee for just $5. Details \u003ca href=\"https://www.ybca.org/whats-on/dance-brigade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"http://www.dancebrigade.org/performances/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL28CrEaOsE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 13\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://joebagale.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Bagale\u003c/a> sounds a bit like the love child of Stevie Wonder and Parliament Funkadelic. He calls his new band Otis McDonald (Adam Theis, Nino Moschella, Daniel Casares, Max Cowan and Max Miller); “Otis” coming from bluesman Shuggie Otis and “McDonald” from the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald. But all you need to know is that the new songs are a funky success. Details for his show at Slim’s are right \u003ca href=\"http://www.slimspresents.com/event/sals-greenhouse-slims-w-otis-mcdonald-agapesoul-w-special-guest-martin-luther-mccoy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12617521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617521\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-800x560.jpg\" alt=\"Litquake asks a panel of writers to respond to President-elect Donald Trump\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-800x560.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-768x538.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-240x168.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-375x263.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-520x364.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Litquake asks a panel of writers to respond to President-elect Donald Trump. \u003ccite>(Photo: Image courtesy of Litquake)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 15 & 18\u003c/strong>: Many writers around the country and the Bay Area are troubled by President-elect Donald Trump’s comments on limits to press freedom. On Sunday, Jan. 15, Oakland’s Starline Social Club will host \u003ca href=\"http://www.starlinesocialclub.com/new-events/2017/1/15/writers-resist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writers Resist\u003c/a>, featuring Jane Hirshfield, D.A. Powell, Solmaz Sharif, Beth Nguyen, Ishmael Reed and others. Details \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1879182968971703/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on Wednesday, Jan. 18, \u003ca href=\"http://www.litquake.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Litquake\u003c/a> sponsors \u003cem>Writers Respond to Trump\u003c/em>, where they ask the question, “Do we publish a manifesto, or curl up in the fetal position?” The program at the main branch of the SF Public Library will feature Mills Professor and poet Elmaz Abinader, comedian Zahra Noorbaksh, novelist Robert Mailer Anderson, poet devorah major, and chief pot-stirrer Ishmael Reed. That’s free, and a \u003cstrong>cheap thrill\u003c/strong>. Details \u003ca href=\"http://www.litquake.org/events/no-shadow-without-light-writers-respond-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003cstrong>KQED’s Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thedolist/2017/01/TDL20170113.mp3\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Last week, we talked about \u003ca href=\"http://www.fogfair.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fog Design + Art\u003c/a>, the art fair opening today (Jan. 12) at Fort Mason, but we neglected another gathering of galleries: \u003ca href=\"http://www.art-untitled.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Untitled, San Francisco\u003c/a> at Pier 70 in the Dogpatch, a new outpost for an art fair out of Miami Beach. Perhaps the competition will make them both better, and the art more affordable (not likely). Now here’s the show:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12617116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617116\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-800x495.jpg\" alt=\"Kristen Grzeca leads the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts orchestra and chorus in a performance of Brahms' German Requiem \" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-800x495.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-768x475.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-1020x631.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-1920x1187.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-1180x730.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-960x594.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-240x148.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-375x232.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6-520x322.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/FullSizeRender-6.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristen Grzeca leads the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts orchestra and chorus in a performance of Brahms’ German Requiem. \u003ccite>(Photo: Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 13\u003c/strong>: Brahms’ \u003cem>German Requiem\u003c/em> is a gorgeous expression of the joy that can come after great sorrow. The student musicians from the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts have every right to those emotions, after the death of junior and chorus member \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/12/16/draven-mcgill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Draven McGill\u003c/a> and alum \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/12/11/johnny-igaz-a-pillar-of-community-electronic-musician-and-inspiration/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Igaz \u003c/a>in the Ghost Ship fire in December. The performance at the Calvary Presyterian Church in San Francisco is dedicated to the two young men. Details \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsota.org/calendar3/brahms-requiem1132017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12617312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617312\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-800x367.jpg\" alt=\"Corporate consultants with a creepy agenda: Pictured, from left: Brock (George Psarras), Sandeep (Sunny Moza), Hannah (Lisa Mallette), Ted (Tom Gough) and Scooter (Max Tachis)\" width=\"800\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-800x367.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-160x73.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-768x352.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-1020x468.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-1180x541.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-960x440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-240x110.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-375x172.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2-520x238.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/ideation-2.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corporate consultants with a creepy agenda: Pictured, from left: Brock (George Psarras), Sandeep (Sunny Moza), Hannah (Lisa Mallette), Ted (Tom Gough) and Scooter (Max Tachis). \u003ccite>(Photo: Taylor Sanders/City Lights Theater Co.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 19–Feb. 19\u003c/strong>: Berkeley playwright \u003ca href=\"http://corporate.kabam.com/leadership/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Loeb\u003c/a> (\u003cem>Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party) \u003c/em>wrote \u003cem>Ideation\u003c/em> a few years ago while working with consultants in his day job as a video game executive, and while his wife led a civil suit against the former defense minister of Somalia. \u003cem>Ideation\u003c/em> melds those elements into a show that will seem very familiar at first to anyone who works in a modern office — with tightly wound corporate types outlining strategies on a white board — except they’re plotting something very creepy, reminiscent of a police state. It’s good to see this show get a fresh production in Silicon Valley, where companies sometimes help foreign governments do not-so-nice things like spy on dissidents. Details for \u003cem>Ideation\u003c/em>’s run at \u003ca href=\"http://cltc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Lights Theater Company \u003c/a>in San Jose are \u003ca href=\"http://cltc.org/explore-our-2016-17-season/ideation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/aIjjB2KLCJQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/aIjjB2KLCJQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 19\u003c/strong>: Glasgow-based \u003ca href=\"http://www.mogwai.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mogwai\u003c/a> makes trance-like prog rock, and the band’s new album, \u003cem>Atomic\u003c/em>, serves a double mission: it’s also the soundtrack to the British documentary \u003cem>Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise\u003c/em>, about the prospect of nuclear warfare. Band member Stuart Braithwaite says Mogwai has been wanting to make music about the threat of nuclear annihilation ever since visiting Hiroshima some years ago. Mogwai is showing the film and doing the live soundtrack on its current tour; perhaps our President-elect should see the film before \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/811977223326625792?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeting about the need for a new arms race\u003c/a>. Details for Mogwai’s show at the UC Theatre in Berkeley are \u003ca href=\"//www.theuctheatre.org/event/1394713-mogwai-play-atomic-berkeley/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The company is now celebrating 40 years of that kinetic mix of feminist activism and modern dance with a timely anniversary show, \u003cem>Gracias a la Vida — Love in a Bitter Time\u003c/em>, featuring dances on NSA Spying and the election of Donald Trump. “We don’t mince our words,” Keefer told me at her Mission District studio. “We make proclamations, declarations, and accusations and observations and we articulate them with humor and poetry and great resolve. People’s heart channels are opened because the dancing is so beautiful.” And it’s a \u003cstrong>cheap thrill\u003c/strong> — tickets for their \u003ca href=\"http://www.ybca.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\u003c/a> shows start at just $10, with a matinee for just $5. Details \u003ca href=\"https://www.ybca.org/whats-on/dance-brigade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"http://www.dancebrigade.org/performances/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/hL28CrEaOsE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/hL28CrEaOsE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 13\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://joebagale.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Bagale\u003c/a> sounds a bit like the love child of Stevie Wonder and Parliament Funkadelic. He calls his new band Otis McDonald (Adam Theis, Nino Moschella, Daniel Casares, Max Cowan and Max Miller); “Otis” coming from bluesman Shuggie Otis and “McDonald” from the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald. But all you need to know is that the new songs are a funky success. Details for his show at Slim’s are right \u003ca href=\"http://www.slimspresents.com/event/sals-greenhouse-slims-w-otis-mcdonald-agapesoul-w-special-guest-martin-luther-mccoy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12617521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12617521\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-800x560.jpg\" alt=\"Litquake asks a panel of writers to respond to President-elect Donald Trump\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-800x560.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-768x538.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-240x168.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-375x263.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358-520x364.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/writers-respond-to-trump-e1484255315358.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Litquake asks a panel of writers to respond to President-elect Donald Trump. \u003ccite>(Photo: Image courtesy of Litquake)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 15 & 18\u003c/strong>: Many writers around the country and the Bay Area are troubled by President-elect Donald Trump’s comments on limits to press freedom. 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By now, he'd gotten his first exposure to tattoos and wanted one. His parents weren't enthusiastic about the idea, but McCurdy struck a deal with them that if he made the honor roll, they'd let him get a tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So I made the honor roll and I got a tattoo, and it was a great experience for me because it really fueled my interest more,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was 15 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By this time, McCurdy notes, he'd gained more self-confidence and discipline. It appeared that his life was on track. But then he did what he describes as \"something stupid.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was gearing up for college, filling out applications and getting his portfolio together; McCurdy was interested in graphic design. And despite finally getting his act together and excelling in school, McCurdy cheated on a Spanish test. This got him kicked out of boarding school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He found himself back in Delaware living with his mother and working part-time at Red Lobster, while trying to complete his high school diploma at a public school. Getting kicked out of boarding school was devastating for McCurdy. He'd liked it there, it inspired him and he felt like he was doing something positive with his life. It was also there — after he got his first tattoo — that he realized he wanted more. But with no money to pay for them, McCurdy thought of the next best thing — creating them from scratch. He felt that he could express himself through designing tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCurdy ordered a tattoo kit online and when it came in the mail, he walked into his mother's kitchen, sat down and started to tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And every day since, it's with that enthusiasm and love, that I continued to tattoo,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 641px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58080 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg\" width=\"641\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg 641w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-520x389.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becoming Bang Bang: \"I dropped out of high school to tattoo outside of a trailer park, and I tattooed guns on my neck so that I'd have no choice other than to succeed at it.\" \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After three months of tattooing at home on himself and on everyone he knew, McCurdy landed a job at his dad's friend's tattoo shop outside a nearby trailer park. He quit his job at Red Lobster, dropped out of school and focused solely on tattooing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In hindsight it was a terrible decision, I mean it worked out, but man, I dropped out of high school to tattoo outside of a trailer park. And I tattooed guns on [my] neck and I had no choice other than to succeed at it,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was from tattooing the guns that McCurdy earned the nickname, \"Bang Bang.\" He says the guns also symbolized that this was what he was going to do for the rest of his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58077\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58077 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Bang Bang gave Cara Delevingne's this lion tattoo. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bang Bang gave Cara Delevingne's this lion tattoo. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New York City has more skin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, McCurdy thought he could take his skills further than the trailer park tattoo shop. He wanted more. So he scoped the industry and studied his craft. He knew who the big players were, and he knew that if he wanted to grow he would have to leave his neighborhood. So McCurdy packed up and moved to New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"New York City just has more people,\" he says. \"So it was simply my thought that, well, there's more skin, I'm going to go where the skin is — so if that's my canvas I'm going to go there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon moving to New York City, McCurdy had a hard time finding work. This 19-year-old tattoo artist from Delaware found himself in the Big Apple going from tattoo shop to tattoo shop passing around his portfolio. He says many tattoo shop owners had a hard time believing that it was his work in the book because of how impressive it was to the eye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58075 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1020x679.jpg\" alt='Tattoo artist Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy works on NBA star LeBron James. ' width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-960x639.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tattoo artist Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy works on NBA star LeBron James. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He had to find another way to stand out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I moved to NYC I lost that funny little nickname,\" he says. \"I didn't tell people my name was Bang Bang, I told people my name was Keith. And the problem is Keith McCurdy isn't really easy to remember, but nobody forgets Bang Bang. So I started telling people my name was Bang Bang and it was really great for me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From then on out there was no more Keith McCurdy; there was only Bang Bang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is what she came for\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After several months, Bang Bang finally landed a job at a grungy, dark basement tattoo shop on the Lower East Side. It was here where he'd meet the girl that would launch his career and forever change his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58081\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58081 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg\" alt=\"The first time Bang Bang tattooed Rihanna, he says, "I didn't know who she was, all I knew was she was a singer." \" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first time Bang Bang tattooed Rihanna, he says, \"I didn't know who she was, all I knew was she was a singer.\" \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A couple of months after he landed his first gig in New York, Bang Bang was tattooing in the basement when he recalls a group of five or six, tall, beautiful women walking into the shop. They asked the man at the front who was the best tattoo artist, the man said Bang Bang. Bang Bang's coworker then told him that a singer wanted to get a tattoo. That singer was Barbadian then-rising pop star, Rihanna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rihanna, then 18, wanted a Sanskrit prayer etched along her thigh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Rihanna came into the shop with a reporter. They all sat down in the window of the tattoo shop storefront. Slowly, people began to gather around the window to watch. Bang Bang turned on his machine and started to ink Rihanna's skin as the reporter interviewed her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For me, it was very difficult to make that tattoo. Because she's talking and she moves a lot when she talks, and she's speaking with her hands. And I'm like, 'There's this girl who will not sit still, and everyone's watching me, and I'm stressing out,' \" Bang Bang says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the tattoo turned out great. Rihanna was happy, so all was good in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Word of mouth quickly spread Bang Bang's success on the pop singer's tattoo. This opened the door for more career opportunities, and Bang Bang made sure he was ready. He's created a brand, a tattoo empire. \"Bang Bang\" is no longer just his nickname, it's the name of \u003ca href=\"http://www.bangbangforever.com/\">the store he opened\u003c/a> where he now manages 16 artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's Rihanna's go-to tattoo artist, and has also inked celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Lebron James and Miley Cyrus, just to name a few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through it all, Bang Bang falls back on one principle: being available. So much so, that for his first 10 years in New York, he didn't take a vacation — and he's made sure to not repeat the mistakes of his younger years in abusing alcohol or using drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I may need to fly across the planet because Lebron calls at 9 p.m. and I have to fly on this first flight the next morning,\" Bang Bang says. \"I have to sort out my whole world to get it done, but saying yes and making sure I am able to do it is what really laid the foundation for the opportunities that came.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=How+Tattoo+Artist+Bang+Bang+Is+Leaving+His+Mark+On+Celebrities&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now 29, Bang Bang reflects on his journey from Pottstown, P.A. — a city about 40 miles northwest of Philadelphia — to how he got his big break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith McCurdy was born to teenage parents. His mother was a 17-year-old high school dropout who worked at Domino's Pizza, while his dad, who finished high school and went on to college, was scarcely around to father him, McCurdy recalls. This resulted in McCurdy being raised primarily by his mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he was 3 years old, McCurdy moved with his mom from Pennsylvania to a public housing unit in Delaware. There, his mom became an exotic dancer and he says this sometimes exposed him to a somewhat unsavory lifestyle. But the most challenging part, he says, was watching his mom struggle to put food on the table. That early hardship, however, forced McCurdy to grow up fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In school, he struggled to keep up and was easily distracted by friends and the occasional recreational drug use. And while his dad was often absent from his life, whenever he did come around, he always stressed to McCurdy the importance of education. Thus, at age 13, tired of failing grades and getting into trouble, McCurdy heeded his dad's advice to be a better student and convinced his parents to send him to boarding school in Connecticut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58079\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58079 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-1020x764.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-768x575.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-1180x884.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-960x719.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bang Bang and NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang LLC./Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leaving home for the first time\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years later, McCurdy was thriving in boarding school. By now, he'd gotten his first exposure to tattoos and wanted one. His parents weren't enthusiastic about the idea, but McCurdy struck a deal with them that if he made the honor roll, they'd let him get a tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So I made the honor roll and I got a tattoo, and it was a great experience for me because it really fueled my interest more,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was 15 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By this time, McCurdy notes, he'd gained more self-confidence and discipline. It appeared that his life was on track. But then he did what he describes as \"something stupid.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was gearing up for college, filling out applications and getting his portfolio together; McCurdy was interested in graphic design. And despite finally getting his act together and excelling in school, McCurdy cheated on a Spanish test. This got him kicked out of boarding school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He found himself back in Delaware living with his mother and working part-time at Red Lobster, while trying to complete his high school diploma at a public school. Getting kicked out of boarding school was devastating for McCurdy. He'd liked it there, it inspired him and he felt like he was doing something positive with his life. It was also there — after he got his first tattoo — that he realized he wanted more. But with no money to pay for them, McCurdy thought of the next best thing — creating them from scratch. He felt that he could express himself through designing tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCurdy ordered a tattoo kit online and when it came in the mail, he walked into his mother's kitchen, sat down and started to tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And every day since, it's with that enthusiasm and love, that I continued to tattoo,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 641px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58080 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg\" width=\"641\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg 641w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-520x389.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becoming Bang Bang: \"I dropped out of high school to tattoo outside of a trailer park, and I tattooed guns on my neck so that I'd have no choice other than to succeed at it.\" \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After three months of tattooing at home on himself and on everyone he knew, McCurdy landed a job at his dad's friend's tattoo shop outside a nearby trailer park. He quit his job at Red Lobster, dropped out of school and focused solely on tattooing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In hindsight it was a terrible decision, I mean it worked out, but man, I dropped out of high school to tattoo outside of a trailer park. And I tattooed guns on [my] neck and I had no choice other than to succeed at it,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was from tattooing the guns that McCurdy earned the nickname, \"Bang Bang.\" He says the guns also symbolized that this was what he was going to do for the rest of his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58077\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58077 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Bang Bang gave Cara Delevingne's this lion tattoo. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bang Bang gave Cara Delevingne's this lion tattoo. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New York City has more skin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, McCurdy thought he could take his skills further than the trailer park tattoo shop. He wanted more. So he scoped the industry and studied his craft. He knew who the big players were, and he knew that if he wanted to grow he would have to leave his neighborhood. So McCurdy packed up and moved to New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"New York City just has more people,\" he says. \"So it was simply my thought that, well, there's more skin, I'm going to go where the skin is — so if that's my canvas I'm going to go there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon moving to New York City, McCurdy had a hard time finding work. This 19-year-old tattoo artist from Delaware found himself in the Big Apple going from tattoo shop to tattoo shop passing around his portfolio. He says many tattoo shop owners had a hard time believing that it was his work in the book because of how impressive it was to the eye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58075 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1020x679.jpg\" alt='Tattoo artist Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy works on NBA star LeBron James. ' width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-960x639.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tattoo artist Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy works on NBA star LeBron James. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He had to find another way to stand out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I moved to NYC I lost that funny little nickname,\" he says. \"I didn't tell people my name was Bang Bang, I told people my name was Keith. And the problem is Keith McCurdy isn't really easy to remember, but nobody forgets Bang Bang. So I started telling people my name was Bang Bang and it was really great for me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From then on out there was no more Keith McCurdy; there was only Bang Bang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is what she came for\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After several months, Bang Bang finally landed a job at a grungy, dark basement tattoo shop on the Lower East Side. It was here where he'd meet the girl that would launch his career and forever change his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58081\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58081 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg\" alt=\"The first time Bang Bang tattooed Rihanna, he says, "I didn't know who she was, all I knew was she was a singer." \" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first time Bang Bang tattooed Rihanna, he says, \"I didn't know who she was, all I knew was she was a singer.\" \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A couple of months after he landed his first gig in New York, Bang Bang was tattooing in the basement when he recalls a group of five or six, tall, beautiful women walking into the shop. They asked the man at the front who was the best tattoo artist, the man said Bang Bang. Bang Bang's coworker then told him that a singer wanted to get a tattoo. That singer was Barbadian then-rising pop star, Rihanna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rihanna, then 18, wanted a Sanskrit prayer etched along her thigh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Rihanna came into the shop with a reporter. They all sat down in the window of the tattoo shop storefront. Slowly, people began to gather around the window to watch. Bang Bang turned on his machine and started to ink Rihanna's skin as the reporter interviewed her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For me, it was very difficult to make that tattoo. Because she's talking and she moves a lot when she talks, and she's speaking with her hands. And I'm like, 'There's this girl who will not sit still, and everyone's watching me, and I'm stressing out,' \" Bang Bang says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the tattoo turned out great. Rihanna was happy, so all was good in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Word of mouth quickly spread Bang Bang's success on the pop singer's tattoo. This opened the door for more career opportunities, and Bang Bang made sure he was ready. He's created a brand, a tattoo empire. \"Bang Bang\" is no longer just his nickname, it's the name of \u003ca href=\"http://www.bangbangforever.com/\">the store he opened\u003c/a> where he now manages 16 artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's Rihanna's go-to tattoo artist, and has also inked celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Lebron James and Miley Cyrus, just to name a few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through it all, Bang Bang falls back on one principle: being available. So much so, that for his first 10 years in New York, he didn't take a vacation — and he's made sure to not repeat the mistakes of his younger years in abusing alcohol or using drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>“Trapped in the Closet,” arguably the greatest \u003cem>South Park\u003c/em> episode ever, aired 11 years ago. In addition to its side-storyline involving \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPzvExtJgxw\">Tom Cruise and John Travolta refusing to come out of a literal closet\u003c/a>, the episode concisely broke down the “secret doctrine” of Scientology for a mass audience for the very first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The details about intergalactic overlord Xenu solving an overpopulation problem 75 million years ago seemed so typical of \u003cem>South Park\u003c/em>’s penchant for the absurd that the creators felt obliged to put the words “THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE” on-screen, lest viewers think Matt Stone and Trey Parker were making it all up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU2EUfinwHo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the blisteringly clever episode aired, it is rumored to have caused everyone involved a whole \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/24/church-of-scientology-investigate-south-park_n_1027538.html\">heap of Scientology-related problems\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Television that exposes the inner workings of Scientology is having a moment right now. HBO’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixgd38EZIR0\">\u003cem>Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, originally aired in 2015, is still making waves. Through a wealth of interviews with ex-members and painstaking research, the documentary made a number of startling claims about the organization and its conditions for devotees — physical and mental abuse, slave labor and enforced imprisonment in inhumane conditions, and enormous financial burdens, to name a few. Those who have left the church describe harassment, surveillance and defamatory statements made about them by the church, a policy referred to within Scientology as “fair game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixgd38EZIR0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in November, A&E launched \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6244192/episodes?year=2016&ref_=tt_eps_yr_2016\">\u003cem>Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a staggering series that delves even deeper into the church, uncovering a culture of paranoia, a system that actively deceives and extorts its members, the purposeful breaking up of families (under a practice known as “disconnection”), and even claims of forced abortion. (Statements of denial from the church appear at the beginning of each episode.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xldDUAVARDo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both HBO’s film and Leah Remini’s series, Scientology’s preoccupation with its celebrity members features prominently, with focus keenly trained on both John Travolta and Tom Cruise. But while Travolta is painted in \u003cem>Going Clear\u003c/em> as a somewhat trapped and exploited figure, Cruise is represented as a power-hungry control freak; an egotist; a person willing to participate in the surveillance of his romantic partners; a suitor who will callously discard women who displease him; a man who enjoys all of the luxurious perks of being a higher-up in the church while ignoring the exploitation of those further down the food chain in the “Sea Org.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For even casual observers, the wealth of evidence uncovered over the last few years has made it almost impossible to ignore the goings-on within the Church of Scientology. 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As far back as 2004, Cruise appeared \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0\">slightly manic\u003c/a> in a Scientology promotional video, and in 2005, he aggressively patronized Matt Lauer when espousing the anti-psychiatry stance of the church on \u003cem>The Today Show\u003c/em> (skip to 8:17 to see the outburst):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFgF1JPNR5E\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In more recent years, the church of Scientology has almost entirely quit communicating with the media, except to issue denials of any and all allegations made against it. Tom Cruise has also pulled back when it comes to talking about his religion publicly. But, even without the church’s input, the evidence keeps piling up. In 2016, it became hard to ignore the fact that this organization is, at best, philosophically problematic, and at worst, potentially guilty of several major federal crimes (including tax evasion).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With all we now know about what (allegedly) takes place in the church, how do we justify continuing to put money in Cruise’s pocket, when we know at least some of those funds are going right back into Scientology?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Cruise’s case, the exchange between the public’s wallet and his bank account is direct; the actor has a habit of eschewing a fixed payment for his movies, preferring instead to \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/53/6YG2.html\">take a percentage\u003c/a> of the box office. His appeal is obvious. But so is his high-ranking involvement in an organization that seems to have done a great deal of damage to a multitude of people, over an extended period of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruise made $53 million last year. According to \u003cem>Forbes\u003c/em>, that made him the \u003ca href=\"http://screenrant.com/highest-paid-actors-of-2016/?view=all\">fifth highest-paid actor\u003c/a> of 2016. It was an increase on the $40 million he made in 2015. In 2012, Cruise was the highest-paid actor on \u003cem>Forbes\u003c/em>’ list, having made $75 million that year. Cruise’s unerring popularity is something Scientology is, and always has been, proud of. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0\">One promotional video\u003c/a> noted that: “Tom Cruise has introduced LRH [L. Ron Hubbard] technology to over one billion people of Earth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Leah Remini told \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60yckxA05fY\">Entertainment Tonight\u003c/a> \u003c/em>in 2015: “Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself. You are a person who is anti- the aims and goals of Scientology.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why hasn’t Cruise’s career been affected yet? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>“Trapped in the Closet,” arguably the greatest \u003cem>South Park\u003c/em> episode ever, aired 11 years ago. In addition to its side-storyline involving \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPzvExtJgxw\">Tom Cruise and John Travolta refusing to come out of a literal closet\u003c/a>, the episode concisely broke down the “secret doctrine” of Scientology for a mass audience for the very first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The details about intergalactic overlord Xenu solving an overpopulation problem 75 million years ago seemed so typical of \u003cem>South Park\u003c/em>’s penchant for the absurd that the creators felt obliged to put the words “THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE” on-screen, lest viewers think Matt Stone and Trey Parker were making it all up.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/BU2EUfinwHo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/BU2EUfinwHo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>After the blisteringly clever episode aired, it is rumored to have caused everyone involved a whole \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/24/church-of-scientology-investigate-south-park_n_1027538.html\">heap of Scientology-related problems\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Television that exposes the inner workings of Scientology is having a moment right now. HBO’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixgd38EZIR0\">\u003cem>Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, originally aired in 2015, is still making waves. Through a wealth of interviews with ex-members and painstaking research, the documentary made a number of startling claims about the organization and its conditions for devotees — physical and mental abuse, slave labor and enforced imprisonment in inhumane conditions, and enormous financial burdens, to name a few. Those who have left the church describe harassment, surveillance and defamatory statements made about them by the church, a policy referred to within Scientology as “fair game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But while Travolta is painted in \u003cem>Going Clear\u003c/em> as a somewhat trapped and exploited figure, Cruise is represented as a power-hungry control freak; an egotist; a person willing to participate in the surveillance of his romantic partners; a suitor who will callously discard women who displease him; a man who enjoys all of the luxurious perks of being a higher-up in the church while ignoring the exploitation of those further down the food chain in the “Sea Org.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For even casual observers, the wealth of evidence uncovered over the last few years has made it almost impossible to ignore the goings-on within the Church of Scientology. 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As far back as 2004, Cruise appeared \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0\">slightly manic\u003c/a> in a Scientology promotional video, and in 2005, he aggressively patronized Matt Lauer when espousing the anti-psychiatry stance of the church on \u003cem>The Today Show\u003c/em> (skip to 8:17 to see the outburst):\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/tFgF1JPNR5E'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/tFgF1JPNR5E'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In more recent years, the church of Scientology has almost entirely quit communicating with the media, except to issue denials of any and all allegations made against it. Tom Cruise has also pulled back when it comes to talking about his religion publicly. But, even without the church’s input, the evidence keeps piling up. In 2016, it became hard to ignore the fact that this organization is, at best, philosophically problematic, and at worst, potentially guilty of several major federal crimes (including tax evasion).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With all we now know about what (allegedly) takes place in the church, how do we justify continuing to put money in Cruise’s pocket, when we know at least some of those funds are going right back into Scientology?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Cruise’s case, the exchange between the public’s wallet and his bank account is direct; the actor has a habit of eschewing a fixed payment for his movies, preferring instead to \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/53/6YG2.html\">take a percentage\u003c/a> of the box office. His appeal is obvious. 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"content": "\u003cp>From head to toe, a first lady’s look is heavily scrutinized, and Melania Trump will be no exception. But Trump is no stranger to the spotlight: In 2005, she was on the cover of \u003cem>Vogue\u003c/em> in her Dior wedding dress, and she’s modeled for \u003cem>Harper’s Bazaar\u003c/em> and posed nude for \u003cem>GQ\u003c/em>. She also once sold her own line of costume jewelry and watches on QVC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the whole world watching, the first lady can make a fashion statement like no one else. She can also make a difference during the campaign. In October 2008, just days before the election, Michelle Obama appeared on \u003cem>The Tonight Show\u003c/em> wearing a mustard yellow sweater and printed silk shirt. When Jay Leno asked her what she was wearing, she told him her outfit was from J. Crew. 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A former model, Trump seems to have a preference for European designers. She’s often seen wearing such luxury brands such as Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana, most of which she reportedly bought off the rack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Expensive” and “body conscious” are among the first words Robin Givhan uses when asked to describe Trump’s style. Givhan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic for \u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em>, says, “It speaks to a bank account; it speaks to a particular kind of social life; and it speaks to a particular tribe of women who exist in New York, in particular. … They lead very comfortable lives. … They have both the time and the energy to attend to themselves.” Givhan says Trump’s look has “a polish to it, a glamour to it, but not in a particularly personal or individual way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Michelle Obama before her, Melania Trump’s choices are already making an impact. For her speech at the Republican National Convention this summer, Trump wore an ivory, cotton and silk dress with sleeves that billowed at the elbows. 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She says she’s already had three new clients come into her shop who’ve been hired by the new administration. “I have no idea how they heard about me, but I dressed them and they were so, so very happy to have met Melania Trump,” she says. Asked whether their style was anything like Trump’s, Guen replies, “Au contraire, it was not similar to her at all. But I said, ‘We have to put a little bit of oomph in your wardrobe right now, we have to be a little bit glamourous.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guen hopes to do business with Trump, but the fashion industry is splitting at the seams over whether to work with her. Some designers have said absolutely not; others say it would be an honor to dress any first lady. \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2017 NPR. 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The $2,195 dress (by Serbian-born designer Roksanda Ilincic) reportedly sold out in the days following Trump’s speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12603869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Melania Trump delivered her Republican National Convention speech in a $2,195 dress by Serbian-born designer Roksanda Ilincic.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12603869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/gettyimages-577293608_wide-7a07cedc32bf16fb98482a7831c5511cbeb60b42.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melania Trump delivered her Republican National Convention speech in a $2,195 dress by Serbian-born designer Roksanda Ilincic. \u003ccite>(Photo: Timothy A. 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"content": "\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"OBMoZDDFo4bYrfjVWvhx2OeiszItXIQv\"]If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a gif must be worth at least a million (math!). With the advent of this bite-sized animated wonder, award shows have become less about who won what and more about who made what face. Here are the gifs from last night’s Golden Globe Awards that will be finding their way into your texts and gchats soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerry Washington got things started on the red carpet by serving up a hot helping of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://genius.com/8640189\" target=\"_blank\">I-did-not-come-to-play-with-you-hoes-I-came-to-slay\u003c/a> \u003c/em>vibes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-5.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57549\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-5.gif\" alt=\"giphy-5\" width=\"480\" height=\"257\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Denzel Washington also did not come to play with you hoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57550\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-4.gif\" alt=\"giphy-4\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, did Cuba Gooding Jr. admit that he's a blackout drunk? Stars: They're Just Like Us!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57551\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"giphy-3\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opening skit was dominated by cringe-y peas-in-a-pod Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake, but one good thing came out of it: Barb's resurrection!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57539\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-15.gif\" alt=\"giphy-15\" width=\"480\" height=\"248\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57538\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-16.gif\" alt=\"giphy-16\" width=\"480\" height=\"248\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don't know who she is:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A. I feel bad for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B. You have \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/08/can-disagreeing-over-stranger-things-lead-to-divorce-probably/\">some homework to do\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the early awards went to\u003cem> \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/12/last-nights-atlanta-surreal-and-provoking-in-all-the-right-ways/\">Atlanta\u003c/a>\u003c/em> for \"Best Television Series: Musical or Comedy.\" And \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/12/12/watch-atlanta-star-keith-stanfield-pull-a-kanye-at-last-nights-critics-choice-awards/\">Keith Stanfield\u003c/a> won the award for \"Best Uncontrollable Hula Hoop Victory Dance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57535\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/atlanta.nocrop.w529.h482.gif\" alt=\"atlanta-nocrop-w529-h482\" width=\"390\" height=\"335\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden Globes are the cool mom of award shows because there are bottomless bottles of Moët and complimentary snacks. \u003cem>Crazy Ex-Girlfriend\u003c/em>’s Rachel Bloom was feeling it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57537\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphyblloom.gif.CROP_.original-original.gif\" alt=\"giphyblloom-gif-crop-original-original\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm not a mathematician, but it seems as though the formula to becoming approximately 542% more attractive consists of picking up your five-year-old costar, while already being pretty hot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/lion.nocrop.w529.h318.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57534\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/lion.nocrop.w529.h318.gif\" alt=\"lion-nocrop-w529-h318\" width=\"529\" height=\"299\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/atlanta.nocrop.w529.h482.gif\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>Are you wondering if Cuba made good on his promise to drink himself into oblivion? Well, judging by the following gif of him screaming (twice!) into Sarah Paulson's ear, he's a man of his word. (Felicity Huffman appears to be his drinking buddy.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57546\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-8.gif\" alt=\"giphy-8\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Hiddleston, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/06/how-summer-nights-from-grease-foretold-taylor-swift-and-tom-hiddlestons-entire-relationship-and-break-up/\">a.k.a. Taylor Swift's ex\u003c/a>, won an award over people like Courtney B. Vance and Bryan Cranston for some reason, and proceeded to deliver an embarrassing speech that boiled down to \u003cem>I went to Africa one time and people there recognized me.\u003c/em> Christian Slater's face said it all.\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-16.gif\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-15.gif\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-14.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57540\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-14.gif\" alt=\"giphy-14\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of awkward, Emma Stone almost accidentally initiated a threesome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-13.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57542\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-12.gif\" alt=\"giphy-12\" width=\"472\" height=\"262\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, her ex Andrew Garfield was getting it on with Ryan Reynolds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_ojhyyhRoZg1qaji3vo1_540.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57566\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_ojhyyhRoZg1qaji3vo1_540.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_ojhyyhrozg1qaji3vo1_540\" width=\"540\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What's going on with Hugh Laurie? Choose your own adventure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A. His leg is asleep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B. He had too many tequila shots with Cuba.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C. He just remembered he left the stove on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>D. His edible just kicked in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-13.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57547\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-7.gif\" alt=\"giphy-7\" width=\"480\" height=\"265\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the same amused/confused face Ryan Gosling makes every time I send him inappropriate photos and locks of my hair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-13.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57548\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-6.gif\" alt=\"giphy-6\" width=\"480\" height=\"265\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But enough about me and more about Viola Davis, who was not only excited about winning for her work in \u003cem>Fences\u003c/em>, but downright giddy over being in Dame Meryl Streep's presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-13.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57541\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-13.gif\" alt=\"giphy-13\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she was not alone. Everyone was exclaiming \u003cem>Yaaaas, queen!\u003c/em> in their heads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-12.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57552\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/ezgif.com-afc0e5b1bb.gif\" alt=\"ezgif-com-afc0e5b1bb\" width=\"498\" height=\"280\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>But, to Meryl, it was just another day in the neighborhood. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-10.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57544\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-10.gif\" alt=\"giphy-10\" width=\"472\" height=\"262\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-5.gif\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>And that’s all he wrote. See y’all next month for the Grammys and Oscars! Until then, relive gifs of award shows past:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"embedly-card\">\n\u003ch4>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/02/29/the-very-best-gifs-from-the-2016-oscars/\">The Very Best Gifs from the 2016 Oscars\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a gif must be worth at least a million (math!). With the advent of this bite-sized animated wonder, award shows have become less about who won what and more about who made what face.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[embedly_js]\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"embedly-card\">\n\u003ch4>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/02/09/the-very-best-gifs-from-the-2015-grammys/\">The Very Best Gifs from the 2015 Grammys\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a gif must be worth at least a million (math!). With the advent of this bite-sized animated wonder, award shows have become less about who won what and more about who made what face.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"embedly-card\">\n\u003ch4>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/01/12/the-very-best-gifs-from-the-2015-golden-globes\">The Very Best Gifs from the 2015 Golden Globes\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a gif must be worth at least a million (math!). With the advent of this bite-sized animated wonder, award shows have become less about who won what and more about who made what face.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/the-very-best-gifs-from-2015-oscars-academy-awards\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"embedly-card\">\n\u003ch4>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/03/03/the-only-oscar-moments-worth-talking-about-2014-edition\">The Only Oscar Moments Worth Talking About (2014 Edition)\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, did Cuba Gooding Jr. admit that he's a blackout drunk? Stars: They're Just Like Us!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57551\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"giphy-3\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opening skit was dominated by cringe-y peas-in-a-pod Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake, but one good thing came out of it: Barb's resurrection!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57539\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-15.gif\" alt=\"giphy-15\" width=\"480\" height=\"248\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57538\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-16.gif\" alt=\"giphy-16\" width=\"480\" height=\"248\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don't know who she is:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A. I feel bad for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B. You have \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/08/can-disagreeing-over-stranger-things-lead-to-divorce-probably/\">some homework to do\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the early awards went to\u003cem> \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/12/last-nights-atlanta-surreal-and-provoking-in-all-the-right-ways/\">Atlanta\u003c/a>\u003c/em> for \"Best Television Series: Musical or Comedy.\" And \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/12/12/watch-atlanta-star-keith-stanfield-pull-a-kanye-at-last-nights-critics-choice-awards/\">Keith Stanfield\u003c/a> won the award for \"Best Uncontrollable Hula Hoop Victory Dance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57535\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/atlanta.nocrop.w529.h482.gif\" alt=\"atlanta-nocrop-w529-h482\" width=\"390\" height=\"335\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden Globes are the cool mom of award shows because there are bottomless bottles of Moët and complimentary snacks. \u003cem>Crazy Ex-Girlfriend\u003c/em>’s Rachel Bloom was feeling it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57537\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphyblloom.gif.CROP_.original-original.gif\" alt=\"giphyblloom-gif-crop-original-original\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm not a mathematician, but it seems as though the formula to becoming approximately 542% more attractive consists of picking up your five-year-old costar, while already being pretty hot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/lion.nocrop.w529.h318.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57534\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/lion.nocrop.w529.h318.gif\" alt=\"lion-nocrop-w529-h318\" width=\"529\" height=\"299\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/atlanta.nocrop.w529.h482.gif\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>Are you wondering if Cuba made good on his promise to drink himself into oblivion? 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Breathtaking, compassionate work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there was one performance this year that stunned me. It sank its hooks in my heart. Not because it was good; there was nothing good about it. But it was effective and it did its job. It made its intended audience laugh and show their teeth. It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter. Someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It kind of broke my heart when I saw it, and I still can’t get it out of my head, because it wasn’t in a movie. It was real life. And this instinct to humiliate, when it’s modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody’s life, because it kind of gives permission for other people to do the same thing. Disrespect invites disrespect, violence incites violence. 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