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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the much-anticipated \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://disneyland.disney.go.com/entertainment/disney-california-adventure/frozen-live-at-hyperion/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Frozen\u003c/em> stage show \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">made its debut a few months ago at Disney’s California Adventure, the show also made news\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for its non-traditional casting (sometimes called integrated or color-blind casting), which does not consider ethnicity or gender when those aspects are not essential to the role. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Much of the press was positive à la this\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://hellogiggles.com/color-blind-cast-frozen-disneyland/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> happy little news story\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. However, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://micechat.com/127493-color-blind-casting-frozen-live-hyperion/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">not everyone was pleased\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Objections to non-traditional casting of the show generally come packaged with this type of handwringing:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26414\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/lovejoy.gif\" alt=\"lovejoy\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A commenter by the name of \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://micechat.com/127493-color-blind-casting-frozen-live-hyperion/#comment-2711500445\">rcurrier\u003c/a> had this to say:\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">While adults (and I include myself in that group) shouldn't have any problem with color-blind casting, children are going to make up a large portion of the audience and they WILL notice color-blind casting and ask questions (and be disappointed that the REAL Elsa wasn't in the show). The lead characters need to be on-model. If Mulan or Tatiana [sic] was portrayed by a white woman, there would be picketers and boycotts and calls for heads to roll. Disneyland is about the fantasy, there isn't any room for the Political Correctness of color-blind casting in Disneyland. If as a director you feel the need, there are plenty of venues other than Disneyland for you to feed your ego.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Point of order: Mulan, Aladdin and Jasmine are frequently portrayed in the park by actors who are not the race of the characters.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">To see how these casting choices affect the children, I gathered up my own child and her cousin and camped out to get Fast Passes to the show. These girls, aged almost-three and almost-four, were born in the midst of all-out \u003cem>Frozen\u003c/em> mania. They know the music; they’ve memorized the film and they’ve got merch on merch on merch. 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There were also a pair of kids playing a game, complete with sound effects, on an iPad right behind us from the moment we were seated to the end of the show.)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26419\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160608_143943\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the show continued, Anna, Elsa and Kristoff became adults. With the layers of costuming, wigs, makeup and lighting effects, it would be difficult for anyone to confidently identify the race of the actors.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the adult Sven appeared on stage, the auditorium collectively gasped and both girls cried, “Look! Look! Sven!” The reindeer is shockingly well-rendered, save for the puppeteer’s head jutting out from between the beast’s shoulder blades. The girls were delighted; it made me hyperventilate.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/yhnm4FTZ83U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forget race. If your kid is the type to struggle with suspension of disbelief, the human head sticking out of the reindeer’s back is going to be a hell of a lot more confusing than a woman of color killing it as Elsa.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were a few technical mishaps in the show, a few missed notes, but it ended with applause and cheers. Outside the theater, kids in Anna and Elsa dresses were dreamy and twirly. After administering much-needed juice boxes and Pirate’s Booty to the girls, we talked about the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mom of Almost Three:\u003c/strong> What happened in the show?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Almost Three:\u003c/strong> I don't know!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mom of Almost Three:\u003c/strong> Hmm, did they sing “Let It Go”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Almost Three:\u003c/strong> Yeah... And, and, her blanket flew away—whoosh! 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My kid adores this particularly disturbing doll:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26420\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-800x1070.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160609_105530\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-800x1070.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-400x535.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-768x1027.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-1440x1925.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-1920x2567.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-1180x1578.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-960x1283.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the show, I asked the girls what they thought the show would be like.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Almost Three:\u003c/strong> I want to see princesses.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Almost Four:\u003c/strong> I hope the princesses look like a birthday kind.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the show started, Almost Three yelled out, “Where’s Cinderella?” She was quickly distracted by the appearance of Young Kristoff holding a stuffed reindeer representing Sven. “He has a toy! 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"content": "\u003cp>Dog surfing competitions are popular all over the country and beyond. But shockingly, despite the freezing water and wind chill, there’s never been one in Northern California. Not, that is, until this past weekend at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.surfdogchampionships.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Dog Surfing Championships\u003c/a> in Pacifica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abbie Girl, the Australian Kelpie pictured above, won top honors at Linda Mar Beach. Abbie Girl’s “dad” is Michael Uy. When he’s not running a tech start up called \u003ca href=\"http://www.thebluetribe.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Tribe\u003c/a> in San Diego, Uy, 46, is busy managing Abbie’s career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/282600443″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This canine champion of the waves has her own \u003ca href=\"http://www.abbiesurfs.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website\u003c/a>, of course, as well as a strong presence on \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/abbiesurfs/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/abbiesurfs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/abbiesurfs/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram\u003c/a>. And that’s not all. Abbie Girl has done commercials, appeared on TV, and even had a cameo role in the 2010 movie \u003cem>Marmaduke\u003c/em>. She’s got sponsorships, including \u003ca href=\"http://intsoftboards.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INT Surfboards\u003c/a> in Carlsbad, and is a GoPro ambassador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As is \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/brandysurfs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brandy the Pug\u003c/a>, who came in second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053988\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12053988 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21109_IMG_1912-qut-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Don't let her diminutive size fool you. Brandy is a monster on the waves and online. Her GoPro videos get hundreds of thousands of viewers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21109_IMG_1912-qut-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21109_IMG_1912-qut-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21109_IMG_1912-qut-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21109_IMG_1912-qut-1180x665.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21109_IMG_1912-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21109_IMG_1912-qut-960x541.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don’t let her diminutive size fool you. Brandy is a monster on the waves and online. Her GoPro videos get hundreds of thousands of viewers. \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A “tail” of two surfing dogs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brandy is also Abbie’s “bae” (Before Anyone Else) on social media and in the water, where the two dogs ride side-by-side, and even tandem together. It’s hard to overstate how chill these canines are, whether on the beach with hordes of onlookers crowding around, or in the surf, completely un-phased when their boards go flying out from under them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonny Dorman, Brandy’s dad, says Abbie has an easier time of it on the surfboard because she’s, well, bigger than Brandy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not that Brandy fails to make an impression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_2Bg06nS8E]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brandy started in a backyard pool with boogie boards. She couldn’t stay out of the water if her human family was in it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abbie’s journey towards surfing glory, meanwhile, started in the ocean. She was a rescue dog in need of a confidence-building sport. Uy found her at \u003ca href=\"http://www.hssv.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Humane Society Silicon Valley\u003c/a> 10 years ago. Then they moved to San Diego, where Uy is an open water swimmer. “I didn’t surf before my dog did; I learned after my dog,” Uy says. “She used to follow me out into the water. We just put her on a surfboard to rest one day, and she stood up, which is unusual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nine years later, Abbie is doing the animal surfing circuit. A couple of weeks ago, she lost out to a cat and pig duo in Hawaii. Seriously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BJlv2MOAmdm/?hl=en\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kama the Surfing Pig is also a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgQPyU3J0P0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoPro\u003c/a> superstar. Kitty’s just starting, but she’s on the verge of social media stardom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A sport for dogs? Or snap-happy dog lovers? Or both?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All comers with a life vest and dog-sized surfboard were welcome to compete in Pacifica. But even though the event attracted hundreds of onlookers to the chilly beach on Saturday morning, only five canine surfers signed up for the challenge. Compare that to the 60 to 70 dogs that show up to compete at more established contests in Southern California and Hawaii, where the water is, like, warmer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>8uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. (Sorry, that’s my cat, Owl, commenting that the obvious problem of this story is the canine focus.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so few competitors, all the dogs who braved the water at Saturday’s event won ribbons. There’s no prize purse, but the competition helps to raise money for charities including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinhumanesociety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marin Humane Society\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.muttville.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muttville\u003c/a>, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.peninsulahumanesociety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peninsula Humane Society\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12053989\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"There was no shortage of people to check out - and photograph - the five dogs and their humans willing to brave the cold waters off Linda Mar Beach.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There was no shortage of people to check out – and photograph – the five dogs and their humans willing to brave the cold waters off Linda Mar Beach. \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite the small turnout of dogs, Andre Crump, co-author of the book that started this craze, \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Dogs-Guide-Surfing-Hanging-Friend/dp/0979864062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>The \u003c/em>\u003cem>DOG’S\u003c/em>\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003cem>Guide to \u003c/em>\u003cem>SURFING\u003c/em>\u003cem>: Hanging Ten with Man’s Best Friend\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, hopes that the sport will take off in Northern California, as it has already done in Southern California, Hawaii, Texas, Florida and Australia. “You know, as long as we can have a fun event this first time, and bring awareness to the sport and bring awareness to the dog charities, we’ll be pretty happy,” Crump says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Although, the weather…\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temperatures hovered around 60 degrees on Saturday. Though the dogs and their humans were game, it was pretty clear the visitors from Southern California had a hard time maintaining enthusiasm in such frigid conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the dogs appeared to draw energy from the crowd, which gushed and cheered the surfers on as if they were rock stars, just for managing to stay upright on their boards; or even for just for trying to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053990\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12053990 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21110_IMG_1121-qut-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"Wes, a Yorkie/Jack Russell Terrier mix, is so new to dog surfing, the tags are still on his outfit. But with only three dogs competing in the small/medium category, he placed third.\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21110_IMG_1121-qut-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21110_IMG_1121-qut-400x226.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21110_IMG_1121-qut-768x433.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21110_IMG_1121-qut-1180x666.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21110_IMG_1121-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21110_IMG_1121-qut-960x542.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wes, a Yorkie/Jack Russell Terrier mix, is so new to dog surfing, the tags are still on his outfit. 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There’s no prize purse, but the competition helps to raise money for charities including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinhumanesociety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marin Humane Society\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.muttville.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muttville\u003c/a>, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.peninsulahumanesociety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peninsula Humane Society\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12053989\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"There was no shortage of people to check out - and photograph - the five dogs and their humans willing to brave the cold waters off Linda Mar Beach.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/RS21112_IMG_3068-qut-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There was no shortage of people to check out – and photograph – the five dogs and their humans willing to brave the cold waters off Linda Mar Beach. \u003ccite>(Photo: Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite the small turnout of dogs, Andre Crump, co-author of the book that started this craze, \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Dogs-Guide-Surfing-Hanging-Friend/dp/0979864062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>The \u003c/em>\u003cem>DOG’S\u003c/em>\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003cem>Guide to \u003c/em>\u003cem>SURFING\u003c/em>\u003cem>: Hanging Ten with Man’s Best Friend\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, hopes that the sport will take off in Northern California, as it has already done in Southern California, Hawaii, Texas, Florida and Australia. “You know, as long as we can have a fun event this first time, and bring awareness to the sport and bring awareness to the dog charities, we’ll be pretty happy,” Crump says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Although, the weather…\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temperatures hovered around 60 degrees on Saturday. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the story on All Things Considered:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttps://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2016/09/20160907_atc_lets_talk_tiki_bars_harmless_fun_or_exploitation.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Say you want to escape the doldrums of daily life — but you can't quite afford a trip to Hawaii. Why not to head to your local tiki bar for a sample of the South Seas?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These faux-Polynesian, palm-thatched rum palaces that were all the rage in the 1960s are now making a comeback. Leading this nouveau-tiki movement are \u003ca href=\"http://www.lostlaketiki.com/\">Lost Lake\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://threedotschicago.com/\">Three Dots and a Dash in Chicago\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://leilowhtx.com/\">Lei Low\u003c/a> in Houston and \u003ca href=\"http://beachbumberry.com/latitude29.html\">Latitude 29\u003c/a> in New Orleans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The newest, hippest island-themed establishment in Washington, D.C., is called Archipelago — and it's tiki-kitsch to the max. There are glass fishing floats hanging from the ceiling. A lamp in the corner is shaped like a sexy hula dancer. And by the bar they've got a shrine dedicated to our favorite Hawaii-based TV private investigator, the '80s-tastic \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080240/mediaviewer/rm3084765440\">Tom Selleck\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I meet friends — husband-and-wife duo Eden and Angelo Villagomez — for happy hour here, our first drink is a communal one. It's served in a giant, hollowed-out pineapple and garnished with a flaming lime. The concoction inside is mostly rum, with a bit of fruit on top.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Can we please put that fire out?\" says Eden, looking skeptically at the drink. She and her husband are both from the western Pacific island of Saipan, and they tell me that bars in their hometown would never serve anything like this. But Angelo savors what our bartender calls the Pineapple of Hospitality. \"This is potent,\" he informs us, as he slurps with verve, through his neon orange Krazy straw (being careful to avoid the flame). \"I'm feeling that hospitality.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how did we end up at this boozy, tropical oasis in the middle of buttoned-up Washington, D.C.? To answer that question, we've got to look back about 80 years, says \u003ca href=\"http://www.pacific.edu/Academics/Schools-and-Colleges/College-of-the-Pacific/Academics/Departments-and-Programs/History/Our-Faculty/Directory/Ken-Albala.html\">Ken Albala\u003c/a>, a professor of food history at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 568px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/beachcombermenu_enl-ea0e27f4cf1ffd12e3f0047312ffc7755a226621.jpg\" alt=\"The menu at Don the Beachcomber from 1943. The restaurant opened in 1934 in LA, kicking off the tiki bar craze. The menu was loosely inspired by the tropical flavors that owner Donn Beach encountered during his travels in the South Pacific.\" width=\"568\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112024\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/beachcombermenu_enl-ea0e27f4cf1ffd12e3f0047312ffc7755a226621.jpg 568w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/beachcombermenu_enl-ea0e27f4cf1ffd12e3f0047312ffc7755a226621-400x470.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The menu at Don the Beachcomber from 1943. The restaurant opened in 1934 in LA, kicking off the tiki bar craze. The menu was loosely inspired by the tropical flavors that owner Donn Beach encountered during his travels in the South Pacific. \u003ccite>(California Historical Society/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The first tiki bar, called Don the Beachcomber, opened in 1934 in Los Angeles ̶ and it's \u003ca href=\"http://www.donthebeachcomber.com/\">still operating\u003c/a>. It was the brainchild of New Orleans native Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, who traveled the world and explored the Caribbean and the South Pacific, before settling in LA, changing his name to Donn Beach and setting up his namesake restaurant and cocktail lounge. The menu was loosely inspired by the tropical flavors he encountered during his travels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the tiki trend didn't really take off until World War II, Albala says, when young men deployed to the war's Pacific theater were exposed for the first time to the South Pacific ̶ to Tonga and Fiji and Hawaii. They developed a taste for the tropical, which they passed on to the rest of the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was a weird moment in history, when the whole country became fascinated with the South Pacific,\" Albala says, \"just because it was unknown and exotic.\" Rogers and Hammerstein even came out with a \u003ca href=\"http://www.rnh.com/show/97/South-Pacific\">fun musical\u003c/a>. \"Tiki bars and restaurants became wildly popular, Albala says, though they \"made no pretense to being authentically Polynesian.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The menus tended to feature this mish-mosh of pan-Asian fusion dishes,\" Albala says. Many tiki bars, oddly enough, served Chinese food, mostly because back in the '50s, Americans probably didn't know or care much for authentically Polynesian foods, he says. Chinese food was familiar, but still a bit exotic, \"so they must have just decided, 'Well, that's close enough.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And although tiki cocktails often feature tropical fruits and flavors, they're entirely American inventions, Albala says. Trader Vic's in Oakland, Calif., \u003ca href=\"http://tradervics.com/the-history-of-trader-vics/\">claims credit \u003c/a>for inventing the now-famous Mai Tai.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112025\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1296px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/tradervics_enl-4b504b4f3fc1ce09f19a5ead9d97e3d0efa1a480.jpg\" alt=\"A menu for Trader Vic's from 1939. The lounge claims credit for having invented the well-known island-themed drink Mai Tai.\" width=\"1296\" height=\"2000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112025\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/tradervics_enl-4b504b4f3fc1ce09f19a5ead9d97e3d0efa1a480.jpg 1296w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/tradervics_enl-4b504b4f3fc1ce09f19a5ead9d97e3d0efa1a480-400x617.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/tradervics_enl-4b504b4f3fc1ce09f19a5ead9d97e3d0efa1a480-800x1235.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/tradervics_enl-4b504b4f3fc1ce09f19a5ead9d97e3d0efa1a480-768x1185.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/tradervics_enl-4b504b4f3fc1ce09f19a5ead9d97e3d0efa1a480-1180x1821.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/tradervics_enl-4b504b4f3fc1ce09f19a5ead9d97e3d0efa1a480-960x1481.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1296px) 100vw, 1296px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A menu for Trader Vic's from 1939. The lounge claims credit for having invented the well-known island-themed drink Mai Tai. \u003ccite>( Jim Heimann Collection/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, tiki decor draws from Pacific cultures. Tiki, after all, is a Maori word for a type of stone or wooden carving found throughout the islands. But the tiki bar \"is just taking all those cultures and putting them all in a blender and blending it all together to create this Isle of Tiki, which is this mythical place where tiki bars come from,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kalewa\">Kalewa Correa\u003c/a>, a curator at the Smithsonian's Asian Pacific Islander Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man working the real blender at Archipelago, owner Owen Thomson, concurs. Tiki bars, he says, have always been \"three steps removed from anything actually Polynesian.\" At his modern tiki bar, he says, \"it's more about re-creating a piece of Americana, of that 1950s, 1960s style.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, it's about re-creating \"that whole ethos of escapism,\" Thomson says. \"One of the reasons you're seeing tiki bars pop up all over America again is because ... all of us [are] staring at our phones all day, wrapped up in whatever stressful thing.\" The tiki bar gives us a reason to sort of step out of your daily life, he adds. \"There's island music and big fruity rum drinks, thatch and bamboo everywhere and you just kind of like, let it all go for a bit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Letting it go — that's something Type-A D.C. folks like me should probably do more often. But here's the thing: I'm drinking a piña colada out of a ceramic mug that's shaped like what's actually an important cultural symbol for the Hawaiians and the Maori and the Samoans. And that's something I should probably pause and consider for a minute, says Correa from the Smithsonian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What you're looking at — the carvings are either representations of gods, or they're representations of ancestors,\" he says. \"So if we were to put that into a context that Americans would understand, it would be like going into a Christian-themed bar\" with drinks served in glasses shaped like the Virgin Mary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Islanders have, for the most part, ignored this whole trend, Correa says. \"But seeing your ancient gods or your ancestors in a bar somewhere far from where you are — I think that can be hard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seeing his Hawaiian culture commodified and turned into kitsch can feel invalidating, he adds. \"Really at the root of it, it's exploitation,\" he says. \"It's ignoring the real lives, the real culture and the real problems that we do face.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tiki bars can also feed into the idea that the islands are just a place to vacation or escape, he says, when in fact, Pacific islanders have real concerns — like climate change threatening their homeland, and their traditional ways of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the bar, my companion Angelo Villagomez agrees, but up to a point. \"We're seen as a place that's just a tourist destination,\" he says. \"It's only a place that you go to to have fun.\" That doesn't sit well with many islanders, who think of themselves as earnest, hard workers, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he can understand why tourists become so enamored with the islands that they try to re-create the experience at tiki bars and restaurants. \"There is something special about Pacific communities,\" he explains. \"When people visit they do feel welcome, they do feel like they're part of the community.\" The \"Aloha spirit,\" as they call it in Hawaii, is infectious. \"I think bars like the one we're at,\" he says, \"are sort of an attempt by people in the mainland to re-create some of that spirit. And maybe they're kind of re-creating it completely incorrectly. But I do think it comes from a good place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides, he adds, he's really into his Pineapple of Hospitality. \"I mean, I'm having fun; I've got good food, good rum\" — not to mention a Krazy straw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The way we look in the popular culture is more an issue of identity,\" he starts to say before taking a swig of cocktail. But he loses his train of thought. \"Man, this rum is good,\" he says, laughing. \"What was your question again? Because I think rum is the answer.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Can we please put that fire out?\" says Eden, looking skeptically at the drink. She and her husband are both from the western Pacific island of Saipan, and they tell me that bars in their hometown would never serve anything like this. But Angelo savors what our bartender calls the Pineapple of Hospitality. \"This is potent,\" he informs us, as he slurps with verve, through his neon orange Krazy straw (being careful to avoid the flame). \"I'm feeling that hospitality.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how did we end up at this boozy, tropical oasis in the middle of buttoned-up Washington, D.C.? To answer that question, we've got to look back about 80 years, says \u003ca href=\"http://www.pacific.edu/Academics/Schools-and-Colleges/College-of-the-Pacific/Academics/Departments-and-Programs/History/Our-Faculty/Directory/Ken-Albala.html\">Ken Albala\u003c/a>, a professor of food history at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 568px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/beachcombermenu_enl-ea0e27f4cf1ffd12e3f0047312ffc7755a226621.jpg\" alt=\"The menu at Don the Beachcomber from 1943. The restaurant opened in 1934 in LA, kicking off the tiki bar craze. The menu was loosely inspired by the tropical flavors that owner Donn Beach encountered during his travels in the South Pacific.\" width=\"568\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112024\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/beachcombermenu_enl-ea0e27f4cf1ffd12e3f0047312ffc7755a226621.jpg 568w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/beachcombermenu_enl-ea0e27f4cf1ffd12e3f0047312ffc7755a226621-400x470.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The menu at Don the Beachcomber from 1943. The restaurant opened in 1934 in LA, kicking off the tiki bar craze. The menu was loosely inspired by the tropical flavors that owner Donn Beach encountered during his travels in the South Pacific. \u003ccite>(California Historical Society/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The first tiki bar, called Don the Beachcomber, opened in 1934 in Los Angeles ̶ and it's \u003ca href=\"http://www.donthebeachcomber.com/\">still operating\u003c/a>. It was the brainchild of New Orleans native Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, who traveled the world and explored the Caribbean and the South Pacific, before settling in LA, changing his name to Donn Beach and setting up his namesake restaurant and cocktail lounge. The menu was loosely inspired by the tropical flavors he encountered during his travels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the tiki trend didn't really take off until World War II, Albala says, when young men deployed to the war's Pacific theater were exposed for the first time to the South Pacific ̶ to Tonga and Fiji and Hawaii. They developed a taste for the tropical, which they passed on to the rest of the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was a weird moment in history, when the whole country became fascinated with the South Pacific,\" Albala says, \"just because it was unknown and exotic.\" Rogers and Hammerstein even came out with a \u003ca href=\"http://www.rnh.com/show/97/South-Pacific\">fun musical\u003c/a>. \"Tiki bars and restaurants became wildly popular, Albala says, though they \"made no pretense to being authentically Polynesian.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The menus tended to feature this mish-mosh of pan-Asian fusion dishes,\" Albala says. Many tiki bars, oddly enough, served Chinese food, mostly because back in the '50s, Americans probably didn't know or care much for authentically Polynesian foods, he says. Chinese food was familiar, but still a bit exotic, \"so they must have just decided, 'Well, that's close enough.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And although tiki cocktails often feature tropical fruits and flavors, they're entirely American inventions, Albala says. Trader Vic's in Oakland, Calif., \u003ca href=\"http://tradervics.com/the-history-of-trader-vics/\">claims credit \u003c/a>for inventing the now-famous Mai Tai.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112025\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1296px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/09/tradervics_enl-4b504b4f3fc1ce09f19a5ead9d97e3d0efa1a480.jpg\" alt=\"A menu for Trader Vic's from 1939. 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The lounge claims credit for having invented the well-known island-themed drink Mai Tai. \u003ccite>( Jim Heimann Collection/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, tiki decor draws from Pacific cultures. Tiki, after all, is a Maori word for a type of stone or wooden carving found throughout the islands. But the tiki bar \"is just taking all those cultures and putting them all in a blender and blending it all together to create this Isle of Tiki, which is this mythical place where tiki bars come from,\" says \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kalewa\">Kalewa Correa\u003c/a>, a curator at the Smithsonian's Asian Pacific Islander Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man working the real blender at Archipelago, owner Owen Thomson, concurs. Tiki bars, he says, have always been \"three steps removed from anything actually Polynesian.\" At his modern tiki bar, he says, \"it's more about re-creating a piece of Americana, of that 1950s, 1960s style.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, it's about re-creating \"that whole ethos of escapism,\" Thomson says. \"One of the reasons you're seeing tiki bars pop up all over America again is because ... all of us [are] staring at our phones all day, wrapped up in whatever stressful thing.\" The tiki bar gives us a reason to sort of step out of your daily life, he adds. \"There's island music and big fruity rum drinks, thatch and bamboo everywhere and you just kind of like, let it all go for a bit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Letting it go — that's something Type-A D.C. folks like me should probably do more often. But here's the thing: I'm drinking a piña colada out of a ceramic mug that's shaped like what's actually an important cultural symbol for the Hawaiians and the Maori and the Samoans. And that's something I should probably pause and consider for a minute, says Correa from the Smithsonian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What you're looking at — the carvings are either representations of gods, or they're representations of ancestors,\" he says. \"So if we were to put that into a context that Americans would understand, it would be like going into a Christian-themed bar\" with drinks served in glasses shaped like the Virgin Mary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Islanders have, for the most part, ignored this whole trend, Correa says. \"But seeing your ancient gods or your ancestors in a bar somewhere far from where you are — I think that can be hard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seeing his Hawaiian culture commodified and turned into kitsch can feel invalidating, he adds. \"Really at the root of it, it's exploitation,\" he says. \"It's ignoring the real lives, the real culture and the real problems that we do face.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tiki bars can also feed into the idea that the islands are just a place to vacation or escape, he says, when in fact, Pacific islanders have real concerns — like climate change threatening their homeland, and their traditional ways of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the bar, my companion Angelo Villagomez agrees, but up to a point. \"We're seen as a place that's just a tourist destination,\" he says. \"It's only a place that you go to to have fun.\" That doesn't sit well with many islanders, who think of themselves as earnest, hard workers, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he can understand why tourists become so enamored with the islands that they try to re-create the experience at tiki bars and restaurants. \"There is something special about Pacific communities,\" he explains. \"When people visit they do feel welcome, they do feel like they're part of the community.\" The \"Aloha spirit,\" as they call it in Hawaii, is infectious. \"I think bars like the one we're at,\" he says, \"are sort of an attempt by people in the mainland to re-create some of that spirit. And maybe they're kind of re-creating it completely incorrectly. But I do think it comes from a good place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides, he adds, he's really into his Pineapple of Hospitality. \"I mean, I'm having fun; I've got good food, good rum\" — not to mention a Krazy straw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The way we look in the popular culture is more an issue of identity,\" he starts to say before taking a swig of cocktail. But he loses his train of thought. \"Man, this rum is good,\" he says, laughing. \"What was your question again? Because I think rum is the answer.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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He feared Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry had developed a show too sophisticated for mass audiences; a show that disguised social commentary with space action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fifty years later, relaxing in his comfortable Los Angeles home with a long career as an actor, author and activist, Takei is happy to admit his instincts were off the mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Starship Enterprise was a metaphor for Starship Earth,” he adds, referencing an acronym Roddenberry cited often to describe his approach: IDIC, or Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. “It was the diversity of this planet — people of different backgrounds, different cultures, different races … all coming together in concert and working as a team … I think that’s why, even a half century later, it’s as popular as it is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n“… people of different backgrounds, different cultures, different races … all coming together in concert and working as a team … I think that’s why, even a half century later, it’s as popular as it is.”\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>George Takei\u003c/cite>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 8, one of the most enduring franchises in TV and movie history celebrates its 50th birthday. \u003cem>Star Trek\u003c/em> debuted on NBC in 1966, developed by Roddenberry, a former Los Angeles cop who wanted to make a TV series that could sneak past the rampant escapism of most programs back then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when scripted TV rarely dealt directly with the turbulence of the times, \u003cem>Star Trek\u003c/em> set its social messages against a space opera backdrop. 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But by then, the show had made enough episodes to play in syndicated reruns, and its fan base grew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gene’s litmus test for what made a great \u003cem>Star Trek\u003c/em> story was, ‘Can you tell it today? Can you tell it 100 years ago? Can you tell it in the future?'” says Richard Arnold, a fan who became Roddenberry’s assistant in the 1970s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Does it require science fiction hardware to make it work?” Arnold continued. “Because if it does, it’s not a good \u003cem>Star Trek\u003c/em> story. It has to be about people. It has to be about the human condition … It’s one of the few places you can go to get those positive visions of the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n“Gene’s litmus test for what made a great ‘Star Trek’ story was, ‘Can you tell it today? Can you tell it 100 years ago? 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"content": "\u003cp>The music video is dead; long live the music video -- as long as by \"music video\" you mean visual album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was one (admittedly clunky) proclamation that hung in the air last week, as \u003ca href=\"http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/tv-ratings-vmas-plummet-mtv-1201846812/\" target=\"_blank\">MTV reported dismal ratings\u003c/a> for its big annual celebration of music set to film and scripted celebrity drama set to aggressively \u003ca href=\"http://www.refinery29.com/2016/08/121573/dj-khaled-snapchat-vma-commercial\" target=\"_blank\">sponsored content starring DJ Khaled and Nikes and Snapchat\u003c/a>. Are those things still called commercials? Let’s call them commercials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, you don’t have to be an industry insider to understand why the Video Music Awards, an exaltation of the year’s best stand-alone music videos and a onetime cash cow for the cable network, no longer constitute must-see TV. Sure, lots more people are watching via the internet. But our collective ambivalence toward the music video as a medium -- setting aside its place as a unit in the art film/visual album, we'll get to that in a moment -- is bigger than format. Broadly speaking, it's one arm of the story about the splintering death of the monoculture at the hands of the internet, in all its instantly gratifying, personally curated glory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether you view this as awesome or sad or both probably depends on the year you were born. But it's undeniable: when most people are carrying a powerful, fully customizable computer around in their pockets, the idea of 13-year-olds rushing home from school to catch their favorite videos on \u003cem>TRL\u003c/em> -- because that was the only way to see them -- sounds as endearingly sepia-toned as suburban families gathering around the radio for the next installment of \u003cem>Hopalong Cassidy\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pause for a moment, if you will, and watch the music video for Jamiroquai's \"Virtual Insanity,\" which was released 20 years ago this month. Go on. If you're at work, find some headphones. Watch it start to finish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9b7LWfnxQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Virtual Insanity\" won Best Video at the VMAs in 1997, beating out the videos for Beck's \"The New Pollution,\" Nine Inch Nails' \"The Perfect Drug,\" No Doubt's \"Don't Speak,\" and Jewel's \"You Were Meant for Me.\" (Which: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGj77BrEgj4\" target=\"_blank\">what\u003c/a>. She's a babe, but still.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps more memorably, if you are a person who was between the ages of, say, eight and 30 in 1996, it was the video that launched a thousand awed conversations. Google was quietly being birthed by young dorks at Stanford in 1996, but regular people sure didn't have it yet. So we asked each other questions instead: \u003cem>How did they make this thing? How did it look so cool? What was up with the hat? \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, you can look up 20 years of repeated, detailed explanations for the (still impressive) single-shot trickery. Director Jonathan Glazer has basically spent his entire life explaining how he made this music video. He should probably just print business cards with a paragraph about it on the back and hand them out to everyone he meets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzwY7ii582Y\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it's not just an understanding of the analog magic that makes this video so compelling, such a charmer, 20 years down the line. What is it that makes \"Virtual Insanity\" so watchable?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's stark and minimalist without feeling cold, yes. It's intimate -- a cousin to\u003ca href=\"http://grantland.com/features/with-new-video-jack-white-look-back-career-music-video-director-hype-williams/\" target=\"_blank\"> Hype Williams' signature fish-eye\u003c/a>, perhaps, but sillier, less self-consciously stylish. There's Jay Kay's delightfully playful way of moving, a Beck-meets-\u003cem>The Jetsons\u003c/em> update on the moonwalk. And then there's the fact that he's literally \u003cem>dancing over a rapidly changing landscape \u003c/em>as he sings about misgivings with an uncertain, tech-centric future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Per the song's lyrics, we hear concerns that a preoccupation with newfangled toys and virtual escapism is at odds with humans doing right by each other (keep in mind most Americans didn't even have the internet in their homes in 1996). Per the video, it's up to Jay to move deftly, gracefully enough to make way for the inevitable shifts in the furniture -- to maintain some humanity and humor among the right angles and bright, unthinking lights. Altogether, it's knowing, it's wry, and it's completely of its time: hopeful, but wary about what's to come. As though the medium of the music video itself has become sentient, prescient, and is attempting to shout through the screen about what lies ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What lay ahead, in 1996, was a massive shift in the way we consume music, and videos had to follow suit. Today, \"Virtual Insanity\" might be released on YouTube, and we would call it a viral video; we know, because \u003ca href=\"http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/why-ok-go-went-facebook-only-debut-its-buzzy-zero-gravity-music-video-169599\" target=\"_blank\">OK Go followed the breadcrumbs\u003c/a> it left behind -- \"make videos people want to talk about and the fascination will transfer to your music\" -- to great success. (I would argue that while that band's videos are technically impressive, \"Virtual Insanity\" holds up better as it ages partially because it's a great song and partially because the video is in service of its message, whereas OK Go videos seem to be 90 percent unrelated yet cool-looking gimmicks, but whatever. People love 'em, understandably.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty years later, we don't need MTV to get our music videos anymore. We don't need \u003cem>nobody, \u003c/em>right guys?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Except when we kind of do: the market tells us that as one type of corporation-dictated scarcity is eliminated, new ones must take its place (that is, if anyone is going to make any money). Enter Beyoncé's \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>, a visual album that will go down in the pop culture textbooks as an archetype for how \"big\" records can still be sold to a streaming-happy public -- that is, with a (somewhat disingenuous) element of surprise; after a handful of carefully timed teasers for viewers to parse; and as a multimedia, cross-genre rollout on at least two different platforms defined by varying degrees of exclusivity, in her case HBO and Tidal. (Pro tip for would-be superstars: bonus $$$ for literally owning one of those platforms.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Distribution aside, there's obviously no shortage of expensive, highly skilled filmmaking going on in \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>. It's a beautiful collection of videos, sweeping in scope yet raw and urgent throughout. That said, 20 years after we were all kids sitting around at lunch asking each other \u003cem>Did you see that new crazy music video with the floor moving?!\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Do you know how they did it?, \u003c/em>I'd argue the core magnet that draws people in about \u003cem>Lemonade \u003c/em>is the same simple and thoroughly human sense of wonder: \"Hold Up,\" which rightfully won 2016's Video of the Year, is essentially \u003cem>Did you see her smash up those cars with that baseball bat?! \u003c/em>(\u003cstrong>Update:\u003c/strong> a reader has pointed out that \"Hold Up\" did not win Video of the Year. It won Best Female Video. \"Formation\" won Video of the Year.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeonBmeFR8o\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It helps, of course, that she's one of the most beautiful women in the world, and that she's essentially baring her soul -- ugly parts and all. It's joyful, it's liberating, it feels like we're trespassing. Watch her break that first window and tell me it doesn't release a primal, childlike kind of glee you generally keep pretty buried, maybe by necessity, in adult life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one actually knows what's next in the evolution of the music video, or of music consumption, for that matter. It's safe to say that the country's collective attention will never be quite so easy to focus as it was when \"Virtual Insanity\" had us hooked. On balance, I'm of the opinion that that's probably a good thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some things don't change. A good music video thrills by eliminating the distance between the artist and his or her audience. It removes our power to resist entering the artist's world, and then it surprises us with our own ability to still be surprised by what's there. And if there's an argument for scarcity, that's maybe where it lives: when we don't have that world at our fingertips, when we're not able to conjure that portal nor control when we get to tumble down it, it retains some mysticism, some sense of being unknowable. When we can't Google the reasons behind the magic, the act of being a music fan is just that much more of a thrill ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Call it nostalgia for simpler times, sure. But in some ways, I think we're all still that 13-year-old kid sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of MTV, waiting for the split-second rush we get from the start of our favorite video -- from the sight of Jay Kay on one foot, just before the first piano notes hit, as he glides inexplicably toward us to prophesize about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.stereogum.com/1801800/jamiroquais-virtual-insanity-video-is-now-a-video-game/video/\" target=\"_blank\">weird, terrifying, beautiful technological future that awaits\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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Today, \"Virtual Insanity\" might be released on YouTube, and we would call it a viral video; we know, because \u003ca href=\"http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/why-ok-go-went-facebook-only-debut-its-buzzy-zero-gravity-music-video-169599\" target=\"_blank\">OK Go followed the breadcrumbs\u003c/a> it left behind -- \"make videos people want to talk about and the fascination will transfer to your music\" -- to great success. (I would argue that while that band's videos are technically impressive, \"Virtual Insanity\" holds up better as it ages partially because it's a great song and partially because the video is in service of its message, whereas OK Go videos seem to be 90 percent unrelated yet cool-looking gimmicks, but whatever. 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"content": "\u003cp>And just like that, Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston's whirlwind romance is \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/usweekly/status/773251961772732416\">dunzo\u003c/a>. Did she tire of his at-first-charming, at-second-glance-mortifying dance moves? Did he side with Kanye? We'll have to wait for Tay's next album to get all the dirty details (CANNOT WAIT). Until then, can we take a moment to appreciate how \"Summer Nights\" from the \u003cem>Grease\u003c/em> soundtrack predicted every detail of their zero-chill, PDA-packed courtship? Let's analyze the lyrics:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Summer lovin', had me a blast\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Summer lovin', happened so fast\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/rs_1024x759-160618144035-1024.Tom-Hiddleston-Taylor-Swift-Beach-kiss.tt_.061816.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-35540\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/rs_1024x759-160618144035-1024.Tom-Hiddleston-Taylor-Swift-Beach-kiss.tt_.061816-800x593.jpg\" alt=\"rs_1024x759-160618144035-1024.Tom-Hiddleston-Taylor-Swift-Beach-kiss.tt.061816\" width=\"800\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/rs_1024x759-160618144035-1024.Tom-Hiddleston-Taylor-Swift-Beach-kiss.tt_.061816-800x593.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/rs_1024x759-160618144035-1024.Tom-Hiddleston-Taylor-Swift-Beach-kiss.tt_.061816-400x296.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/rs_1024x759-160618144035-1024.Tom-Hiddleston-Taylor-Swift-Beach-kiss.tt_.061816-768x569.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/rs_1024x759-160618144035-1024.Tom-Hiddleston-Taylor-Swift-Beach-kiss.tt_.061816-960x712.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/rs_1024x759-160618144035-1024.Tom-Hiddleston-Taylor-Swift-Beach-kiss.tt_.061816.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor and Tom got hot and heavy on those Rhode Island rock formations in June. A season later, and they're on the rocks in a different sense. August's dead body isn't even cold yet!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Met a girl crazy for me\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Met a boy cute as can be\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-crazy-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35516\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-crazy-gif.gif\" alt=\"taylor-crazy-gif\" width=\"270\" height=\"184\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor played a \"crazy\" girlfriend in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/11/10/taylor-swift-gets-even-with-ex-the-media-and-katy-perry-in-blank-space/\">her music video for \"Blank Space\"\u003c/a> as a nod to the media's portrayal of her dating habits. Tom is cute, according to some people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Summer days drifting away\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>To, uh oh, those summer nights\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_static_f0alz8y017kkcko0okw0kswcc.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35523\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_static_f0alz8y017kkcko0okw0kswcc.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_static_f0alz8y017kkcko0okw0kswcc\" width=\"245\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_static_f0alz8y017kkcko0okw0kswcc.gif 245w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_static_f0alz8y017kkcko0okw0kswcc-32x32.gif 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somewhere, out there, Taylor is in a kitchen at this moment singing \"Don't let the sun go down on meeee\" while baking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Well-a, well-a, well-a, uh!\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tell me more, tell me more\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Did you get very far?\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tell me more, tell me more\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Like does he have a car?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Answer #1:\u003c/strong> I would hope so.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Answer #2:\u003c/strong> No idea if he has a car, but you can bet she got into it sideways:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDGKqWyzuRs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>She swam by me, she got a cramp\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>He ran by me, got my suit damp\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Saved her life, she nearly drowned\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>He showed off splashing around\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Summer sun, something's begun\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>But, uh oh, those summer nights\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_inline_o9tqd2VNA11r15z1r_1280.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-35508\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_inline_o9tqd2VNA11r15z1r_1280-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"taylor tom hiddleston\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_inline_o9tqd2VNA11r15z1r_1280.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_inline_o9tqd2VNA11r15z1r_1280-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_inline_o9tqd2VNA11r15z1r_1280-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lest we forget this iconic dip (how could we?).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Well-a, well-a, well-a, uh!\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tell me more, tell me more\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Was it love at first sight?\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tell me more, tell me more\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Did she put up a fight?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ink on the \u003cem>US Weekly\u003c/em> announcing her breakup with Calvin Harris wasn't even dry yet before Taylor and Tom started globe-trotting so sure, I'd say it was love at first sight. And I won't dignify the last line with a response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Took her bowling in the arcade\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>We went strolling; drank lemonade\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/mgid-ao-image-mtv.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35524\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/mgid-ao-image-mtv.gif\" alt=\"mgid-ao-image-mtv\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are obvious references to the arcade featured in Beyonce's \"XO\" music video and the title of Beyonce's new album. Both Taylor and Tom are presumably big BeyHive members, as we all are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>We made out under the dock\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-kissing-e317e0b3-d4dd-4921-ab49-9318283da8cb.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35509\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-kissing-e317e0b3-d4dd-4921-ab49-9318283da8cb.jpg\" alt=\"taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-kissing-e317e0b3-d4dd-4921-ab49-9318283da8cb\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-kissing-e317e0b3-d4dd-4921-ab49-9318283da8cb.jpg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-kissing-e317e0b3-d4dd-4921-ab49-9318283da8cb-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>We stayed out till ten o'clock\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-lax.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35510\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-lax.jpg\" alt=\"taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-lax\" width=\"450\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-lax.jpg 450w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-lax-400x572.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>He got friendly holding my hand\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Well, she got friendly down in the sand\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/101803936_Taylor-Swift-Tom-Hiddleston-beach-NEWS-large_transgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdGcv5yZLmao6LolmWYJrXns.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35511\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/101803936_Taylor-Swift-Tom-Hiddleston-beach-NEWS-large_transgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdGcv5yZLmao6LolmWYJrXns.jpg\" alt=\"101803936_Taylor-Swift-Tom-Hiddleston-beach-NEWS-large_trans++gsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdGcv5yZLmao6LolmWYJrXns\" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/101803936_Taylor-Swift-Tom-Hiddleston-beach-NEWS-large_transgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdGcv5yZLmao6LolmWYJrXns.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/101803936_Taylor-Swift-Tom-Hiddleston-beach-NEWS-large_transgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdGcv5yZLmao6LolmWYJrXns-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>He was sweet, just turned \u003cdel>eighteen\u003c/del> thirty-five\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Well, she was good, you know what I mean\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom \u003cem>is\u003c/em> a human that is in the process of aging and Taylor is regarded by many as a goodie goodie (yes, I realize that's not what John Travolta meant, but I'm choosing to ignore the actual meaning).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Summer heat, boy and girl meet\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/UUzDHTk.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35512\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/UUzDHTk.gif\" alt=\"UUzDHTk\" width=\"217\" height=\"180\">\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>But, uh oh, those summer nights\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/rs_589x578-160503144049-TomTay4.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35525\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/rs_589x578-160503144049-TomTay4.gif\" alt=\"rs_589x578-160503144049-TomTay4\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tell me more, tell me more\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>How much dough did he spend?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He rode around the world on \u003cem>her\u003c/em> private jet, so: not much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Tell me more, tell me more\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Could she get me a friend?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/giphy-6.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35513\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/giphy-6.gif\" alt=\"giphy (6)\" width=\"598\" height=\"330\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">She could. #squad\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>It turned colder; that's where it ends\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>So I told her we'd still be friends\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Summer heat comes and goes, just like the promise to keep in touch with your exes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Then we made our true love vow\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Wonder what she's doin' now\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Writing her next hit single all about you and how you kept her scarf at your sister's house, duh!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Summer dreams ripped at the seams\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/blankspace21-1415666421.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35514\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/blankspace21-1415666421.gif\" alt=\"blankspace21-1415666421\" width=\"700\" height=\"279\">\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>But, oh, those summer nights\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-06-at-3.05.18-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35515\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-06-at-3.05.18-PM.png\" alt=\"taylor tom hiddleston\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-06-at-3.05.18-PM.png 568w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-06-at-3.05.18-PM-400x321.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I rest my case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My thoughts and prayers go out to Taylor, Tom, his mom who was dragged out of her house for a photo-op, and everyone else involved (mainly Tay's two adorable cats) during this difficult time.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-crazy-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35516\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-crazy-gif.gif\" alt=\"taylor-crazy-gif\" width=\"270\" height=\"184\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor played a \"crazy\" girlfriend in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/11/10/taylor-swift-gets-even-with-ex-the-media-and-katy-perry-in-blank-space/\">her music video for \"Blank Space\"\u003c/a> as a nod to the media's portrayal of her dating habits. Tom is cute, according to some people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Summer days drifting away\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>To, uh oh, those summer nights\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_static_f0alz8y017kkcko0okw0kswcc.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35523\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_static_f0alz8y017kkcko0okw0kswcc.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_static_f0alz8y017kkcko0okw0kswcc\" width=\"245\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_static_f0alz8y017kkcko0okw0kswcc.gif 245w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_static_f0alz8y017kkcko0okw0kswcc-32x32.gif 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somewhere, out there, Taylor is in a kitchen at this moment singing \"Don't let the sun go down on meeee\" while baking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Well-a, well-a, well-a, uh!\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tell me more, tell me more\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Did you get very far?\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tell me more, tell me more\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Like does he have a car?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Answer #1:\u003c/strong> I would hope so.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Answer #2:\u003c/strong> No idea if he has a car, but you can bet she got into it sideways:\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/UDGKqWyzuRs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/UDGKqWyzuRs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>She swam by me, she got a cramp\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>He ran by me, got my suit damp\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Saved her life, she nearly drowned\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>He showed off splashing around\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Summer sun, something's begun\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>But, uh oh, those summer nights\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_inline_o9tqd2VNA11r15z1r_1280.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-35508\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_inline_o9tqd2VNA11r15z1r_1280-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"taylor tom hiddleston\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_inline_o9tqd2VNA11r15z1r_1280.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_inline_o9tqd2VNA11r15z1r_1280-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_inline_o9tqd2VNA11r15z1r_1280-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lest we forget this iconic dip (how could we?).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Well-a, well-a, well-a, uh!\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tell me more, tell me more\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Was it love at first sight?\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tell me more, tell me more\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Did she put up a fight?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ink on the \u003cem>US Weekly\u003c/em> announcing her breakup with Calvin Harris wasn't even dry yet before Taylor and Tom started globe-trotting so sure, I'd say it was love at first sight. And I won't dignify the last line with a response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Took her bowling in the arcade\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>We went strolling; drank lemonade\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/mgid-ao-image-mtv.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35524\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/mgid-ao-image-mtv.gif\" alt=\"mgid-ao-image-mtv\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are obvious references to the arcade featured in Beyonce's \"XO\" music video and the title of Beyonce's new album. Both Taylor and Tom are presumably big BeyHive members, as we all are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>We made out under the dock\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-kissing-e317e0b3-d4dd-4921-ab49-9318283da8cb.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35509\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-kissing-e317e0b3-d4dd-4921-ab49-9318283da8cb.jpg\" alt=\"taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-kissing-e317e0b3-d4dd-4921-ab49-9318283da8cb\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-kissing-e317e0b3-d4dd-4921-ab49-9318283da8cb.jpg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-kissing-e317e0b3-d4dd-4921-ab49-9318283da8cb-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>We stayed out till ten o'clock\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-lax.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35510\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-lax.jpg\" alt=\"taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-lax\" width=\"450\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-lax.jpg 450w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-lax-400x572.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>He got friendly holding my hand\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Well, she got friendly down in the sand\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/101803936_Taylor-Swift-Tom-Hiddleston-beach-NEWS-large_transgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdGcv5yZLmao6LolmWYJrXns.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35511\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/101803936_Taylor-Swift-Tom-Hiddleston-beach-NEWS-large_transgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdGcv5yZLmao6LolmWYJrXns.jpg\" alt=\"101803936_Taylor-Swift-Tom-Hiddleston-beach-NEWS-large_trans++gsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdGcv5yZLmao6LolmWYJrXns\" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/101803936_Taylor-Swift-Tom-Hiddleston-beach-NEWS-large_transgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdGcv5yZLmao6LolmWYJrXns.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/101803936_Taylor-Swift-Tom-Hiddleston-beach-NEWS-large_transgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdGcv5yZLmao6LolmWYJrXns-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>He was sweet, just turned \u003cdel>eighteen\u003c/del> thirty-five\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Well, she was good, you know what I mean\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom \u003cem>is\u003c/em> a human that is in the process of aging and Taylor is regarded by many as a goodie goodie (yes, I realize that's not what John Travolta meant, but I'm choosing to ignore the actual meaning).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Summer heat, boy and girl meet\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/UUzDHTk.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35512\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/UUzDHTk.gif\" alt=\"UUzDHTk\" width=\"217\" height=\"180\">\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>But, uh oh, those summer nights\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/rs_589x578-160503144049-TomTay4.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35525\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/rs_589x578-160503144049-TomTay4.gif\" alt=\"rs_589x578-160503144049-TomTay4\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Tell me more, tell me more\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>How much dough did he spend?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He rode around the world on \u003cem>her\u003c/em> private jet, so: not much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Tell me more, tell me more\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Could she get me a friend?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/giphy-6.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35513\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/giphy-6.gif\" alt=\"giphy (6)\" width=\"598\" height=\"330\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">She could. #squad\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>It turned colder; that's where it ends\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>So I told her we'd still be friends\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Summer heat comes and goes, just like the promise to keep in touch with your exes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Then we made our true love vow\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Wonder what she's doin' now\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Writing her next hit single all about you and how you kept her scarf at your sister's house, duh!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Summer dreams ripped at the seams\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/blankspace21-1415666421.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35514\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/blankspace21-1415666421.gif\" alt=\"blankspace21-1415666421\" width=\"700\" height=\"279\">\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>But, oh, those summer nights\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-06-at-3.05.18-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35515\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-06-at-3.05.18-PM.png\" alt=\"taylor tom hiddleston\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-06-at-3.05.18-PM.png 568w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-06-at-3.05.18-PM-400x321.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I rest my case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My thoughts and prayers go out to Taylor, Tom, his mom who was dragged out of her house for a photo-op, and everyone else involved (mainly Tay's two adorable cats) during this difficult time.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>“It’s just a dot of light, but it’s a very special dot of light.” That’s how Queen guitarist Brian May describes the asteroid named for his late friend and bandmate Freddie Mercury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Official designation: Asteroid 17473 Freddiemercury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Happy Birthday Freddie!” May wrote on Twitter. “They already named a planet after you, but this little ROCK is a bonus! ha ha.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The celestial body was discovered in the same year Mercury died at age 45. It was dedicated to the singer in honor of what would have been his 70th birthday, in a move that May announced in a video shown at a party for Mercury’s Sept. 5 birthday in Montreux, Switzerland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2vo6VR51eA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Viewed from the Earth it is more than 10,000 times fainter than you can see by eye,” \u003ca href=\"http://www.brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssbsep16a.html#05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May says\u003c/a>, “so you need a fair-sized telescope to see it … and that’s why it wasn’t discovered until 1991.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=17473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The official citation\u003c/a> includes Mercury’s birth name — Farrokh Bulsara — and says of the pop star, “His distinctive sound and large vocal range were hallmarks of his performance style, and he is regarded as one of the greatest rock singers of all time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the second asteroid to be named for a Queen member: May — who went on to a career as an astrophysicist after the band’s heyday — was honored with his own asteroid back in 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercury’s asteroid orbits the sun on a path between Mars and Jupiter. Before it got a new name, it was called asteroid 1991 FM3, with the number 17473. It measures around 2 miles across, \u003ca href=\"http://brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssbsep16a.html\">May wrote\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>May also thanked U.S. astronomer Joel Parker, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., for his help in getting an asteroid named for the singer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Beatles have asteroids, Jimi Hendrix has an asteroid, I thought for sure Freddie Mercury would have one,” Parker says, according to the \u003cem>Daily Camera\u003c/em>. “I brought it up with Brian, and he thought it was a great idea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>May quotes Parker as saying, “even if you can’t see Freddiemercury leaping through the sky, you can be sure he’s there — ‘floating around in ecstasy’, as he might sing — for millennia to come.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Asteroid+Named+For+Freddie+Mercury+Is+Announced+On+His+Birthday&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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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/280866065&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>Every year around this time, I struggle to face the bitter reality that summer is coming to an end. I mentally prepare to say goodbye to all my espadrilles and sundresses (apparel is my language of mourning, what can I say?). And all my crisp white pieces too (cue the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://guideimg.alibaba.com/images/shop/2015/09/30/56/az-yet_10127056.jpeg\">Az Yet\u003c/a> \u003c/em>album cover). For me, this ritual has always been based more on habit than anything else. It’s tradition, but why? Sure, the coming months may be soggy and cold, but shouldn’t we all be able to wear what we damn well please without shame raining down from the fashion gods? I set out to explore this question and discovered that this white rule may have less to do with fashion and more to do with etiquette. I’ll explain…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As fashion legend has it, white is only to be worn between Memorial Day and Labor Day. After that, it’s tradition to tuck away your whites for warmer hues. Although there is no definitive answer for how this tradition came to be, many believe the custom is related to three major ideas; practicality, taste-making and good ole fashion classism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Practicality\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34866\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 216px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-34866\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/jeffrey-campbell-loafers.jpg\" alt=\"jeffrey-campbell flat\" width=\"216\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/jeffrey-campbell-loafers.jpg 680w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/jeffrey-campbell-loafers-400x601.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who says you can't wear these fab Jeffery Campbell flats from late September to May? \u003ccite>(Nasty Gal )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">In ye olden days, it was common to use coal-burning furnaces. So, if you’re planning to shovel coal, it makes sense that you’d want to avoid looking like you’re headed to \u003ca href=\"http://www.complex.com/style/2016/07/diddy-white-party-best-moments/\">Diddy’s annual white party in the Hamptons\u003c/a>. In addition, if you live in places that have actual seasons (we native Californians have little tangible concept of autumn), mucking up your snow white trousers in actual snow isn't a brilliant idea. So it's understandable that the strategy might be to gravitate toward a darker palette during the winter and reserve white for months when you need to keep cool in the brutal heat and humidity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Tastemaker Theory\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the advent of YouTube, Instagram, and other social media platforms, we recognize that pretty much anyone anywhere can be a style icon. However, many of us are old enough to remember the days when glossy magazines like \u003cem>Vogue\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Harper's Bazaar\u003c/em> were the beginning and end of trendsetting. In some circles, they still are. Many major fashion publications were rooted in New York, thus their fashion spreads were based on the environments in which they existed. Is it raining cats and dogs? \u003cem>I’ll take a thigh high boot, please.\u003c/em> Is that snow I see? \u003cem>Pass the tweed overcoat and cashmere elbow glove.\u003c/em> Winter gala to attend? \u003cem>Darling, you must wear your mink\u003c/em> (faux, of course. Don’t tweet me, bro). In short, the theory here is that fashion minded people were peer-pressured into shelving their white apparel. But there were a few renegades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34876\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 370px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-34876\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Coco-Chanel-Coco-Chanel-c-014.jpg\" alt=\"Coco Chanel\" width=\"370\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Coco-Chanel-Coco-Chanel-c-014.jpg 578w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Coco-Chanel-Coco-Chanel-c-014-400x270.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coco Chanel in signature white. \u003ccite>(The Style Rebels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite her \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/books/review/sleeping-with-the-enemy-coco-chanels-secret-war-by-hal-vaughan-book-review.html?_r=0\">horrific associations\u003c/a>, designer Coco Chanel was celebrated for making white a staple of her collection year-round. It's fair to note that the fashion industry has become increasingly relaxed around the \u003cem>white rule\u003c/em> in recent years, with major fashion magazines like \u003cem>Vogue\u003c/em> providing sage advice on \u003ca href=\"http://www.vogue.com/13331448/white-outfits-after-labor-day-fall-trends/\">how to pull off the pale shade after Labor Day\u003c/a>. Also, it would be near negligent not to mention that the quintessential prim-and-proper polite pioneer herself, Emily Post, relaxed her stance around this rigid rule. See \u003ca href=\"http://emilypost.com/advice/wearing-white-after-labor-day/\">\u003ci> Emily Post’s Etiquette, 17th Edition\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>,\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"http://emilypost.com/advice/wearing-white-after-labor-day/\">\u003ci> \u003c/i>\u003c/a> if you need proof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Classism\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lastly, the white rule may be less about fashion and more about etiquette. The full definition of etiquette as provided by Merriam-Webster reads as follows: \u003ca href=\"http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/etiquette\">“the conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life.” \u003c/a>Good breeding? In the words of Cher… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 496px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-34882 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Cher-harsh-2.gif\" alt=\"Clueless Cher\" width=\"496\" height=\"280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who, in 2016, uses the phrase \"good breeding\" when referring to people? \u003ccite>(tenor.co)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many track the origins of etiquette back to French royal courts in the 1600s and 1700s, although there is evidence that the oldest known etiquette book was written in 2400 B.C. by \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptahhotep\">Ptahhotep\u003c/a>, which incidentally doesn’t sound like a French name to me. I’ll leave you to some critical thinking around that. Nevertheless, the concept of good manners has been around for quite some time. In fact, it's said that before utensils were a thing, individuals of \u003cem>breeding\u003c/em> would eat using only three fingers, extending both the ring and pinkie fingers to denote status. Basically: \u003cem>I\u003c/em>\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">t’s likely neither one of us has bathed in days, but you see this raised pinkie? I rest my case.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> For eons, the intimate knowledge of customs has been used to weed out those deemed undesirable and strengthen bonds amongst the chosen few. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enter America, land of the immigrant and nouveau riche. It seems by the late 1800 and early 1900s, snobbery was all the rage in some circles and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://mentalfloss.com/article/12424/why-cant-you-wear-white-after-labor-day\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“wives of the super-rich ruled high society with an iron fist after the Civil War.”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> With the influx of new money and immigrants, it became harder to decipher the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">haves\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">just acquireds\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. What's a wealthy wife interested in protecting the homogeny of her social circle to do? Lean on etiquette, that's what! Brace for the avalanche of debutante guidelines, which include but are not limited to, knowledge of the proper salad and dessert fork, the intricacies of glove etiquette, appropriate sleeve length and so forth.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">By now, I'm sure you've deduced that our much-discussed white rule was common knowledge amongst those who would consider themselves upper class. In circles with abundant wealth, multi-tiered wardrobes catered for specific seasons and occasions were a must.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34965\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-34965 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/kerry.jpg\" alt=\"Scandal Season 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is Olivia Pop pondering a serious fashion dilemma? \u003ccite>(ABC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thus, the well-to-do knew to reserve their white for weddings and resorts. With fashion etiquette firmly in place, one's fashion choices could be used by those inclined to do so, to estimate \"proper\" social status. As the writer, Kate Bejamin put it, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://mentalfloss.com/article/12424/why-cant-you-wear-white-after-labor-day\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"if a woman showed up at the opera in a dress that cost more than most Americans made in a year, but it had the wrong sleeve length, other women would know not to give her the time of day.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In other words, this theory suggests that we've all been played by wealthy post-Civil War wives with too much time on their hands.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So there you have it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s wrap things up with this quote by Bronwyn Cosgrave, author of \u003cem>The Complete History of Costume & Fashion: From Ancient Egypt\u003c/em> \u003cem>to the Present Day\u003c/em> who told \u003cem>TIME Magazine\u003c/em>: “Fashion rules are meant to be broken by those who can pull it off.” So rest assured, you can wear white shoes after Labor Day without catching this severe fade:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGHB-kI2ZM\u003c/p>\n\n",
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In short, the theory here is that fashion minded people were peer-pressured into shelving their white apparel. But there were a few renegades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34876\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 370px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-34876\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Coco-Chanel-Coco-Chanel-c-014.jpg\" alt=\"Coco Chanel\" width=\"370\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Coco-Chanel-Coco-Chanel-c-014.jpg 578w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Coco-Chanel-Coco-Chanel-c-014-400x270.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coco Chanel in signature white. \u003ccite>(The Style Rebels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite her \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/books/review/sleeping-with-the-enemy-coco-chanels-secret-war-by-hal-vaughan-book-review.html?_r=0\">horrific associations\u003c/a>, designer Coco Chanel was celebrated for making white a staple of her collection year-round. 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See \u003ca href=\"http://emilypost.com/advice/wearing-white-after-labor-day/\">\u003ci> Emily Post’s Etiquette, 17th Edition\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>,\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"http://emilypost.com/advice/wearing-white-after-labor-day/\">\u003ci> \u003c/i>\u003c/a> if you need proof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Classism\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lastly, the white rule may be less about fashion and more about etiquette. The full definition of etiquette as provided by Merriam-Webster reads as follows: \u003ca href=\"http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/etiquette\">“the conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life.” \u003c/a>Good breeding? In the words of Cher… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 496px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-34882 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/Cher-harsh-2.gif\" alt=\"Clueless Cher\" width=\"496\" height=\"280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who, in 2016, uses the phrase \"good breeding\" when referring to people? \u003ccite>(tenor.co)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many track the origins of etiquette back to French royal courts in the 1600s and 1700s, although there is evidence that the oldest known etiquette book was written in 2400 B.C. by \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptahhotep\">Ptahhotep\u003c/a>, which incidentally doesn’t sound like a French name to me. I’ll leave you to some critical thinking around that. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This summer, NPR has been thinking about villains in popular culture. Critic Bob Mondello explored \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/07/28/486074615/from-hal-9000-to-harley-quinn-screen-villains-sow-chaos-because-they-can\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what makes a great screen villain tick\u003c/a>. NPR Books’ Petra Mayer looked at \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/08/22/490524269/better-to-reign-in-hell-literatures-unpunished-villains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how and why so many of literature’s greatest villains get away with it\u003c/a>. Today, NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour’s Glen Weldon looks at how portrayals of villainy on television continue to evolve.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/news/welcome-to-tvs-second-golden-age/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Golden Age of Television\u003c/a> in which we find ourselves is marked by a few spots of tarnish. There’s a sameness of tone (i.e. grim) and skin color (i.e. white), a tendency to confuse violence (i.e. brutally assaulted women) for plot, and a mystifying reluctance to let villains be villains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A quick definition of terms: I’m talking about true \u003cem>villains\u003c/em>, here. Not bad guys — those gun-toting heavies who show up every week to supply a given episode with its necessary conflict. Bad guys say things like “get in the car” and “you gotta smart mouth” and “the boss wants them taken care of.” They’re interchangeable, predictable, boring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And let’s take monsters off the table while we’re at it. Television has always loved its monsters, on shows like \u003cem>Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The X-Files, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, True Blood, Teen Wolf, Grimm, Supernatura\u003c/em>l and \u003cem>Sleepy Hollow\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was the old David Lynch/Mark Frost series \u003cem>Twin Peaks\u003c/em>, which will return next year following a 26-year hiatus, that featured easily the single-most terrifying monster in TV history: Killer Bob.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who it turned out was actually a sort of murderous … forest … spirit?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>… In stone-washed denim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look, it was the 90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like all the werewolves and vampires and ghosts that haunt TV shows today, Bob was a fairy-tale boogeyman, a metaphor, a larger-than-life \u003cem>symbol\u003c/em> of pure evil. Not a villain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thing about villains is that they are entirely human, outfitted with understandably human motivations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, they have a plan. That’s what \u003cem>truly\u003c/em> separates them from generic bad guys and monsters: TV’s best villains play the long game. Episode after episode, season after season, they plot and scheme and wait, tenting their fingers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And not only do they have a plan, they’re only too happy to share it with anyone in earshot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Alexis Colby — technically Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan — of the 80s nighttime soap \u003cem>Dynasty\u003c/em>, played with scenery-chomping relish by Joan Collins:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The past is \u003c/em>over\u003cem> and nothing can change it, but let me tell you something, Krystle. The future is going to be \u003c/em>very\u003cem> different, because in a very short time, this faultless family is going to be hearing from me — including you! And you \u003c/em>especially\u003cem> are going to \u003c/em>cringe\u003cem> at what you hear! Krystle Jennings Carrington! The oh-so-sterling once — and maybe \u003c/em>future\u003cem> — secretary!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>TV used to be lousy with villains like Alexis. Villains who sat at the very center of the spider web, patiently spinning plans within plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then something happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Soprano happened. And Vic Mackey. And Walter White. And Don Draper, Francis Underwood, Nancy Botwin, Jax Teller, and…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anti-heroes happened; the bad guys became our good guys. We started building shows around ruthless mobsters, drug kingpins, womanizing cads. They do lots of villainous things — Tony Soprano murdered his own nephew, for pity’s sake — but now they’re the characters with whom we’re meant to identify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be sure to keep our sympathies, writers are careful to show these anti-heroes forever struggling with their actions. But villains — true villains — don’t \u003cem>struggle\u003c/em> with the evil that they do. They \u003cem>bask\u003c/em> in it. Here’s Alexis again:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If I ever hear of another time when she has breathed a \u003c/em>word\u003cem> about Fallon’s paternity, I will personally attach tiny hand grenades to each of the wheels on her roller skates, watch her do one of her ever-loving pirouettes, and \u003c/em>applaud\u003cem> as she \u003c/em>explodes\u003cem> into a thousand smithereens!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Trust me, you can hear it in her voice: Evil is her bubble bath, and she’s luxuriating in it up to her neck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Granted, the many anti-hero shows we have today are a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> more nuanced and wise about the human condition than a show like \u003cem>Dynasty\u003c/em> ever was. Of course they are. But they’re also a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> less fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because we intellectually empathize with an anti-hero … but we \u003cem>love \u003c/em>a hiss-worthy villain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s key to understanding why \u003cem>The Walking Dead\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em> are two of TV’s most-watched programs right now. Not because of their monsters — the zombies and fire-breathing dragons are gimmicks — but because they both feature old-fashioned villains: men and women with elaborate plans, who are fun to watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For two seasons on \u003cem>The Walking Dead\u003c/em> a character called The Governor proved himself a unimaginably nasty villain to the show’s main characters; when it returns in October, look for a character called Negan to fill that slot, in a particularly brutal fashion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And of all the many characters on \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>, it’s only Cersei Lannister, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, who positively revels in the kind scheming, self-satisfied, unapologetic villainy TV used to do so well:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The only way to keep the small folk loyal is to make certain they fear you more than they do the enemy. 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