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And it was majestic to hear her read and watching it live and just feeling the excitement of it and the power of it and the sweep of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12697440\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12697440\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-800x633.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Hercules\" width=\"800\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-800x633.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-160x127.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-768x607.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-1020x806.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-1180x933.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-960x759.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-240x190.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-375x296.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-520x411.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Hercules\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What was the difference between the person you imagined her to be and who she actually was when you finally met her?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>RCW: I felt like she was an Aunt. I felt like she was somebody that I was related to. I also felt that when I looked at her from afar, she could put on airs. What I found when I was closer to her, that she had reinvented herself in the way that black women of a certain era do. By that I mean, right after slavery, people would laugh at the names that black women would take on. They would call themselves Princess this or Queen that. What they didn’t understand is historically the reason why women did that is they didn’t want to be called “Hey girl” and they didn’t want to be called out of their name. It was a self esteem builder at a time when self esteem was in short supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I found when I met her was that she held herself with what I would call a certain comportment. That means that no matter what your past is, as you reinvent yourself, it’s not about assimilating. It’s about a certain amount of respect. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/20/maya-angelou-legacy-of-an-artist/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Maya_300x300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12735398\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Maya_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After five years planning, shooting and editing, Rita Coburn Whack and Bob Hercules had their documentary, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/maya-angelou-film/7533/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise,\u003c/a>\u003c/em> play at Sundance last year. Now their biography of Maya Angelou’s life will be broadcast as part of the \u003cem>American Masters\u003c/em> series this month on PBS. We caught up with both filmmakers, separately, over the phone to talk about their collaboration with each other and with Maya Angelou herself. (Edited for length and clarity).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Before you made the documentary, had you previously met or worked with Maya Angelou?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rita Coburn Whack: From 2006-2010 I worked with Oprah Radio in Chicago. At that particular time Maya Angelou was one of my radio hosts. I would spend three to four days a month with her in either her Winston-Salem home, her New York Harlem brownstone, or on the road with her because she traveled on a bus like a country music singer. That’s how she got from place to place for her speaking engagements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Hercules: In 1999 I was working on a film for a non-profit organization, Prevent Child Abuse America. We decided to see if we could get Maya Angelou to narrate the film since we knew it was a cause dear to her heart because she had been victim of sexual abuse. She immediately agreed to do it so I flew down to Winston-Salem to meet her at a studio. We recorded the voiceover and then spent some time talking with her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12697439\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12697439\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Rita-Coburn-Whack-800x865.jpg\" alt=\"Rita Coburn Whack\" width=\"800\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Rita-Coburn-Whack-800x865.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Rita-Coburn-Whack-160x173.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Rita-Coburn-Whack-768x831.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Rita-Coburn-Whack-240x260.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Rita-Coburn-Whack-375x406.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Rita-Coburn-Whack-520x562.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Rita-Coburn-Whack.jpg 943w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rita Coburn Whack\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What did Maya Angelou mean to you before you met her?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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I grabbed that book and I ran all the way home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BH: I remember when I read \u003cem>Caged Bird\u003c/em> for the first time, it was a long time ago, and I don’t know if it was in a college class, but I remember for me as a white privileged middle class male, growing up in a town that had hardly any African Americans, it was a profound experience for me to read that book because of her description of the viciousness of racism at the time of the Jim Crow south, growing up in Arkansas, and the town that was divided. One side was white and one side was black. The way she conveyed it was different from other books I had read about the same subject. For one thing there was no bitterness in her voice. It was done with a sense of grace and it was done with a sense of poetry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second thing was many years later at my office on the day of Bill Clinton’s inauguration, January of 1993, I shut down my office and we just watched. And I knew Maya Angelou was reading the poem. That was part of my interest. And it was majestic to hear her read and watching it live and just feeling the excitement of it and the power of it and the sweep of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12697440\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12697440\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-800x633.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Hercules\" width=\"800\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-800x633.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-160x127.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-768x607.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-1020x806.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-1180x933.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-960x759.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-240x190.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-375x296.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo-520x411.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Bob-Hercules-photo.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Hercules\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What was the difference between the person you imagined her to be and who she actually was when you finally met her?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>RCW: I felt like she was an Aunt. I felt like she was somebody that I was related to. I also felt that when I looked at her from afar, she could put on airs. What I found when I was closer to her, that she had reinvented herself in the way that black women of a certain era do. By that I mean, right after slavery, people would laugh at the names that black women would take on. They would call themselves Princess this or Queen that. What they didn’t understand is historically the reason why women did that is they didn’t want to be called “Hey girl” and they didn’t want to be called out of their name. It was a self esteem builder at a time when self esteem was in short supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I found when I met her was that she held herself with what I would call a certain comportment. That means that no matter what your past is, as you reinvent yourself, it’s not about assimilating. It’s about a certain amount of respect. When I saw her personally she had evolved to the point that that was who she was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>As filmmakers, what did you want to do make this biography unique?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BH: Number one, we realized that there would be no need for a narrator, that Maya Angelou would be essentially the narrator of the film. You couldn’t do any better than that. It’d be a folly to have a narrator. That was something Rita and I instantly agreed upon. We were lucky enough to have a chance to interview her about three times before she passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story was so complicated and so huge that what we settled upon as strategy was that we would tell a bunch of stories at greater length and then we would skip over other parts of her life, not that they weren’t of value either, but you have to make decisions at some point. And also I didn’t want to get into a position of being shallow. For example, the play \u003cem>The Blacks\u003c/em> by Jean Genet, that is a very unknown play now. It’s almost lost in history, but it was very important at the time. It ran on Broadway for nearly five years, and it was a very important play politically. It awakened some political ideas in her, so it was crucial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12697441\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 580px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Maya-1970s-Getty-Images.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Maya-1970s-Getty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"Maya Angelou in 1970\" width=\"580\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12697441\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Maya-1970s-Getty-Images.jpg 580w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Maya-1970s-Getty-Images-160x199.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Maya-1970s-Getty-Images-240x298.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Maya-1970s-Getty-Images-375x466.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Maya-1970s-Getty-Images-520x646.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maya Angelou in 1970 \u003ccite>(Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did you convince her to participate in the documentary?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\"You don't look like you're from around here,\" a young Adolphus Busch is told as he arrives in America from Germany to pursue his dream of making beer. So begins Budweiser's new Super Bowl ad, released earlier this week into an ongoing political maelstrom over immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ad depicts the company's founder trudging through swamps and mud, surviving a steamboat fire and being greeted with outright hostility before getting to St. Louis and meeting Eberhard Anheuser — i.e., the Anheuser in Anheuser-Busch. Despite the beer giant's protestations that the ad is not political, it has hit a nerve among conservatives for taking a seemingly pro-immigrant stance at a time of widespread protests against President Trump's ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But lost in all the brouhaha is the true story of the 19th-century German immigrants behind the rise of American brewing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, let's start with a little historical nitpicking with that ad. Historian Maureen Ogle, author of \u003cem>Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer,\u003c/em> says that when Busch arrived in St. Louis, Mo., he didn't just run into Eberhard Anheuser — he married his daughter and took over the small brewery that Anheuser, a prosperous soap-maker, had acquired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, neither Anheuser nor Busch was the source of the original Budweiser. Ogle says the Bud brand was started by one of Busch's friends, Carl Conrad. Busch eventually bought Budweiser from Conrad — but that happened in the 1880s, long after he'd already become a successful brewer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there's one thing in the Budweiser ad that rings true to history: the anti-German immigrant hostility that Busch is depicted enduring on the streets. \"Go back home!\" a man tells him angrily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we don't know if Busch himself ever walked through such hostile crowds, Ogle says the 1850s were certainly an era marked by \"xenophobic turmoil.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Busch was part of a large wave of German immigrants, including Frederick Miller and Frederick Pabst, who helped build American brewing in the mid-1800s. The still-new nation was in the middle of a great debate over what it meant to be an American. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lolakirke/?hl=en\">Lola Kirke\u003c/a> isn't a household name yet. Despite roles in \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2267998/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>Gone Girl\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and Noah Baumbach's \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872462/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Mistress America,\u003c/a> \u003c/em>most know her as the younger sister of\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3733434/\">Jemima Kirke\u003c/a>, who plays Jessa in \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1723816/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>Girls\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. 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The photo of her \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BPBmafzBdk8/?taken-by=lolakirke&hl=en\">actually on the red carpet\u003c/a> later that night is a pretty solid representation of what usually happens on her page -- 5,640 likes, 339 comments. By comparison, the underwear video garnered a whopping 3 million views and 1,500 comments. Her caption attached to the aforementioned red carpet pic succinctly explains why: \"Thanks to all you beautiful people who didn't send me death threats on account of my #awesome #hairyarmpits!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To read through all 1,500 comments under Lola's underwear video is to experience everything bad that happens to people on social media in one handily condensed and unedited nightmare spiral -- not to mention how gender roles influence how we humans look at each other and interact in real life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the surface, the outrage at Lola's video does seem entirely based in disgust at her unshaven armpits. In one comment thread, she is called \"ugly,\" \"nasty,\" and \"bitch\" so many times that counting each instance becomes a Herculean task. Kirke is also repeatedly referred to as \"slutty,\" \"gross,\" \"hoe,\" \"disgusting,\" and \"unhygienic.\" The emoji with the closed eyes and the surgical face shield is used hundreds of times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interrupting this endless tirade of insults are supporters, desperate to remind Lola that she is \"beautiful\" and \"awesome,\" but the hate just keeps coming at a rate that demonstrates that this isn't just about one moderately famous woman's underarms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The men leaving insults on the thread mostly make it about them. @triggeredredmemes says: \"I don’t want a bitch that won’t shave in bed with me.\" @anthony_ramirez.24 says: \"I wish I didn’t see this.\" @just_finding_nemo says: \"I don’t understand why some women don’t shave their armpits.\" @xx_.king._xx says: \"it’s different on a dude but you bring a female in the picture that look decent then got hairy ass armpits that sh-t ain’t adding up. plus idk a dude that like that on there girl.\" And @tiamobieber seems to feel threatened by having a woman embrace something that he believes is a male privilege: \"Disgusting! YOU ARE A WOMEN NOT A MAN.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there are the men who think this must be a publicity stunt, for no right-thinking woman would ever willingly leave hair on her body without real (financial?) motivation to do so. @Mohragabfans says: \"Clearly she doesn’t have a career. Nobody is paying her any mind. So, she figured. Growing my disgusting armpit hair will get my whack ass self on some headlines (which happened) but don’t forget, she did that all to grab the medias attention. It’s sad to be this desperate and thirsty.\" @Joshsa7 agrees: \"I love her but she is so badly trying to prove a point by not shaving its unbecoming.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interestingly, the women expressing outrage make it about their own idea of feminine roles, which, in turn, often reveal some serious, internalized misogyny. Some have strange notions about the dangers of armpit hair for women like @lizre, who states: \"If you people don’t like to shower, shave, brush your teeth etc. Fine but the truth is that it is disgusting without hygiene people can get sick.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there's anti-underwear police like @solas_one, who says: \"Someone tell her that we have kids in instagram.. we don’t need to poison there minds with this kind of sh-t…someone tell her to send this video to her husband and not to a bunch of perverts…\" and michelle_cookie101, who says: \"I’m reporting you bitch for nudity and porn… Shave your pits dude.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The overriding message, if you subject yourself to the entire thread of comments, is twofold: 1. Lola Kirke must be brought down a peg or two, and 2. Women's bodies are public property to be dissected and commented on at will. Much of the thread issues outright demands to shave, as if Lola's body is a public monument to be designed by and voted on in a virtual town hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The amount of attention focused on Lola Kirke for this one, silly, short clip also demonstrates how much our culture has been focused, for so many decades, on making women feel terrible about themselves at every opportunity. Not only do many of the Instagram commenters make that their goal, but a major reason this post generated an abnormal amount of traffic is because, in those eight brief seconds, it was clear that Lola Kirke was feeling good -- about her body, about herself, about her life. And the sight of that turned out to be so jarring, on such a deep level for a great many observers that they felt the need to remind Lola -- and all of us -- that there is a real price to pay if you allow the world to know you are a confident woman. If you happen to be such a woman with the nerve to not observe every single one of the extremely narrow rules around American beauty ideals, things will be even worse for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"http://www.lennyletter.com/culture/interviews/a684/growing-into-yourself/\">Lena Dunham interviewed Camila Cabello\u003c/a> about how the 19-year-old has coped with stardom in the pop group Fifth Harmony. Wise beyond her years, Cabello said: \"The best decision that I've taken in my career thus far has been this year; I've just stayed away from social media. I don't go on it... Even though I know that there's way more support than there is hate, I don't have that in my head.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a sad state of affairs when young, famous women must close themselves off from social media -- something most of their non-famous peers use daily -- in order to avoid having around-the-clock hate directed at them. Here's hoping Lola Kirke can provide a positive example of how to rise above and beyond it, while we wait for online culture to catch up.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED’s Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great show around the Bay Area this week.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.kqed.org/.stream/mp3splice/radio/thedolist/2017/01/TDL20170127.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here at KQED Arts, we’ve launched \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First 100 days: Art in the Age of Trump\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, a series of stories about how Bay Area artists respond to the new administration. 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Cary Leibowitz: Museum Show)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 26–June 25\u003c/strong>: Artist Cary Liebowitz also goes by the name Candy Ass. It fits his image as a self-deprecating, funny, gay, Jewish artist. A lot of his work is text based: a hot pink canvas with the words “Do these pants make me look Jewish,” and a “Go Fags!” sports pennant. It may sound lighthearted, or offensive, but Liebowitz fearlessly digs into issues of depression and self-esteem in ways no one has before. His first career retrospective continues at San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecjm.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contemporary Jewish Museum\u003c/a>. 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Details for the show at Zellerbach Hall are \u003ca href=\"https://calperformances.org/performances/2016-17/new-music/ensemble-signal.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11268315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11268315\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/01/Carney-KronosCROP-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Ralph Carney (third from left) plays with the Kronos Quartet at the 2015 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/01/Carney-KronosCROP-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/01/Carney-KronosCROP-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/01/Carney-KronosCROP-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/01/Carney-KronosCROP-1180x663.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/01/Carney-KronosCROP-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/01/Carney-KronosCROP.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ralph Carney (third from left) plays with the Kronos Quartet at the 2015 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz \u003ccite>(Courtesy: Ralph Carney)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 2-4\u003c/strong>: We rarely feature more than one classical show on The Do List, but how we can we neglect the routine brilliance of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kronosquartet.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kronos Quartet\u003c/a>. David Harrington and his contemporary chamber group is staging its annual festival at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SFJAZZ\u003c/a>, doing four nights of category-defying music, including pieces by the Who’s Pete Townshend, Van Dyke Parks, Van Anh Vo, new work from Sahba Aminikia, and lots more. Details are \u003ca href=\"http://kronosquartet.org/kronos-festival-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12682039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12682039 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Annie-Liz-Sklar-resists-Billy%E2%80%99s-Tommy-Gorrebeeck-advances-in-Aurora-Theatre-Company%E2%80%99s-production-of-Tom-Stoppard%E2%80%99s-The-Real-Thing-e1485470995314-800x465.jpg\" alt=\"Annie (Liz Sklar) resists Billy’s (Tommy Gorrebeeck) advances in Aurora Theatre Company’s production of Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing\" width=\"800\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Annie-Liz-Sklar-resists-Billy’s-Tommy-Gorrebeeck-advances-in-Aurora-Theatre-Company’s-production-of-Tom-Stoppard’s-The-Real-Thing-e1485470995314-800x465.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Annie-Liz-Sklar-resists-Billy’s-Tommy-Gorrebeeck-advances-in-Aurora-Theatre-Company’s-production-of-Tom-Stoppard’s-The-Real-Thing-e1485470995314-160x93.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Annie-Liz-Sklar-resists-Billy’s-Tommy-Gorrebeeck-advances-in-Aurora-Theatre-Company’s-production-of-Tom-Stoppard’s-The-Real-Thing-e1485470995314-768x447.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Annie-Liz-Sklar-resists-Billy’s-Tommy-Gorrebeeck-advances-in-Aurora-Theatre-Company’s-production-of-Tom-Stoppard’s-The-Real-Thing-e1485470995314-1020x593.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Annie-Liz-Sklar-resists-Billy’s-Tommy-Gorrebeeck-advances-in-Aurora-Theatre-Company’s-production-of-Tom-Stoppard’s-The-Real-Thing-e1485470995314-1920x1117.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Annie-Liz-Sklar-resists-Billy’s-Tommy-Gorrebeeck-advances-in-Aurora-Theatre-Company’s-production-of-Tom-Stoppard’s-The-Real-Thing-e1485470995314-1180x686.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Annie-Liz-Sklar-resists-Billy’s-Tommy-Gorrebeeck-advances-in-Aurora-Theatre-Company’s-production-of-Tom-Stoppard’s-The-Real-Thing-e1485470995314-960x558.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Annie-Liz-Sklar-resists-Billy’s-Tommy-Gorrebeeck-advances-in-Aurora-Theatre-Company’s-production-of-Tom-Stoppard’s-The-Real-Thing-e1485470995314-240x140.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Annie-Liz-Sklar-resists-Billy’s-Tommy-Gorrebeeck-advances-in-Aurora-Theatre-Company’s-production-of-Tom-Stoppard’s-The-Real-Thing-e1485470995314-375x218.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Annie-Liz-Sklar-resists-Billy’s-Tommy-Gorrebeeck-advances-in-Aurora-Theatre-Company’s-production-of-Tom-Stoppard’s-The-Real-Thing-e1485470995314-520x302.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/Annie-Liz-Sklar-resists-Billy’s-Tommy-Gorrebeeck-advances-in-Aurora-Theatre-Company’s-production-of-Tom-Stoppard’s-The-Real-Thing-e1485470995314.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annie (Liz Sklar) resists Billy’s (Tommy Gorrebeeck) advances in Aurora Theatre Company’s production of Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing \u003ccite>(Photo: David Allen/Aurora Theatre)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 27–March 5\u003c/strong>: Tom Stoppard is a master of sometimes very abstruse theater, like \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Coast-Utopia-Voyage-Shipwreck-Salvage/dp/0802143407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Coast of Utopia\u003c/a>,\u003c/em> his trilogy on the birth of Russian radicalism. But in 1982’s \u003cem>The Real Thing\u003c/em>, he wrote a play that’s both intellectually rigorous, and about love and marriage, feelings and humor. This is a show where it really matters who plays the women, and we’re in good hands with Bay Area stars Liz Sklar and \u003ca href=\"http://www.carriepaff.com/CarriePaff/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carrie Paff\u003c/a>, with Timothy Near directing. Can’t wait. Details for the run at the \u003ca href=\"https://auroratheatre.org/index.php?option=com_theatre&view=press_show&id=131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aurora Theatre\u003c/a> in Berkeley are \u003ca href=\"https://www.auroratheatre.org/index.php?option=com_theatre&view=show&id=131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b9n0Amr9RI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 2 and 3\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://runthejewels.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Run the Jewels\u003c/a>, El-P and Killer Mike, are two very cool, very odd, very funny rappers, combining amazingly inventive profanities with politics. They’ve released a new album that challenges our new President (“We return from the depths of the badland / With a gun and a knife in our waistband / Went to war with the Devil and Shaytan / He wore a bad toupee and a spray tan”), and an upcoming appearance on \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Da2ISBiEw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Portlandia \u003c/em>\u003c/a>(very funny). It’s hard to be more relevant. Details for their show at City National Civic in San Jose are \u003ca href=\"http://sanjosetheaters.org/event/run-the-jewels/?instance_id=8164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a> Their show at the Fox in Oakland is sold out (but details \u003ca href=\"http://thefoxoakland.com/events/run-the-jewels-run-the-world-tour/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"Q.Logo.Break\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Here at KQED Arts, we’ve launched \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/01/18/first-100-days-art-in-the-age-of-trump/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First 100 days: Art in the Age of Trump\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, a series of stories about how Bay Area artists respond to the new administration. Comedian \u003ca href=\"http://www.zahracomedy.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zahra Noorbaksh’s\u003c/a> new show tackles what it’s like to be a Muslim comedian under this new administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12295296\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12295296\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/Zahra-Noorbaksh-4-e1485465889401-800x434.jpg\" alt=\"Comedian Zahra Noorbaksh host the podcast ‘Good Muslim, Bad Muslim’\" width=\"800\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/Zahra-Noorbaksh-4-e1485465889401-800x434.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/Zahra-Noorbaksh-4-e1485465889401-160x87.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/Zahra-Noorbaksh-4-e1485465889401-768x416.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/Zahra-Noorbaksh-4-e1485465889401-1020x553.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/Zahra-Noorbaksh-4-e1485465889401-1920x1041.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/Zahra-Noorbaksh-4-e1485465889401-1180x640.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/Zahra-Noorbaksh-4-e1485465889401-960x520.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/Zahra-Noorbaksh-4-e1485465889401-240x130.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/Zahra-Noorbaksh-4-e1485465889401-375x203.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/Zahra-Noorbaksh-4-e1485465889401-520x282.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/Zahra-Noorbaksh-4-e1485465889401.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comedian Zahra Noorbaksh hosts the podcast ‘Good Muslim, Bad Muslim.’ \u003ccite>(Photo: Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Somehow Noorbaksh, recently featured on \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/18/510346895/after-trumps-election-a-non-practicing-muslim-returns-to-prayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fresh Air\u003c/a>, manages to be funny about everything from Muslim registries and deportation centers to pussy hats. \u003cem>On Behalf of All Muslims\u003c/em> is at a venue we don’t usually cover, the Islamic Center of Northern California in Oakland, and runs \u003cstrong>Feb. 2–4 and 9–13\u003c/strong>. Details \u003ca href=\"http://obam.brownpapertickets.com/?utm_source=General+Interest&utm_campaign=02196f2d80-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5b5b50c93c-02196f2d80-93088781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u003c/a> Now the rest of the show.\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/RAhNYRTV0Sg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/RAhNYRTV0Sg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 29\u003c/strong>: Bay Area Jazz violinist Mads Tolling and his Mads Men are mining the \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> TV era, finding musical gold in the theme music for TV shows and movies from the sixties — everything from the classic-cool of \u003cem>Mission Impossible\u003c/em> (Lalo Schifrin) and \u003cem>The Pink Panther\u003c/em> (Henry Mancini) to the classic-corn of \u003cem>The Flintstones\u003c/em> (Hoyt Curtin, Joseph Barbera and William Hanna). Details for their two album release shows (\u003cem>Playing the ’60s\u003c/em>) at Yoshi’s in Oakland are right \u003ca href=\"http://www.yoshis.com/event/1230483-mads-tolling-mads-men-oakland/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12681839\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12681839\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/3-CL-CaryLeibowitz-HiJewboy-e1485468732993-800x415.jpg\" alt=\"Hi Jewboy/Hi by Cary Liebowitz is part of the career retrospective at the Contemporary Jewish Museum\" width=\"800\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/3-CL-CaryLeibowitz-HiJewboy-e1485468732993-800x415.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/3-CL-CaryLeibowitz-HiJewboy-e1485468732993-160x83.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/3-CL-CaryLeibowitz-HiJewboy-e1485468732993-768x398.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/3-CL-CaryLeibowitz-HiJewboy-e1485468732993-1020x529.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/3-CL-CaryLeibowitz-HiJewboy-e1485468732993-1920x996.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/3-CL-CaryLeibowitz-HiJewboy-e1485468732993-1180x612.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/3-CL-CaryLeibowitz-HiJewboy-e1485468732993-960x498.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/3-CL-CaryLeibowitz-HiJewboy-e1485468732993-240x124.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/3-CL-CaryLeibowitz-HiJewboy-e1485468732993-375x195.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/3-CL-CaryLeibowitz-HiJewboy-e1485468732993-520x270.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/3-CL-CaryLeibowitz-HiJewboy-e1485468732993.jpg 2032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hi Jewboy/Hi by Cary Liebowitz is part of the career retrospective at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of the artist and INVISIBLE-EXPORTS. Cary Leibowitz: Museum Show)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 26–June 25\u003c/strong>: Artist Cary Liebowitz also goes by the name Candy Ass. It fits his image as a self-deprecating, funny, gay, Jewish artist. A lot of his work is text based: a hot pink canvas with the words “Do these pants make me look Jewish,” and a “Go Fags!” sports pennant. It may sound lighthearted, or offensive, but Liebowitz fearlessly digs into issues of depression and self-esteem in ways no one has before. His first career retrospective continues at San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecjm.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contemporary Jewish Museum\u003c/a>. Details \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecjm.org/exhibitions/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ZXJWO2FQ16c'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ZXJWO2FQ16c'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 29\u003c/strong>: It’s been a season of important birthdays for a groundbreaking generation of a classical composers. Berkeley’s John Adams turns 70 (more on that next week), Philip Glass just turned 80, and so did \u003ca href=\"http://www.stevereich.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Reich,\u003c/a> who sets up exquisite rhythms, often featuring marimbas and clapping hands, and then shifts the pattern just a bit to take you into a new musical universe. Reich is in Berkeley to oversee the premiere of a new work, \u003cem>Runner, \u003c/em>a co-commission by \u003ca href=\"https://calperformances.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cal Performances\u003c/a> with the crackerjack chamber group \u003ca href=\"http://signalensemble.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ensemble Signal\u003c/a>, led by Brad Lubman. 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"content": "\u003cp>We look at celebrities who've leved-up for inspiration, imagine alternate universes (what if Iman was President? what if Aaliyah was with us? what if Whitney never met Bobby?), and check up on Young Thug, Chelsea Handler, and Serena Williams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.kqed.org/.stream/mp3splice/radio/thecooler/2017/01/CandyMandy.mp3\" title=\"Mandy Moore Reinvented Herself, and So Can You!\" program=\"The Cooler\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/03/clo.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003cdiv>\u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cooler/id1041117499?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/DownloadOniTunes_100x100.png\" width=\"75px\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/music/m/Ig3hk6qa4fzcgjp2kagptfgu4u4?t=The_Cooler\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/Google_Play_100x100.png\" width=\"75px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the beginning of a new year, and anything is possible! 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"content": "\u003cp>Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV’s beloved \u003cem>The Mary Tyler Moore Show\u003c/em> whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, has died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore died Wednesday with her husband and friends nearby, her publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said. She was 80.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore gained fame in the 1960s as the frazzled wife Laura Petrie on \u003cem>The Dick Van Dyke Show\u003c/em>. In the 1970s, she created one of TV’s first career-woman sitcom heroines in \u003cem>The Mary Tyler Moore Show\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She won seven Emmy awards over the years and was nominated for an Oscar for her 1980 portrayal of an affluent mother whose son is accidentally killed in \u003cem>Ordinary People\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She had battled diabetes for many years. In 2011, she underwent surgery to remove a benign tumor on the lining of her brain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore’s first major TV role was on the classic sitcom “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” in which she played the young homemaker wife of Van Dyke’s character, comedy writer Rob Petrie, from 1961-66.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With her unerring gift for comedy, Moore seemed perfectly fashioned to the smarter wit of the new, post-Eisenhower age. As Laura, she traded in the housedress of countless sitcom wives and clad her dancer’s legs in Capri pants that were as fashionable as they were suited to a modern American woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura was a dream wife and mother, but not perfect. Viewers identified with her flustered moments and her protracted, plaintive cry to her husband: “Ohhhh, Robbbb!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore’s chemistry with Van Dyke was unmistakable. Decades later, he spoke warmly of the chaste but palpable off-screen crush they shared during the show’s run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also appeared together in several TV specials over the years and in 2003, co-starred in a PBS production of the play \u003cem>The Gin Game\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it was as Mary Richards, the plucky Minneapolis TV news producer on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (1970-77), that Moore truly made her mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when women’s liberation was catching on worldwide, her character brought to TV audiences an independent, 1970s career woman. Other than Marlo Thomas’ 1960s sitcom character “That Girl,” who at least had a steady boyfriend, there were few precedents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Richards was comfortable being single in her 30s, and while she dated, she wasn’t desperate to get married. She sparred affectionately with her gruff boss, Lou Grant, played by Ed Asner and addressed always as “Mr. Grant.” And millions agreed with the show’s theme song that she could “turn the world on with her smile.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show was filled with laughs. But no episode was more memorable than the bittersweet finale when new management fired the entire WJM News staff — everyone but the preening, clueless anchorman, Ted Baxter. Thus did the series dare to question whether Mary Richards actually did “make it after all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series ran seven seasons and won 29 Emmys, a record that stood for a quarter century until \u003cem>Frasier\u003c/em> broke it in 2002.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Mary Tyler Moore Show\u003c/em> spawned the spin-offs \u003cem>Rhoda\u003c/em>, (1974-78), starring Valerie Harper; \u003cem>Phyllis\u003c/em> (1975-77), starring Cloris Leachman; and \u003cem>Lou Grant\u003c/em> (1977-82), starring Asner in a rare drama spun off from a comedy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Richards “certainly was never a character that I had to develop when we were doing the show,” Moore said in a 1995 interview with The Associated Press. “Everything I did was by the seat of the pants. I reacted to every written situation the way I would have in real life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She likened being linked with that role to “growing up with a mother who is a very famous actress. There are all kinds of wonderful perks that go with it, and then there are little resentments, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My life is inextricably intertwined with Mary Richards’, and probably always will be,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Mary Tyler Moore\u003c/em> was the first in a series of acclaimed, award-winning shows she produced with her second husband, Grant Tinker, who died in November 2016, through their MTM Enterprises. (The meowing kitten at the end of the shows was a parody of the MGM lion.) \u003cem>The Bob Newhart Show\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Hill Street Blues\u003c/em>, \u003cem>St. Elsewhere\u003c/em> and \u003cem>WKRP in Cincinnati\u003c/em> are among the MTM series that followed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore won her seventh Emmy in 1993, for supporting actress in a miniseries or special, for a Lifetime network movie, \u003cem>Stolen Babies\u003c/em>. She had won two for \u003cem>The Dick Van Dyke Show\u003c/em> and the other four for \u003cem>Mary Tyler Moore\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, her seven tied her with former co-star Asner for the record of prime-time Emmy acting wins. Another co-star, Leachman, later surpassed them with eight prime-time Emmys in acting and variety show categories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2012, Moore received the Screen Actors Guild’s lifetime achievement award.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore never achieved the individual success with a television series that she enjoyed with \u003cem>Mary Tyler Moore\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She starred in two different programs called \u003cem>Mary\u003c/em> — one, a comedy/variety hour similar to “The Carol Burnett Show,” lasted only a few episodes in 1978. Another variety show, “The Mary Tyler Moore Hour,” spent a few months on the air in 1979.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second \u003cem>Mary\u003c/em>, a sitcom in which Moore played a divorced Chicago newspaper columnist, bounced between time slots for about six months before being canceled in 1986.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then in fall 1986, another flop: \u003cem>Annie McGuire\u003c/em>, in which she played a divorced woman who had remarried for the second time. It lasted just two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also asked to be written out of \u003cem>New York News\u003c/em>, a drama set at a newspaper, which aired for two months in 1995.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the big screen, Moore’s appearances were less frequent. She was a 1920s flapper in the hit 1967 musical \u003cem>Thoroughly Modern Millie\u003c/em> and a nun who falls for Elvis Presley in \u003cem>Change of Habit\u003c/em> in 1969.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She turned to serious drama in 1980’s \u003cem>Ordinary People\u003c/em>, playing an affluent, bitter mother who loses a son in an accident. The film won the Oscar for best picture and best director for Robert Redford, and it earned Moore an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe. She also played the mother of a dying girl in 1982’s \u003cem>Six Weeks\u003c/em> and real-life cancer survivor Betty Rollin in a 1978 TV movie, \u003cem>First You Cry\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore endured personal tragedy in real life, too. The same year Ordinary People came out, her only child, Richard, who’d had trouble in school and with drugs, accidentally shot himself at 24. Her younger sister, Elizabeth, died at 21 from a combination of a painkillers and alcohol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her 1995 autobiography \u003cem>After All\u003c/em>, Moore admitted she helped her terminally ill brother try to commit suicide by feeding him ice cream laced with a deadly overdose of drugs. The attempt failed, and her 47-year-old brother, John, died three months later in 1992 of kidney cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore herself lived with juvenile diabetes for some 40 years and told of her struggle in her 2009 book, \u003cem>Growing Up Again\u003c/em>. She also spent five weeks at the Betty Ford Clinic in 1984 for alcohol abuse, writing that they “transformed my life — and gave me a chance to start growing up — even at my advanced age … of 45.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She served as chairwoman of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, supported embryonic stem cell research and was active in animal rights causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1983, Moore married cardiologist Robert Levine, who survives her. Her marriage to Tinker lasted from 1962 to 1981. Before that, she was married to Dick Meeker from 1955 to 1961.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore was born in 1936 in Brooklyn; the family moved to California when she was around 8 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She began dancing lessons as a child and launched her career while still in her teens, appearing in TV commercials. In the mid-’50s, she was a dancing sprite called \u003cem>Happy Hotpoint\u003c/em> in Hotpoint appliance ads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of her early TV series roles was as a secretary who was unseen, except for her legs, on “Richard Diamond, Private Detective.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She arrived at \u003cem>The Dick Van Dyke Show\u003c/em> at age 24, a dancer with few acting credits and scant evidence of any gift for being funny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Decades later, Carl Reiner, who created the show, still marveled at the comic genius he discovered and nurtured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was a very quick study,” he recalled in 2014. “It didn’t take her very long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was start of a comic legacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1992, Moore received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 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Decades later, he spoke warmly of the chaste but palpable off-screen crush they shared during the show’s run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also appeared together in several TV specials over the years and in 2003, co-starred in a PBS production of the play \u003cem>The Gin Game\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it was as Mary Richards, the plucky Minneapolis TV news producer on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (1970-77), that Moore truly made her mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when women’s liberation was catching on worldwide, her character brought to TV audiences an independent, 1970s career woman. Other than Marlo Thomas’ 1960s sitcom character “That Girl,” who at least had a steady boyfriend, there were few precedents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Richards was comfortable being single in her 30s, and while she dated, she wasn’t desperate to get married. 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"disqusTitle": "'Victoria' Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: All The Single Ladies",
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"content": "\u003cp>Our episode starts with a blinged-out, bored Victoria riding around town. Some people gather to watch her carriage pass:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60155\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-22 at 1.51.04 PM\" width=\"597\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM.png 597w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM-160x155.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM-240x233.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM-375x364.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM-520x504.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, elsewhere, a much larger crowd gathers to protest:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60156\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-22 at 1.50.51 PM\" width=\"588\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM.png 588w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-160x157.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-240x236.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-375x369.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-520x511.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-50x50.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-64x64.png 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One Man, One Vote,\" the signs read. A reasonable request, right? Apparently not; soldiers aim rifles at the protestors, yell \"In the name of the Queen! Fire!!!\" and shoot everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/f8a.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60157\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/f8a.gif\" alt=\"f8a\" width=\"355\" height=\"186\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Buckingham Palace, Victoria and Lord M agree that Queen Elizabeth I had it all figured out by staying single forever. Marriage just leads to unhappiness, divorce, or getting cuckolded by Lord Byron, so why bother?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Victoria's uncle on her mother's side, Leopold, arrives to say passive-aggressive things about her height (we get it! she's short!) and how he would be living in Buckingham Palace if his wife hadn't died during childbirth (she preceded Victoria in the line of succession). For a country known for its stuffy manners, these people sure don't have any.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's mom doesn't waste any time conspiring with her brother about making Victoria marry their other sibling's son, Albert. If you're following along, yes, that means Albert is Victoria's first cousin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/gross5_zps43ad1395.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60167\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/gross5_zps43ad1395.gif\" alt=\"gross5_zps43ad1395\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/raw.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60170\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/raw.gif\" alt=\"raw\" width=\"244\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-1.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60169\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-1.gif\" alt=\"giphy (1)\" width=\"310\" height=\"205\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Disgusted-Grandma.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60166\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Disgusted-Grandma.gif\" alt=\"Disgusted-Grandma\" width=\"389\" height=\"221\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And before you leave a comment, yes, I'm aware that this sort of thing occurs often in royal families to keep alliances strong, but it doesn't make the fact that Victoria and Albert share the same grandparents any less gross.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Never one to miss an opportunity to beat a dead horse, Sir John randomly chimes in from the sidelines: \"YOU NEED A HUSBAND!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Anne-Hathaway-Needs-Everyone-To-Shut-Up-In-Disneys-The-Princess-Diaries.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60171\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Anne-Hathaway-Needs-Everyone-To-Shut-Up-In-Disneys-The-Princess-Diaries.gif\" alt=\"Anne-Hathaway-Needs-Everyone-To-Shut-Up-In-Disneys-The-Princess-Diaries\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria announces that they can continue discussing how she's nothing without a husband, but that she has to go govern now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mx3npl6PjH1qfh70bo4_250.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60172\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mx3npl6PjH1qfh70bo4_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mx3npl6PjH1qfh70bo4_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Uncle Scar is upset that he's not the only power-hungry uncle around. Scar's wife has a solution: why doesn't Uncle Scar try to make Victoria marry George, one of the first cousins on her father's side?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/1456.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60173\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/1456.gif\" alt=\"1456\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lord M finds Victoria to tell her two things:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Ew! Your first cousin?!\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Some starving poor people are protesting for their civil rights and getting shot.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Victoria is like, \u003cem>Oh, that's weird. Anyway, I can't wait to dance with you at the opera tonight! \u003c/em>Somewhere, Marie Antoinette's headless ghost is floating around, wailing, \u003cem>You chop off my head for wanting to share some cake, but she gets away with this? Come on!!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the servants pick sides -- #TeamRussianGroper, #TeamCousinAlbert, #TeamCousinGeorge, #TeamLordM -- and place bets. They're all wrong. \u003ca href=\"http://foreveryoungadult.com/_uploads/images2/gilmoregirlsjessandrory.jpg\">#TeamJess\u003c/a> all the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the opera, Russian Groper and Cousin George fight over Victoria with mean looks, while Leopold creepily stalks Victoria through binoculars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the performance, Uncle Leopold threatens Victoria with the idea that, if she doesn't take the safe, incestuous choice with Albert and instead marries Lord M, protestors will burn everything to the ground and probably kill her. Victoria obliterates him back into his proper place with this royal clapback:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think you forget that I'm of a royal line that stretches back 1,000 years, whilst you're the king of Belgium, a country that did not exist a decade ago.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/xgz9nkR.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60181\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/xgz9nkR.gif\" alt=\"xgz9nkR\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the palace, lead maid Ms. Jenkins gets an upsetting note from her sister, but doesn't want to talk about it. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ (Dear \u003cem>Victoria\u003c/em> writers, you don't have to force a \"downstairs\" narrative in an attempt to be \u003cem>Downton\u003c/em>. You'll never be \u003cem>Downton\u003c/em>, and that's okay.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Victoria and Lord M trot around on horseback, talking about boys. The verdict: Russian Groper is hot and gets what it's like to be a spoiled royal, but is he too foreign? As for Cousin George, he's the worst, but an incestuous English marriage would be super popular with the people. Decisions, decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You know who else is English? Lord M! He and Victoria stop just short of winking at each other and licking their lips. (Fun fact: in real life, Lord M was 40 YEARS OLDER than Victoria, and they didn't like each other in that way. But reality makes for dull television, so here we are.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in the palace, Victoria's mom complains to her brother about how poor she feels and asks for money. He quickly delivers a NOPE, reminds her she lives in a frickin' palace, and recommends she dump Sir John and get back on Victoria's good side. Victoria's mom blinks slowly and responds, \u003cem>No, but for real, can I borrow ten dollars?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometime later, Victoria is out in public to unveil a monument to her dead father. There are more soldiers than usual because the protestors are gaining steam. Some are even talking about pushing for women's right to vote. At this idea, Victoria laughs, \"Now, you are teasing me!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_inline_ohfhx3b1UC1uqemwj_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60182\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_inline_ohfhx3b1UC1uqemwj_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_inline_ohfhx3b1UC1uqemwj_500\" width=\"340\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russian Groper and Cousin George fight over who gets to help Victoria ascend a single small step. Victoria doesn't need help though; as we learned last week, her new rebel move is to confront staircases without holding onto people. You go, girl!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moment she unveils the monument, protestors erupt in shouts and Victoria is whisked away to safety. Leopold pops up out of nowhere to remind Lord M that he's old and should stop flirting with his niece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that night, Victoria plays with Lord M's telescope (this is not a dirty euphemism), while, across town, Lord M holds important papers and stares off into the distance. They're basically reenacting this scene, but with way more sexual tension:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_iRdgGZ6Xc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the Italian chef is losing his hotness by the syllable, as he badgers Babyface Maid over her mysterious past. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ (Again, \u003cem>Victoria\u003c/em> writers, we don't care about these forced B plots.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, spooked by his conversation with Leopold, Lord M stays away from Buckingham Palace, but Victoria, not well-versed in play-hard-to-get or he's-just-not-that-into-you, jumps in an unmarked carriage and goes to his house. Their interaction goes something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Victoria: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-3.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60191\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"giphy (3)\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lord M:\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mc5v5y3MTC1qgbguro5_250.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60192\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mc5v5y3MTC1qgbguro5_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mc5v5y3MTC1qgbguro5_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"170\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/hair-push-back.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60193\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/hair-push-back.gif\" alt=\"hair-push-back\" width=\"500\" height=\"244\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lord M:\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-4.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-4.gif\" alt=\"giphy (4)\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Victoria:\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Mean-Girls-mean-girls-25469651-500-210.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60196\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Mean-Girls-mean-girls-25469651-500-210.gif\" alt=\"Mean-Girls-mean-girls-25469651-500-210\" width=\"500\" height=\"210\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lord M:\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/mean-girls-11th-anniversary-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60195\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/mean-girls-11th-anniversary-gif.gif\" alt=\"mean-girls-11th-anniversary-gif\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria opens up about how she thought Lord M was just a replacement father figure, but that she realized she wants him to be her daddy, in a sexual sense, too! Lord M says he can't do that because he's super busy being sad about his cheating, dead wife for the rest of his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/be3c452f34164db6001c8311f255138a.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60197\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/be3c452f34164db6001c8311f255138a.gif\" alt=\"be3c452f34164db6001c8311f255138a\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Victoria changes up her look (because nothing helps one get over a breakup more than a fierce makeover).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60199\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-22 at 5.09.27 PM\" width=\"750\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM.png 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM-160x83.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM-240x124.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM-375x194.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM-520x269.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Violet_come_through.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60200\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Violet_come_through.gif\" alt=\"Violet_come_through\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bunch of dignitaries arrive for a ball in Leopold's honor. Russian Groper and Cousin George fight over who will dance with Victoria first. Victoria chooses Russian Groper because hotness trumps foreignness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some hallway, Babyface Maid gets Mrs. Jenkins to spill on that letter she received from her sister. Turns out she has a nephew, whom she hasn't seen in a long while because servants don't get PTO privileges. He always said he would come visit her and he's finally coming to London....\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_lsb8q8AmRS1r3v6f2o1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60208\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_lsb8q8AmRS1r3v6f2o1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_lsb8q8AmRS1r3v6f2o1_500\" width=\"495\" height=\"249\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... \"to be hanged and then to be cut open while he's still alive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/brit-omg.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60209\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/brit-omg.gif\" alt=\"brit omg\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turns out he was part of the protesting movement. WOMP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the ballroom, Lord M asks for a dance, even though he just stomped on Victoria's daddy-issue-filled heart. He brings up the relationship Queen Elizabeth I had with the Earl of Leicester. Like their situation, it was a will-they-won't-they, forbidden love thing that involved a dead wife. Victoria imagines the point of this story is to say, \u003cem>Screw it! Let's French kiss like it's 1559!\u003c/em> But his point is actually,\u003cem> I'm still just not that into you. Also: did you know I had a wife who cheated on me with Lord Byron?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next up in the dancing request line: Sir John, who spends the entire song telling Victoria she needs to snag a husband to \"keep her behavior in check\" and pop out some babies already. Get some new material, dude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Russian Groper gives Victoria a fancy gift with their initials spelled out in diamonds, and then announces that he's going back to Russia to marry some princess his dad picked out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/huh-what.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60210\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/huh-what.gif\" alt=\"huh-what\" width=\"250\" height=\"203\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much for #TeamRussianGroper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Uncle Scar's pad, he's still grumpy over being a 67-year-old heir, who'll probably never be King. His wife cheers him up: \"Remember, even healthy women can die in childbirth!\" Wow. I feel really bad for \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederica_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz\">the real-life woman\u003c/a> this character is based on. After a cursory dive into her Wikipedia page, I declare that this depiction is unfair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the palace, Victoria tells Mrs. Jenkins and Babyface Maid that she wishes she was a man because corsets suck. They both put up praise hands and say, \u003cem>Amen! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mrs. Jenkins falls down for no reason and asks to be excused. Victoria is like, \u003cem>What's her damage? \u003c/em>Babyface Maid spills all the details about Mrs. Jenkins' nephew and how most non-royals think the punishment for protesting should be a bit more lenient than being sliced up and gutted. Victoria is like, \u003cem>Hmmmmm, maybe!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria finds Lord M and says she wants to sign a petition on whitehouse.gov or something to save the protestors' lives. He's like, \u003cem>Ummm, you're the Queen. You can just commute their sentences and set them up with new lives in Australia.\u003c/em> She's like, \u003cem>Cool, we'll do that, then!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a roll, Victoria runs off to take care of another bit of business. She informs Sir John and her mom that she will grant Sir John's request for money and a title in exchange for disappearing forever and ever. Shocked, Victoria's mom turns to Sir John to find out if he's really willing to drop her for a few coins. Sir John's response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/giphy-5.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20781\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/giphy-5.gif\" alt=\"kanye shrug gif\" width=\"464\" height=\"264\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that day, Victoria tries to make amends with her mother: \u003cem>Hey, sorry about sending away your best friend / maybe lover and for humiliating your cancer-stricken friend and speeding up her death. Here's some fancy lace and a bigger allowance. We cool? \u003c/em>Victoria's mom decides that they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Victoria is painting a portrait of Elizabeth I. She tells Lord M she's decided to take a page from the former Queen's playbook and be single forever, while getting some on the side (*wink*). For the hundredth time, Lord M turns her down and tells her to maybe consider marrying her cousin Albert. This Albert better be hot, geez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some time later, Victoria is playing a dramatic song on the piano, while everyone sits around her, pretending not to be bored. Cut to two men descending stairs. Their boots have tassels on them. Their faces have mustaches on them. They walk in and everyone stands, but Victoria is too focused on her music to notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Albert (rudely, in my opinion) walks up and distracts her mid-concerto. He says her name. With her eyes, she says, \u003cem>UM, WOAH, TOTALLY COOL WITH THIS MARRIAGE THING NOW.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/omy.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60220\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/omy.gif\" alt=\"omy\" width=\"327\" height=\"259\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: Russian Groper. \u003c/strong>What a tease!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Victoria's Mom. \u003c/strong>Losing all your friends and being left with a daughter who hates you must be tough. Here's a pity prize to go with the fancy lace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BRONZE: \u003cstrong>The Protestors. \u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>What do they want? Basic voting rights! When do they want it? Preferably before they all die of starvation! Keep fighting, comrades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SILVER: \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong> Elizabeth I. \u003c/strong>For inspiring independent women that they don't need a man (unless he's super-duper hot).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GOLD: \u003cstrong>Mrs. Jenkins' Nephew's Guts. \u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>They get to stay inside of him! Yay!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Until next week! If you miss me, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/author/ehapsis/\">read some of my other work \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/xcusemybeauty\">follow me on Twitter @xcusemybeauty\u003c/a>!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>More recaps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108303/victoria-season-3-finale-recap-matchmaker-matchmaker\">'Victoria' Season 3 Finale Recap: Matchmaker, Matchmaker\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108301/victoria-season-3-episode-7-recap-california-love\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: California Love\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108299/victoria-season-3-episode-6-recap-love-on-the-brain\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: Love on the Brain\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108293/victoria-season-3-episode-5-recap-on-the-road-again\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: On The Road Again\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108291/victoria-season-3-episode-4-recap-ill-be-missing-you\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: I'll Be Missing You\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108289/victoria-season-3-episode-3-recap-la-isla-bonita\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: La Isla Bonita\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108287/victoria-season-3-episode-2-recap-the-guns-of-brixton\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: The Guns of Brixton\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108284/victoria-season-3-premiere-recap-god-save-the-queen\">'Victoria' Season 3 Premiere Recap: God Save The Queen\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97779/victoria-season-2-finale-recap-its-a-hard-knock-life\">'Victoria' Season 2 Finale Recap: It's a Hard-Knock Life\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97777/victoria-season-2-episode-6-recap-somewhere-over-the-rainbow\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 6 Recap: Somewhere Over The Rainbow\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97775/victoria-season-2-episode-5-recap-lost-and-found\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 5 Recap: Lost and Found\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97773/victoria-season-2-episode-4-recap-people-are-people\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: People Are People\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97771/victoria-season-2-episode-3-recap-daddy-issues\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 3 Recap: Daddy Issues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97769/victoria-season-2-episode-2-recap-puppy-love\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: Puppy Love\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97767/victoria-season-2-premiere-recap-baby-its-cold-outside\">'Victoria' Season 2 Premiere Recap: Baby It's Cold Outside\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/56546/victoria-season-1-finale-recap-bye-bye-baby-blues\">'Victoria' Season 1 Finale Recap: Bye Bye Baby Blues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/02/19/victoria-season-1-episode-6-recap-cmon-ride-the-train/\">'Victoria' Season 1, Episode 6 Recap: C'mon Ride the Train\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/02/12/pbs-victoria-season-1-episode-5-recap-ill-make-love-to-you/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: I’ll Make Love to You\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/02/05/pbs-victoria-season-1-episode-4-recap-wedding-bell-blues/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Wedding Bell Blues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/29/pbs-victoria-season-1-episode-3-recap-youre-so-vain/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: You’re So Vain\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/22/victoria-season-1-episode-2-recap-all-the-single-ladies/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: All The Single Ladies\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/15/victoria-season-1-premiere-recap-bow-down/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1 Premiere Recap: Bow Down\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Our episode starts with a blinged-out, bored Victoria riding around town. Some people gather to watch her carriage pass:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60155\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-22 at 1.51.04 PM\" width=\"597\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM.png 597w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM-160x155.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM-240x233.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM-375x364.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM-520x504.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.51.04-PM-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, elsewhere, a much larger crowd gathers to protest:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60156\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-22 at 1.50.51 PM\" width=\"588\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM.png 588w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-160x157.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-240x236.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-375x369.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-520x511.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-50x50.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-1.50.51-PM-64x64.png 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One Man, One Vote,\" the signs read. A reasonable request, right? Apparently not; soldiers aim rifles at the protestors, yell \"In the name of the Queen! Fire!!!\" and shoot everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/f8a.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60157\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/f8a.gif\" alt=\"f8a\" width=\"355\" height=\"186\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Buckingham Palace, Victoria and Lord M agree that Queen Elizabeth I had it all figured out by staying single forever. Marriage just leads to unhappiness, divorce, or getting cuckolded by Lord Byron, so why bother?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Victoria's uncle on her mother's side, Leopold, arrives to say passive-aggressive things about her height (we get it! she's short!) and how he would be living in Buckingham Palace if his wife hadn't died during childbirth (she preceded Victoria in the line of succession). For a country known for its stuffy manners, these people sure don't have any.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's mom doesn't waste any time conspiring with her brother about making Victoria marry their other sibling's son, Albert. If you're following along, yes, that means Albert is Victoria's first cousin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/gross5_zps43ad1395.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60167\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/gross5_zps43ad1395.gif\" alt=\"gross5_zps43ad1395\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/raw.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60170\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/raw.gif\" alt=\"raw\" width=\"244\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-1.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60169\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-1.gif\" alt=\"giphy (1)\" width=\"310\" height=\"205\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Disgusted-Grandma.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60166\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Disgusted-Grandma.gif\" alt=\"Disgusted-Grandma\" width=\"389\" height=\"221\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And before you leave a comment, yes, I'm aware that this sort of thing occurs often in royal families to keep alliances strong, but it doesn't make the fact that Victoria and Albert share the same grandparents any less gross.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Never one to miss an opportunity to beat a dead horse, Sir John randomly chimes in from the sidelines: \"YOU NEED A HUSBAND!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Anne-Hathaway-Needs-Everyone-To-Shut-Up-In-Disneys-The-Princess-Diaries.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60171\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Anne-Hathaway-Needs-Everyone-To-Shut-Up-In-Disneys-The-Princess-Diaries.gif\" alt=\"Anne-Hathaway-Needs-Everyone-To-Shut-Up-In-Disneys-The-Princess-Diaries\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria announces that they can continue discussing how she's nothing without a husband, but that she has to go govern now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mx3npl6PjH1qfh70bo4_250.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60172\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mx3npl6PjH1qfh70bo4_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mx3npl6PjH1qfh70bo4_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Uncle Scar is upset that he's not the only power-hungry uncle around. Scar's wife has a solution: why doesn't Uncle Scar try to make Victoria marry George, one of the first cousins on her father's side?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/1456.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60173\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/1456.gif\" alt=\"1456\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lord M finds Victoria to tell her two things:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Ew! Your first cousin?!\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Some starving poor people are protesting for their civil rights and getting shot.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Victoria is like, \u003cem>Oh, that's weird. Anyway, I can't wait to dance with you at the opera tonight! \u003c/em>Somewhere, Marie Antoinette's headless ghost is floating around, wailing, \u003cem>You chop off my head for wanting to share some cake, but she gets away with this? Come on!!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the servants pick sides -- #TeamRussianGroper, #TeamCousinAlbert, #TeamCousinGeorge, #TeamLordM -- and place bets. They're all wrong. \u003ca href=\"http://foreveryoungadult.com/_uploads/images2/gilmoregirlsjessandrory.jpg\">#TeamJess\u003c/a> all the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the opera, Russian Groper and Cousin George fight over Victoria with mean looks, while Leopold creepily stalks Victoria through binoculars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the performance, Uncle Leopold threatens Victoria with the idea that, if she doesn't take the safe, incestuous choice with Albert and instead marries Lord M, protestors will burn everything to the ground and probably kill her. Victoria obliterates him back into his proper place with this royal clapback:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think you forget that I'm of a royal line that stretches back 1,000 years, whilst you're the king of Belgium, a country that did not exist a decade ago.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/xgz9nkR.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60181\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/xgz9nkR.gif\" alt=\"xgz9nkR\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the palace, lead maid Ms. Jenkins gets an upsetting note from her sister, but doesn't want to talk about it. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ (Dear \u003cem>Victoria\u003c/em> writers, you don't have to force a \"downstairs\" narrative in an attempt to be \u003cem>Downton\u003c/em>. You'll never be \u003cem>Downton\u003c/em>, and that's okay.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Victoria and Lord M trot around on horseback, talking about boys. The verdict: Russian Groper is hot and gets what it's like to be a spoiled royal, but is he too foreign? As for Cousin George, he's the worst, but an incestuous English marriage would be super popular with the people. Decisions, decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You know who else is English? Lord M! He and Victoria stop just short of winking at each other and licking their lips. (Fun fact: in real life, Lord M was 40 YEARS OLDER than Victoria, and they didn't like each other in that way. But reality makes for dull television, so here we are.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in the palace, Victoria's mom complains to her brother about how poor she feels and asks for money. He quickly delivers a NOPE, reminds her she lives in a frickin' palace, and recommends she dump Sir John and get back on Victoria's good side. Victoria's mom blinks slowly and responds, \u003cem>No, but for real, can I borrow ten dollars?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometime later, Victoria is out in public to unveil a monument to her dead father. There are more soldiers than usual because the protestors are gaining steam. Some are even talking about pushing for women's right to vote. At this idea, Victoria laughs, \"Now, you are teasing me!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_inline_ohfhx3b1UC1uqemwj_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60182\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_inline_ohfhx3b1UC1uqemwj_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_inline_ohfhx3b1UC1uqemwj_500\" width=\"340\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russian Groper and Cousin George fight over who gets to help Victoria ascend a single small step. Victoria doesn't need help though; as we learned last week, her new rebel move is to confront staircases without holding onto people. You go, girl!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moment she unveils the monument, protestors erupt in shouts and Victoria is whisked away to safety. Leopold pops up out of nowhere to remind Lord M that he's old and should stop flirting with his niece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that night, Victoria plays with Lord M's telescope (this is not a dirty euphemism), while, across town, Lord M holds important papers and stares off into the distance. They're basically reenacting this scene, but with way more sexual tension:\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/l_iRdgGZ6Xc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/l_iRdgGZ6Xc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Downstairs, the Italian chef is losing his hotness by the syllable, as he badgers Babyface Maid over her mysterious past. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ (Again, \u003cem>Victoria\u003c/em> writers, we don't care about these forced B plots.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, spooked by his conversation with Leopold, Lord M stays away from Buckingham Palace, but Victoria, not well-versed in play-hard-to-get or he's-just-not-that-into-you, jumps in an unmarked carriage and goes to his house. Their interaction goes something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Victoria: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-3.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60191\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"giphy (3)\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lord M:\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mc5v5y3MTC1qgbguro5_250.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60192\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mc5v5y3MTC1qgbguro5_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mc5v5y3MTC1qgbguro5_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"170\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/hair-push-back.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60193\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/hair-push-back.gif\" alt=\"hair-push-back\" width=\"500\" height=\"244\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lord M:\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-4.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-4.gif\" alt=\"giphy (4)\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Victoria:\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Mean-Girls-mean-girls-25469651-500-210.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60196\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Mean-Girls-mean-girls-25469651-500-210.gif\" alt=\"Mean-Girls-mean-girls-25469651-500-210\" width=\"500\" height=\"210\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lord M:\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/mean-girls-11th-anniversary-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60195\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/mean-girls-11th-anniversary-gif.gif\" alt=\"mean-girls-11th-anniversary-gif\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria opens up about how she thought Lord M was just a replacement father figure, but that she realized she wants him to be her daddy, in a sexual sense, too! Lord M says he can't do that because he's super busy being sad about his cheating, dead wife for the rest of his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/be3c452f34164db6001c8311f255138a.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60197\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/be3c452f34164db6001c8311f255138a.gif\" alt=\"be3c452f34164db6001c8311f255138a\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Victoria changes up her look (because nothing helps one get over a breakup more than a fierce makeover).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60199\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-22 at 5.09.27 PM\" width=\"750\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM.png 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM-160x83.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM-240x124.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM-375x194.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-22-at-5.09.27-PM-520x269.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Violet_come_through.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60200\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Violet_come_through.gif\" alt=\"Violet_come_through\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bunch of dignitaries arrive for a ball in Leopold's honor. Russian Groper and Cousin George fight over who will dance with Victoria first. Victoria chooses Russian Groper because hotness trumps foreignness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some hallway, Babyface Maid gets Mrs. Jenkins to spill on that letter she received from her sister. Turns out she has a nephew, whom she hasn't seen in a long while because servants don't get PTO privileges. He always said he would come visit her and he's finally coming to London....\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_lsb8q8AmRS1r3v6f2o1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60208\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_lsb8q8AmRS1r3v6f2o1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_lsb8q8AmRS1r3v6f2o1_500\" width=\"495\" height=\"249\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... \"to be hanged and then to be cut open while he's still alive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/brit-omg.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60209\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/brit-omg.gif\" alt=\"brit omg\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turns out he was part of the protesting movement. WOMP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the ballroom, Lord M asks for a dance, even though he just stomped on Victoria's daddy-issue-filled heart. He brings up the relationship Queen Elizabeth I had with the Earl of Leicester. Like their situation, it was a will-they-won't-they, forbidden love thing that involved a dead wife. Victoria imagines the point of this story is to say, \u003cem>Screw it! Let's French kiss like it's 1559!\u003c/em> But his point is actually,\u003cem> I'm still just not that into you. Also: did you know I had a wife who cheated on me with Lord Byron?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next up in the dancing request line: Sir John, who spends the entire song telling Victoria she needs to snag a husband to \"keep her behavior in check\" and pop out some babies already. Get some new material, dude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Russian Groper gives Victoria a fancy gift with their initials spelled out in diamonds, and then announces that he's going back to Russia to marry some princess his dad picked out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/huh-what.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60210\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/huh-what.gif\" alt=\"huh-what\" width=\"250\" height=\"203\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much for #TeamRussianGroper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Uncle Scar's pad, he's still grumpy over being a 67-year-old heir, who'll probably never be King. His wife cheers him up: \"Remember, even healthy women can die in childbirth!\" Wow. I feel really bad for \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederica_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz\">the real-life woman\u003c/a> this character is based on. After a cursory dive into her Wikipedia page, I declare that this depiction is unfair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the palace, Victoria tells Mrs. Jenkins and Babyface Maid that she wishes she was a man because corsets suck. They both put up praise hands and say, \u003cem>Amen! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mrs. Jenkins falls down for no reason and asks to be excused. Victoria is like, \u003cem>What's her damage? \u003c/em>Babyface Maid spills all the details about Mrs. Jenkins' nephew and how most non-royals think the punishment for protesting should be a bit more lenient than being sliced up and gutted. Victoria is like, \u003cem>Hmmmmm, maybe!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria finds Lord M and says she wants to sign a petition on whitehouse.gov or something to save the protestors' lives. He's like, \u003cem>Ummm, you're the Queen. You can just commute their sentences and set them up with new lives in Australia.\u003c/em> She's like, \u003cem>Cool, we'll do that, then!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a roll, Victoria runs off to take care of another bit of business. She informs Sir John and her mom that she will grant Sir John's request for money and a title in exchange for disappearing forever and ever. Shocked, Victoria's mom turns to Sir John to find out if he's really willing to drop her for a few coins. 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Basic voting rights! When do they want it? Preferably before they all die of starvation! Keep fighting, comrades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SILVER: \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong> Elizabeth I. \u003c/strong>For inspiring independent women that they don't need a man (unless he's super-duper hot).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GOLD: \u003cstrong>Mrs. Jenkins' Nephew's Guts. \u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>They get to stay inside of him! Yay!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Until next week! 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Hi there! You might remember me from \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/downton-abbey/\">Downton Abbey\u003c/a>\u003cem> or \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/poldark/\">Poldark\u003c/a>\u003cem> recaps of yore. Since those shows wrapped, I've felt a void in my spirit that can only be filled by PBS-approved British imports. So I'm going to try falling in love again; this time, with a show called \u003c/em>Victoria\u003cem>. I hope you'll join me. Let's do this!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pastel clouds greet a pleasant sunrise in the English countryside... but there's no time to appreciate that right now because there's a bunch of text on the screen! It's 1837, the year that daguerreotypes and \u003cem>Oliver Twist\u003c/em> became a thing. William IV is the king and apparently in some trouble. His niece Alexandrina is his heir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, before we get any further, here are a few interesting things I found out about this William dude, after researching him for the past hour:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>He joined the Royal Navy at 13. While stationed in North America, George Washington tried to kidnap him!\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Because William IV was so far down the line of succession (he was the third son of King George III), he decided \u003cem>Ah, screw it!\u003c/em>, shacked up with an actress with a bad reputation and had ten \"illegitimate\" kids. Get it, Willie!\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>After the deaths of his father, both his older brothers, and his niece, he became an unexpected King at the ripe age of 64. Under his reign, slavery was abolished in nearly all of the British Empire and child labor was restricted. Huzzah for common decency!\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In his final months, William gave a blistering speech at a banquet about how much he hoped he wouldn't croak before his niece was of age, so that her no-good, sneaky mother wouldn't get her hands on the powers of the crown. Queen Victoria -- then Alexandrina -- burst into tears from shock. But she still thought fondly of him because he was kind of right.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>So that sets us up for what we're about to see. Back to the show!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A messenger arrives at Kensington Palace wearing a black armband. Our homeboy William IV is dead. Well, that was quick!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-20.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57689\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-20.gif\" alt=\"giphy-20\" width=\"500\" height=\"324\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/The-African-Queen-GIF-1.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57690\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/The-African-Queen-GIF-1.gif\" alt=\"the-african-queen-gif-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"363\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We hardly knew ye!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm more upset about his passing than anyone at this mansion is. Some dude named Sir John is basically like, \u003cem>Ugh, finally!\u003c/em> Alexandrina is so jazzed that she walks down a set of stairs WITHOUT HOLDING ONTO HER GOVERNESS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After pretending to be bummed out about her dead uncle in front of the Archbishop for three seconds, she dances around the palace with her cute dog before heading to her room to blast the \"Bow down, b-tches!\" part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geEMtwkBZVk\">that Beyoncé song\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Sir John and her mother are already trying to take control, starting with the Queen's name. They both agree Alexandrina is way too ethnic and that her middle name Victoria is super lame. Elizabeth will do. Or Ann.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexandrina interrupts: \u003cem>Um, guys? Sorry to interrupt your little planning sesh, but I just saw the Archbishop alone and I intend to handle my own business forever and ever without your help. Cool? Oh, and I went down a staircase without assistance earlier.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-21.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57705\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-21.gif\" alt=\"giphy-21\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sir John and co. are horrified by the idea of a grown woman having opinions and making her own decisions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/IVVeY.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57706\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/IVVeY.gif\" alt=\"ivvey\" width=\"360\" height=\"288\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In town, randoms are gossiping about how they've heard Alexandrina's tongue is too big for her mouth. Burn books were so quaint back then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the palace, the governess tries to hold a lesson with Alexandrina, who replies with a \u003cem>Meh, I know enough. \u003c/em>The governess is bummed that she is now obsolete and must return to her native Germany, but she is quickly promoted to household dictator. The governess gleefully runs to the downstairs kitchen to be rude to all the servants for no reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in the day, Lord Melbourne, the Prime Minister, arrives to kick it with Alexandrina. Sir John intercepts him and gives a speech about how Alexandrina is a homeschooled weirdo and needs him to be in charge of her affairs. Lord Melbourne pulls one of these:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/diss.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37158\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/diss.gif\" alt=\"chappelle show diss gif\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some small talk about dolls and ugly, pumpkin-headed suitors, Lord Melbourne brings up Sir John's attempts at seizing control. Alexandrina delivers a quick and strong \u003cem>NOPE!\u003c/em> Melbourne then slyly tries to pull a fast one: \u003cem>TOTALLY, but reading stuff can be quite hard. Your itty-bitty lady brain wouldn't like it. Let me do it! \u003c/em>Alexandrina responds by throwing a Betty Friedan book at his face and burning a bra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, okay, she didn't exactly react like that, but she did firmly say no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/picgifs-nope-400931.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57716\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/picgifs-nope-400931.gif\" alt=\"picgifs-nope-400931\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, a bunch of Lords assemble to kiss the new Queen's hand. But before all the germ-spreading can commence, Alexandrina must give a speech. Her jealous uncle -- who, like the jealous uncle in \u003cem>The Lion King\u003c/em>, has a huge scar on his face -- interrupts to say she isn't talking loud enough. So she turns the volume and the content way up: \u003cem>Because you all are sexist and ageist as hell, you don't think I'm going to do well. Watch me.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mhihjztjut1qbh0eio1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57724\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mhihjztjut1qbh0eio1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mhihjztjut1qbh0eio1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"238\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexandrina goes to the balcony and proclaims herself Queen Victoria, a name change without which Prince may have never been referred to as \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2016/04/21/the_story_behind_prince_s_unpronounceable_love_symbol_2.html\">an unpronounceable symbol\u003c/a>. It's a major moment, yet all I can focus on is the actress' horrible colored contacts. 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The senior servants are royally pissed over not being consulted:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCMs8dUWZus\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Victoria is hanging out with her only friends: her dolls and a portrait of her dead dad (#HomeschoolLife). Sir John bursts in, makes fun of her for still playing with dolls, and shuffles around important documents, in an attempt to convince Victoria that she didn't already fire him. 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Sir John, you have our permission to withdraw.\" That's polite royal talk for \"GTFO and TTYN, loser.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/17028425.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58531\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/17028425.gif\" alt=\"17028425\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's mom's eye twitches, as Sir John limps backwards out of the room like a beaten puppy. Feminist Teen Queens: 1; Men Who Think Rocking Mutton Chops Makes Them Hot: 0.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Babyface Maid tries to mend some fancy gloves. Her boss tells her not to bother; the Queen never wears a pair more than once. Okay, Victoria seems chill and all, but I can see why head-chopping revolutions happen. The servants have their own way of sticking it to The Man though; they secretly sell the Queen's gloves, shoes, and other accessories, and pocket the money. Power to the ballsy, poor people! Get them coins!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-32.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58802\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-32.gif\" alt=\"giphy (32)\" width=\"500\" height=\"452\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, Victoria whines. \u003cem>Sir John is, like, sooo annoying! And mom's other friend, Flora, walked into my room without knocking!\u003c/em> If this were a century or two earlier, Victoria would simply have them both killed, but it's the 19th century, so she decides to just move to a bigger mansion -- the recently-completed Buckingham Palace -- where she can keep them sequestered in whichever wing gets the least natural light. All is fair in love and real estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, it's time for a montage of everyone we've met so far running around the new digs, freaking out over all the chandeliers, and chanting, \"Started from the bottom, now we're here!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Babyface Maid spots Victoria for the first time and is so dumbfounded that she blurts out this dumb statement: \"She is small, but she ain't no midget.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58801\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/short.gif\" alt=\"short\" width=\"470\" height=\"188\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments later, the Prime Minister eases Victoria's worries that no one takes her seriously because of her height by declaring: \"Anyone who dares comment on your stature should be sent straight to the Tower!\" (Sayonara, Babyface!) Victoria rewards him for waging a war against heightists -- and for being sort of sexy, if you squint a little -- by giving him a cute nickname -- Lord M -- and allowing him to be her Private Secretary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_n9yz2e80Qt1tp719lo1_r1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58800\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_n9yz2e80Qt1tp719lo1_r1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n9yz2e80Qt1tp719lo1_r1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, Victoria's mom is really bummed that she and her friends have been put in the North Wing, far away from Victoria's room in the South Wing (#FirstWorldProblems). Sir John takes the opportunity to play a few more B-sides from his Victoria-is-a-stupid-shrimpy-loser broken record, only to be interrupted by the Queen herself. Sir John pounces and tries to make Victoria pick her maids-of-honor on the spot. Victoria gives him the silent treatment and a look that says:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/anigif_enhanced-4773-1430938663-26.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36234\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/anigif_enhanced-4773-1430938663-26.gif\" alt=\"get off my jock gif bethenny\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not taking the hint, Flora pulls out a list of potential girls and ensures that none of them are tall whores. Victoria doubles down on her request for everyone to get off her jock:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/i-just-want-you-off-my-jock-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58681\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/i-just-want-you-off-my-jock-gif.gif\" alt=\"i-just-want-you-off-my-jock-gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that day, Victoria tells Babyface Maid she wants to change things up with an \u003cem>au courant\u003c/em> hairstyle. Babyface Maid doesn't know what\u003cem> au courant\u003c/em> means, despite telling all the servants earlier that she has studied French. So she's a liar \u003cem>and\u003c/em> hates short people. Got it. They end up going with braids that go under and around the ears, which soon became the 19th century version of \u003ca href=\"http://parade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Jennifer-Aniston-The-Rachel-Hairstyle-ftr.jpg\">The Rachel\u003c/a>™.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few days later, Flora continues to pester Victoria. Apparently, Victoria accidentally turned her back on some troops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \"No one mentioned this to me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora:\u003c/strong> \"I assure you, they noticed, but no one likes to correct their monarch, ma'am.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \"Except for you, evidently.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-24.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58689\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-24.gif\" alt=\"giphy-24\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in the palace, Governess Dictator is yelling at a servant for wasting too much money on beeswax candles. She doesn't know the help is selling them off, along with all the Queen's other once-used belongings, but something tells me she will soon and the reckoning will be glorious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days later, Victoria and Lord M are trotting around on horses and chatting about how everyone thinks they're bumping uglies. Victoria asks if the reason he's single is because he's still clinically depressed about his wife running away with Lord Byron and then dying (yes, that \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron\">Lord Byron\u003c/a>!). Lord M is like, \u003cem>Um, yeah. Thanks for bringing that up.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day is the Royal Coronation Ball. Everyone who's anyone is in attendance... except for Lord M, who is crying in the dark at his house, while smelling a lock of hair. Yikes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before heading into the ballroom, Sir John, who's still allowed to live in the palace for some reason, reminds Victoria to not get too wasted or do anything slutty. Victoria is like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-25.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58697\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-25.gif\" alt=\"giphy-25\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wouldn't be a ball without a few scandals:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scandal #1:\u003c/strong> The servants swapped out all the beeswax candles for cheap tallow candles, which are dripping wax all over the guests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scandal #2:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia\">Alexander II\u003c/a>, the son of the Russian Emperor, gets a bit too handsy with Victoria, while dancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latter is broken up, thanks to Lord M (who dried his tears and showed up, after all). Victoria deals with being groped by chugging lots of champagne and basically confessing her love for Lord M: \"You dance so well. I wish I could dance with you every night.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Lick_your_lips.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58698\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Lick_your_lips.gif\" alt=\"lick_your_lips\" width=\"500\" height=\"187\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little later, Governess Dictator pulls Victoria aside to Wikileak \u003cstrong>Scandal #3:\u003c/strong> Flora appears to be pregnant! And the baby is probably Sir John's!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria goes and yells at Sir John, who then calls her a drunk. Victoria's measured reply:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/3d34e403-b4c9-45bd-8c93-91efec18a2a8.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58699\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/3d34e403-b4c9-45bd-8c93-91efec18a2a8.gif\" alt=\"3d34e403-b4c9-45bd-8c93-91efec18a2a8\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some sloppy 19th century twerking, Flora interrupts Victoria on the dance floor to relay a message. The music stops just in time for everyone to hear Victoria yell, \"Mama sent \u003cem>you\u003c/em> to tell \u003cem>me\u003c/em> what to do??\" Lord M quickly escorts Victoria out and makes her go to bed before she pukes on everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Victoria somehow doesn't have a raging hangover. She informs her mom about Flora's scandalous pregnancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/What-Happens-When-You-Deliver-Large-Baby.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58707\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/What-Happens-When-You-Deliver-Large-Baby.gif\" alt=\"what-happens-when-you-deliver-large-baby\" width=\"400\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Flora and Sir John commiserate over not being invited to the Coronation ceremony and hating Victoria's guts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-26.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58708\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-26.gif\" alt=\"giphy-26\" width=\"500\" height=\"260\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Victoria is being coronated, she has ordered that Flora undergo a medical examination to prove to everyone that she's a pregnant floozy. This plan backfires when the doctors conclude Flora is \u003cem>virgo intacta\u003c/em> and actually has a huge tumor growing inside of her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Bad-This-is-bad-My-bad-Oops-GIF.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58716\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Bad-This-is-bad-My-bad-Oops-GIF.gif\" alt=\"bad-this-is-bad-my-bad-oops-gif\" width=\"468\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's evil uncle Scar sees an opportunity. He leaks the scandalous story of the Queen forcing a humiliating examination upon an innocent dying woman and calls for the powers of the crown to be turned over to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flora takes a turn for the worst and Victoria is pressured to hang out at her deathbed. This proves to be quite awkward and goes a little something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora:\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/baby-box-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58726\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/baby-box-gif.gif\" alt=\"baby-box-gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Ummm, hiiiii. Being sick totally sucks. Want me to send you some peaches? They'll fix you right up!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-20-1.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58717\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-20-1.gif\" alt=\"giphy-20\" width=\"400\" height=\"223\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Anyway, that whole exam thing was my bad. We cool?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>You're going to hell. Now leave me alone so I can die.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_m15vqg8mRd1r5aheq.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58725\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_m15vqg8mRd1r5aheq.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m15vqg8mRd1r5aheq\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Governess Dictator finds out about the glove-selling ring. She correctly accuses the lead maid, Mrs. Jenkins, but Babyface Maid confesses because Jesus would have also taken the blame for a random misdemeanor or something. Governess Dictator tells Victoria, who responds:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/wvr.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58728\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/wvr.gif\" alt=\"wvr\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/90081_idgaf-i-dont-care-christina-aguilera-nobody-cares.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58727\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/90081_idgaf-i-dont-care-christina-aguilera-nobody-cares.gif\" alt=\"90081_idgaf-i-dont-care-christina-aguilera-nobody-cares\" width=\"500\" height=\"351\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that day, Victoria's mom bursts in crying. Flora is dead. And she believes Victoria \"drove her to her grave.\" Victoria somehow manages to make it all about her: \u003cem>Sorry about your dead friend and all, but Sir John always makes fun of my height and you never defend me! Leave me alone!!!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Lord M finds Victoria sitting at a piano, having a full-blown anxiety attack about how everyone thinks she killed a virgin. He confesses that he often wishes he was dead because his young son died some years ago, but that he pretends to be okay with this whole being alive thing, and she should too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next time Victoria is in front of the public, they yell about her being a virgin murderer, but she takes Lord M's advice and cooly pretends to be OK with being alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some time passes. Uncle Scar continues to travel around, talking smack about his niece and encouraging rumors that something inappropriate is going on between her and Lord M. He selflessly offers to take control of things, if needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-28.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58750\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-28.gif\" alt=\"giphy (28)\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria finds out slavery is still a thing in the Caribbean. She's like, \u003cem>Oh, I'll just fix that then\u003c/em>. Lord M is like, \u003cem>Ha ha ha. We can't just be decent human beings, silly. We have to let a bunch of white privileged men debate the economic losses associated with letting other human beings have basic rights first.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sir John bursts in and demands that Victoria give her mother the title of Queen Mother. Victoria is like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/310bd726b77ad245d304a77f78b459f7.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58751\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/310bd726b77ad245d304a77f78b459f7.gif\" alt=\"310bd726b77ad245d304a77f78b459f7\" width=\"499\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Governess Dictator orders men to install gas lighting. Try selling candles now, riff-raff! The workers open up a wall and AN AVALANCHE OF RATS FALLS OUT. THEY SCURRY ALL OVER THE KITCHEN. AHHHHH!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-29.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58754\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-29.gif\" alt=\"giphy (29)\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/scared02.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58753\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/scared02.gif\" alt=\"scared02\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-30.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58752\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-30.gif\" alt=\"giphy (30)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back upstairs, the results of the slavery vote are in. By six votes, the Parliament decided enslaving people is bad!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tenor.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tenor.gif\" alt=\"tenor\" width=\"498\" height=\"243\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lord M has to step down and stop talking to Victoria because his party has been weakened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/iooo.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58772\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/iooo.gif\" alt=\"iooo\" width=\"251\" height=\"251\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A wailing Victoria goes outside in the rain and uses her closed umbrella to attack hedges.\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/why.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58770\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/why.gif\" alt=\"why\" width=\"245\" height=\"160\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, she calms down and interviews a potential replacement for the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington. He turns the position down because he's old and has been there, done that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/giphy-8.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19744\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/giphy-8.gif\" alt=\"honey boo boo no thank you gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2hhznE3Ub1rfduvxo1_250.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19743\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2hhznE3Ub1rfduvxo1_250.gif\" alt=\"honey boo boo too much gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2dkpmzid11rfduvxo1_250.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19742\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2dkpmzid11rfduvxo1_250.gif\" alt=\"honey boo boo bye gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the lead maid turns on the brand new gas line and takes her sweet time finding a flame. Her hand is consumed by a fireball. Babyface Maid runs to fetch some butter for the burn, but gets distracted by a hot chef, who says, \"You can have butter, if you like, but I can give you something better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/oprah-face.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58780\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/oprah-face.gif\" alt=\"oprah-face\" width=\"415\" height=\"212\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He tells her to close her eyes so he can show her \"a surprise.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then shows her his...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/732978471.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58781\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/732978471.gif\" alt=\"732978471\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>...freezer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/1478238113-oprah-winfrey-notimpressed.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58782\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/1478238113-oprah-winfrey-notimpressed.gif\" alt=\"1478238113-oprah-winfrey-notimpressed\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back upstairs, Victoria is mad about a new coin that makes her look like she has a double chin. Her problems are so relatable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another possible candidate for the Prime Minister position by the name of Robert Peel shows up. He says the coin looks just like her. Uh oh! He then mansplains how the British government works. Double uh oh! Then he demands that she replace her ladies with women from his political party. Triple uh oh! Victoria isn't having any of it:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/gtfo13.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58783\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/gtfo13.gif\" alt=\"gtfo13\" width=\"375\" height=\"247\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Uncle Scar is doing lines of 19th century coke, when Sir John comes in. They plot to convince everyone that Victoria is insane like her grandfather and unfit to rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Victoria keeps trying to convince Lord M to get over himself and agree to stay Prime Minister. Lord M screams the lyrics to Taylor Swift's \"We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/JmW19.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58784\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/JmW19.gif\" alt=\"JmW19\" width=\"500\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, Victoria can't sleep and decides to sit in front of a portrait of her insane grandfather. Her mother comes to hang out in a chic toilet paper headpiece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58787\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-15 at 1.06.29 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM.png 701w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-160x214.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-240x321.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-375x501.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-520x695.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's mom assures her that she won't let anyone take away her power. One way to respond is for Victoria to be chill for once and just hug her mom and say \"Thanks.\" Instead, she gives her mom a hard time for hanging out with Sir John and never protecting her in the past. Yeesh. At least she didn't bring up her \u003cem>I'm short and super sad about it\u003c/em> hang-up again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day is Victoria's birthday. The hot chef presents his impressive multi-tiered cake, topped with a likeness of the Queen and her cute dog. Some kids sing \"God Save the Queen\" and Victoria talks through it. Sir John tries to give Victoria a present and she pretends he's not there. Everyone almost dies of awkwardness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria opens a gift from Lord M. Will it be a love letter? A lock of his hair? A nude photo?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58796\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\" alt=\"Excited-Baby-Opening-Present\" width=\"332\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a telescope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/waqrg59iicwip04mmswz.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58797\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/waqrg59iicwip04mmswz.gif\" alt=\"waqrg59iicwip04mmswz\" width=\"434\" height=\"261\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next up: her mother's gift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58796\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\" alt=\"Excited-Baby-Opening-Present\" width=\"332\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a copy of \u003cem>King Lear\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/dsppntmnt.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58798\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/dsppntmnt.gif\" alt=\"dsppntmnt\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a very rude passage underlined: \"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58899\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House.gif\" alt=\"How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House\" width=\"320\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Victoria can even react, RATS ARE ALL OVER HER CAKE! Victoria understandably loses her sh-t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cut to Uncle Scar's cocaine den. He's sniffing and spinning the story with Sir John's help. She was in hysterics! Maybe she hallucinated the rats! Muahaha!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Victoria tries to unveil her royal painting by pulling a tarp off of it. She can't manage it because she has poor upper body strength and/or is not used to doing very basic things like pulling. Lord M swoops in to help and casually says, \u003cem>Oh, hey, I'll be your Prime Minister again. Sorry about yelling Taylor Swift breakup lyrics in your face for the past couple of weeks. \u003c/em>Is he serious? All that running around for nothing? If it wasn't for his wife running off and his kid dying, I might hold a grudge, but I'll just move on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a dark alley, some random tries to get Babyface Maid to sell herself and won't take no for an answer. Thankfully, the hot cook swoops in. Turns out he's been stalking her, but in the cute way. He reveals that he recognizes her from some former house of ill repute, but he doesn't care. He just wants to date. Aww (I think)!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the palace, Lord M and Victoria gaze longingly across a room at each other. Some dude tells Lord M that this googly-eyed business won't last for long, as Victoria will soon wed. But Lord M knows that marriage doesn't mean anything. Just ask Lord Byron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: Sir John. \u003c/strong>The uncle has a scar over his eye, which means he has no choice but to be evil. What's this guy's excuse?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: William IV. \u003c/strong>I would totally watch a show about him and his 10 \"illegitimate\" children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Hot Chef. \u003c/strong>That cake was impressive. And so is his face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SILVER: \u003cstrong>Flora. \u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>If anyone has earned the right to say \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7S1hnRPF0\">That was way harsh, Tai,\u003c/a>\" it's this virgin who can't drive.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GOLD: Victoria. \u003c/strong>Duh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Until next week! If you miss me, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/author/ehapsis/\">read some of my other work \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/xcusemybeauty\">follow me on Twitter @xcusemybeauty\u003c/a>!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>More recaps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108303/victoria-season-3-finale-recap-matchmaker-matchmaker\">'Victoria' Season 3 Finale Recap: Matchmaker, Matchmaker\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108301/victoria-season-3-episode-7-recap-california-love\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: California Love\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108299/victoria-season-3-episode-6-recap-love-on-the-brain\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: Love on the Brain\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108293/victoria-season-3-episode-5-recap-on-the-road-again\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: On The Road Again\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108291/victoria-season-3-episode-4-recap-ill-be-missing-you\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: I'll Be Missing You\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108289/victoria-season-3-episode-3-recap-la-isla-bonita\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: La Isla Bonita\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108287/victoria-season-3-episode-2-recap-the-guns-of-brixton\">'Victoria' Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: The Guns of Brixton\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/108284/victoria-season-3-premiere-recap-god-save-the-queen\">'Victoria' Season 3 Premiere Recap: God Save The Queen\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97779/victoria-season-2-finale-recap-its-a-hard-knock-life\">'Victoria' Season 2 Finale Recap: It's a Hard-Knock Life\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97777/victoria-season-2-episode-6-recap-somewhere-over-the-rainbow\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 6 Recap: Somewhere Over The Rainbow\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97775/victoria-season-2-episode-5-recap-lost-and-found\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 5 Recap: Lost and Found\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97773/victoria-season-2-episode-4-recap-people-are-people\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: People Are People\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97771/victoria-season-2-episode-3-recap-daddy-issues\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 3 Recap: Daddy Issues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97769/victoria-season-2-episode-2-recap-puppy-love\">'Victoria' Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: Puppy Love\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97767/victoria-season-2-premiere-recap-baby-its-cold-outside\">'Victoria' Season 2 Premiere Recap: Baby It's Cold Outside\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/56546/victoria-season-1-finale-recap-bye-bye-baby-blues\">'Victoria' Season 1 Finale Recap: Bye Bye Baby Blues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/02/19/victoria-season-1-episode-6-recap-cmon-ride-the-train/\">'Victoria' Season 1, Episode 6 Recap: C'mon Ride the Train\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/02/12/pbs-victoria-season-1-episode-5-recap-ill-make-love-to-you/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: I’ll Make Love to You\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/02/05/pbs-victoria-season-1-episode-4-recap-wedding-bell-blues/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Wedding Bell Blues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/29/pbs-victoria-season-1-episode-3-recap-youre-so-vain/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: You’re So Vain\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/22/victoria-season-1-episode-2-recap-all-the-single-ladies/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: All The Single Ladies\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/15/victoria-season-1-premiere-recap-bow-down/\">‘Victoria’ Season 1 Premiere Recap: Bow Down\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Some dude named Sir John is basically like, \u003cem>Ugh, finally!\u003c/em> Alexandrina is so jazzed that she walks down a set of stairs WITHOUT HOLDING ONTO HER GOVERNESS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After pretending to be bummed out about her dead uncle in front of the Archbishop for three seconds, she dances around the palace with her cute dog before heading to her room to blast the \"Bow down, b-tches!\" part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geEMtwkBZVk\">that Beyoncé song\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Sir John and her mother are already trying to take control, starting with the Queen's name. They both agree Alexandrina is way too ethnic and that her middle name Victoria is super lame. Elizabeth will do. Or Ann.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexandrina interrupts: \u003cem>Um, guys? Sorry to interrupt your little planning sesh, but I just saw the Archbishop alone and I intend to handle my own business forever and ever without your help. Cool? Oh, and I went down a staircase without assistance earlier.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-21.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57705\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-21.gif\" alt=\"giphy-21\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sir John and co. are horrified by the idea of a grown woman having opinions and making her own decisions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/IVVeY.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57706\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/IVVeY.gif\" alt=\"ivvey\" width=\"360\" height=\"288\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In town, randoms are gossiping about how they've heard Alexandrina's tongue is too big for her mouth. Burn books were so quaint back then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the palace, the governess tries to hold a lesson with Alexandrina, who replies with a \u003cem>Meh, I know enough. \u003c/em>The governess is bummed that she is now obsolete and must return to her native Germany, but she is quickly promoted to household dictator. The governess gleefully runs to the downstairs kitchen to be rude to all the servants for no reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in the day, Lord Melbourne, the Prime Minister, arrives to kick it with Alexandrina. Sir John intercepts him and gives a speech about how Alexandrina is a homeschooled weirdo and needs him to be in charge of her affairs. Lord Melbourne pulls one of these:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/diss.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37158\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/diss.gif\" alt=\"chappelle show diss gif\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some small talk about dolls and ugly, pumpkin-headed suitors, Lord Melbourne brings up Sir John's attempts at seizing control. Alexandrina delivers a quick and strong \u003cem>NOPE!\u003c/em> Melbourne then slyly tries to pull a fast one: \u003cem>TOTALLY, but reading stuff can be quite hard. Your itty-bitty lady brain wouldn't like it. Let me do it! \u003c/em>Alexandrina responds by throwing a Betty Friedan book at his face and burning a bra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, okay, she didn't exactly react like that, but she did firmly say no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/picgifs-nope-400931.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57716\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/picgifs-nope-400931.gif\" alt=\"picgifs-nope-400931\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, a bunch of Lords assemble to kiss the new Queen's hand. But before all the germ-spreading can commence, Alexandrina must give a speech. Her jealous uncle -- who, like the jealous uncle in \u003cem>The Lion King\u003c/em>, has a huge scar on his face -- interrupts to say she isn't talking loud enough. So she turns the volume and the content way up: \u003cem>Because you all are sexist and ageist as hell, you don't think I'm going to do well. Watch me.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mhihjztjut1qbh0eio1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57724\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_mhihjztjut1qbh0eio1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mhihjztjut1qbh0eio1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"238\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexandrina goes to the balcony and proclaims herself Queen Victoria, a name change without which Prince may have never been referred to as \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2016/04/21/the_story_behind_prince_s_unpronounceable_love_symbol_2.html\">an unpronounceable symbol\u003c/a>. It's a major moment, yet all I can focus on is the actress' horrible colored contacts. They make her look possessed!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58528\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-13-at-4-20-24-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM.png 989w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-160x100.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-800x498.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-768x478.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-960x598.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-240x149.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-375x234.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.24-PM-520x324.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58529\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-13-at-4-19-57-pm\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM.png 872w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM-160x117.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM-800x584.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM-768x561.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM-240x175.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM-375x274.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.19.57-PM-520x380.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58527\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.43-PM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-13-at-4-20-43-pm\" width=\"575\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.43-PM.png 575w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.43-PM-160x95.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.43-PM-240x142.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.43-PM-375x222.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-13-at-4.20.43-PM-520x308.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyway, some time later, Governess Dictator hires a wide-eyed servant girl. The senior servants are royally pissed over not being consulted:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/QCMs8dUWZus'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/QCMs8dUWZus'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Upstairs, Victoria is hanging out with her only friends: her dolls and a portrait of her dead dad (#HomeschoolLife). Sir John bursts in, makes fun of her for still playing with dolls, and shuffles around important documents, in an attempt to convince Victoria that she didn't already fire him. When that doesn't work, he takes a more aggressive approach, by getting in Victoria's face and spitting: \"What can a girl like you -- \u003cem>unformed\u003c/em> -- possibly do to serve her country?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/she-came-that-way.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58530\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/she-came-that-way.gif\" alt=\"she-came-that-way\" width=\"245\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calling her \"unformed\" is one thing, but insulting her best doll friends? Oh, hell nah. Victoria sets him straight by yelling: \"IF I REQUIRE ADVICE, I WILL ASK FOR IT! Sir John, you have our permission to withdraw.\" That's polite royal talk for \"GTFO and TTYN, loser.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/17028425.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58531\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/17028425.gif\" alt=\"17028425\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's mom's eye twitches, as Sir John limps backwards out of the room like a beaten puppy. Feminist Teen Queens: 1; Men Who Think Rocking Mutton Chops Makes Them Hot: 0.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Babyface Maid tries to mend some fancy gloves. Her boss tells her not to bother; the Queen never wears a pair more than once. Okay, Victoria seems chill and all, but I can see why head-chopping revolutions happen. The servants have their own way of sticking it to The Man though; they secretly sell the Queen's gloves, shoes, and other accessories, and pocket the money. Power to the ballsy, poor people! Get them coins!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-32.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58802\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-32.gif\" alt=\"giphy (32)\" width=\"500\" height=\"452\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, Victoria whines. \u003cem>Sir John is, like, sooo annoying! And mom's other friend, Flora, walked into my room without knocking!\u003c/em> If this were a century or two earlier, Victoria would simply have them both killed, but it's the 19th century, so she decides to just move to a bigger mansion -- the recently-completed Buckingham Palace -- where she can keep them sequestered in whichever wing gets the least natural light. All is fair in love and real estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, it's time for a montage of everyone we've met so far running around the new digs, freaking out over all the chandeliers, and chanting, \"Started from the bottom, now we're here!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Babyface Maid spots Victoria for the first time and is so dumbfounded that she blurts out this dumb statement: \"She is small, but she ain't no midget.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58801\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/short.gif\" alt=\"short\" width=\"470\" height=\"188\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments later, the Prime Minister eases Victoria's worries that no one takes her seriously because of her height by declaring: \"Anyone who dares comment on your stature should be sent straight to the Tower!\" (Sayonara, Babyface!) Victoria rewards him for waging a war against heightists -- and for being sort of sexy, if you squint a little -- by giving him a cute nickname -- Lord M -- and allowing him to be her Private Secretary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_n9yz2e80Qt1tp719lo1_r1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58800\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_n9yz2e80Qt1tp719lo1_r1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n9yz2e80Qt1tp719lo1_r1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, Victoria's mom is really bummed that she and her friends have been put in the North Wing, far away from Victoria's room in the South Wing (#FirstWorldProblems). Sir John takes the opportunity to play a few more B-sides from his Victoria-is-a-stupid-shrimpy-loser broken record, only to be interrupted by the Queen herself. Sir John pounces and tries to make Victoria pick her maids-of-honor on the spot. Victoria gives him the silent treatment and a look that says:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/anigif_enhanced-4773-1430938663-26.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36234\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/anigif_enhanced-4773-1430938663-26.gif\" alt=\"get off my jock gif bethenny\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not taking the hint, Flora pulls out a list of potential girls and ensures that none of them are tall whores. Victoria doubles down on her request for everyone to get off her jock:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/i-just-want-you-off-my-jock-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58681\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/i-just-want-you-off-my-jock-gif.gif\" alt=\"i-just-want-you-off-my-jock-gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that day, Victoria tells Babyface Maid she wants to change things up with an \u003cem>au courant\u003c/em> hairstyle. Babyface Maid doesn't know what\u003cem> au courant\u003c/em> means, despite telling all the servants earlier that she has studied French. So she's a liar \u003cem>and\u003c/em> hates short people. Got it. They end up going with braids that go under and around the ears, which soon became the 19th century version of \u003ca href=\"http://parade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Jennifer-Aniston-The-Rachel-Hairstyle-ftr.jpg\">The Rachel\u003c/a>™.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few days later, Flora continues to pester Victoria. Apparently, Victoria accidentally turned her back on some troops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \"No one mentioned this to me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora:\u003c/strong> \"I assure you, they noticed, but no one likes to correct their monarch, ma'am.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \"Except for you, evidently.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-24.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58689\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-24.gif\" alt=\"giphy-24\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in the palace, Governess Dictator is yelling at a servant for wasting too much money on beeswax candles. She doesn't know the help is selling them off, along with all the Queen's other once-used belongings, but something tells me she will soon and the reckoning will be glorious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days later, Victoria and Lord M are trotting around on horses and chatting about how everyone thinks they're bumping uglies. Victoria asks if the reason he's single is because he's still clinically depressed about his wife running away with Lord Byron and then dying (yes, that \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron\">Lord Byron\u003c/a>!). Lord M is like, \u003cem>Um, yeah. Thanks for bringing that up.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day is the Royal Coronation Ball. Everyone who's anyone is in attendance... except for Lord M, who is crying in the dark at his house, while smelling a lock of hair. Yikes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before heading into the ballroom, Sir John, who's still allowed to live in the palace for some reason, reminds Victoria to not get too wasted or do anything slutty. Victoria is like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-25.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58697\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-25.gif\" alt=\"giphy-25\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wouldn't be a ball without a few scandals:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scandal #1:\u003c/strong> The servants swapped out all the beeswax candles for cheap tallow candles, which are dripping wax all over the guests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scandal #2:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia\">Alexander II\u003c/a>, the son of the Russian Emperor, gets a bit too handsy with Victoria, while dancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latter is broken up, thanks to Lord M (who dried his tears and showed up, after all). Victoria deals with being groped by chugging lots of champagne and basically confessing her love for Lord M: \"You dance so well. I wish I could dance with you every night.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Lick_your_lips.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58698\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Lick_your_lips.gif\" alt=\"lick_your_lips\" width=\"500\" height=\"187\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little later, Governess Dictator pulls Victoria aside to Wikileak \u003cstrong>Scandal #3:\u003c/strong> Flora appears to be pregnant! And the baby is probably Sir John's!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria goes and yells at Sir John, who then calls her a drunk. Victoria's measured reply:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/3d34e403-b4c9-45bd-8c93-91efec18a2a8.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58699\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/3d34e403-b4c9-45bd-8c93-91efec18a2a8.gif\" alt=\"3d34e403-b4c9-45bd-8c93-91efec18a2a8\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some sloppy 19th century twerking, Flora interrupts Victoria on the dance floor to relay a message. The music stops just in time for everyone to hear Victoria yell, \"Mama sent \u003cem>you\u003c/em> to tell \u003cem>me\u003c/em> what to do??\" Lord M quickly escorts Victoria out and makes her go to bed before she pukes on everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Victoria somehow doesn't have a raging hangover. She informs her mom about Flora's scandalous pregnancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/What-Happens-When-You-Deliver-Large-Baby.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58707\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/What-Happens-When-You-Deliver-Large-Baby.gif\" alt=\"what-happens-when-you-deliver-large-baby\" width=\"400\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Flora and Sir John commiserate over not being invited to the Coronation ceremony and hating Victoria's guts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-26.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58708\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-26.gif\" alt=\"giphy-26\" width=\"500\" height=\"260\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Victoria is being coronated, she has ordered that Flora undergo a medical examination to prove to everyone that she's a pregnant floozy. This plan backfires when the doctors conclude Flora is \u003cem>virgo intacta\u003c/em> and actually has a huge tumor growing inside of her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Bad-This-is-bad-My-bad-Oops-GIF.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58716\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Bad-This-is-bad-My-bad-Oops-GIF.gif\" alt=\"bad-this-is-bad-my-bad-oops-gif\" width=\"468\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's evil uncle Scar sees an opportunity. He leaks the scandalous story of the Queen forcing a humiliating examination upon an innocent dying woman and calls for the powers of the crown to be turned over to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flora takes a turn for the worst and Victoria is pressured to hang out at her deathbed. This proves to be quite awkward and goes a little something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora:\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/baby-box-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58726\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/baby-box-gif.gif\" alt=\"baby-box-gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Ummm, hiiiii. Being sick totally sucks. Want me to send you some peaches? They'll fix you right up!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-20-1.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58717\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-20-1.gif\" alt=\"giphy-20\" width=\"400\" height=\"223\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Anyway, that whole exam thing was my bad. We cool?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Flora:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>You're going to hell. Now leave me alone so I can die.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Victoria:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_m15vqg8mRd1r5aheq.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58725\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tumblr_m15vqg8mRd1r5aheq.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m15vqg8mRd1r5aheq\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Governess Dictator finds out about the glove-selling ring. She correctly accuses the lead maid, Mrs. Jenkins, but Babyface Maid confesses because Jesus would have also taken the blame for a random misdemeanor or something. Governess Dictator tells Victoria, who responds:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/wvr.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58728\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/wvr.gif\" alt=\"wvr\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/90081_idgaf-i-dont-care-christina-aguilera-nobody-cares.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58727\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/90081_idgaf-i-dont-care-christina-aguilera-nobody-cares.gif\" alt=\"90081_idgaf-i-dont-care-christina-aguilera-nobody-cares\" width=\"500\" height=\"351\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that day, Victoria's mom bursts in crying. Flora is dead. And she believes Victoria \"drove her to her grave.\" Victoria somehow manages to make it all about her: \u003cem>Sorry about your dead friend and all, but Sir John always makes fun of my height and you never defend me! Leave me alone!!!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Lord M finds Victoria sitting at a piano, having a full-blown anxiety attack about how everyone thinks she killed a virgin. He confesses that he often wishes he was dead because his young son died some years ago, but that he pretends to be okay with this whole being alive thing, and she should too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next time Victoria is in front of the public, they yell about her being a virgin murderer, but she takes Lord M's advice and cooly pretends to be OK with being alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some time passes. Uncle Scar continues to travel around, talking smack about his niece and encouraging rumors that something inappropriate is going on between her and Lord M. He selflessly offers to take control of things, if needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-28.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58750\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-28.gif\" alt=\"giphy (28)\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria finds out slavery is still a thing in the Caribbean. She's like, \u003cem>Oh, I'll just fix that then\u003c/em>. Lord M is like, \u003cem>Ha ha ha. We can't just be decent human beings, silly. We have to let a bunch of white privileged men debate the economic losses associated with letting other human beings have basic rights first.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sir John bursts in and demands that Victoria give her mother the title of Queen Mother. Victoria is like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/310bd726b77ad245d304a77f78b459f7.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58751\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/310bd726b77ad245d304a77f78b459f7.gif\" alt=\"310bd726b77ad245d304a77f78b459f7\" width=\"499\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Governess Dictator orders men to install gas lighting. Try selling candles now, riff-raff! The workers open up a wall and AN AVALANCHE OF RATS FALLS OUT. THEY SCURRY ALL OVER THE KITCHEN. AHHHHH!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-29.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58754\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-29.gif\" alt=\"giphy (29)\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/scared02.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58753\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/scared02.gif\" alt=\"scared02\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-30.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58752\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/giphy-30.gif\" alt=\"giphy (30)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back upstairs, the results of the slavery vote are in. By six votes, the Parliament decided enslaving people is bad!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tenor.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/tenor.gif\" alt=\"tenor\" width=\"498\" height=\"243\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lord M has to step down and stop talking to Victoria because his party has been weakened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/iooo.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58772\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/iooo.gif\" alt=\"iooo\" width=\"251\" height=\"251\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A wailing Victoria goes outside in the rain and uses her closed umbrella to attack hedges.\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/why.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58770\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/why.gif\" alt=\"why\" width=\"245\" height=\"160\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, she calms down and interviews a potential replacement for the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington. He turns the position down because he's old and has been there, done that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/giphy-8.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19744\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/giphy-8.gif\" alt=\"honey boo boo no thank you gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2hhznE3Ub1rfduvxo1_250.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19743\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2hhznE3Ub1rfduvxo1_250.gif\" alt=\"honey boo boo too much gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2dkpmzid11rfduvxo1_250.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19742\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2dkpmzid11rfduvxo1_250.gif\" alt=\"honey boo boo bye gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the lead maid turns on the brand new gas line and takes her sweet time finding a flame. Her hand is consumed by a fireball. Babyface Maid runs to fetch some butter for the burn, but gets distracted by a hot chef, who says, \"You can have butter, if you like, but I can give you something better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/oprah-face.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58780\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/oprah-face.gif\" alt=\"oprah-face\" width=\"415\" height=\"212\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He tells her to close her eyes so he can show her \"a surprise.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then shows her his...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/732978471.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58781\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/732978471.gif\" alt=\"732978471\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>...freezer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/1478238113-oprah-winfrey-notimpressed.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58782\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/1478238113-oprah-winfrey-notimpressed.gif\" alt=\"1478238113-oprah-winfrey-notimpressed\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back upstairs, Victoria is mad about a new coin that makes her look like she has a double chin. Her problems are so relatable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another possible candidate for the Prime Minister position by the name of Robert Peel shows up. He says the coin looks just like her. Uh oh! He then mansplains how the British government works. Double uh oh! Then he demands that she replace her ladies with women from his political party. Triple uh oh! Victoria isn't having any of it:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/gtfo13.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58783\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/gtfo13.gif\" alt=\"gtfo13\" width=\"375\" height=\"247\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Uncle Scar is doing lines of 19th century coke, when Sir John comes in. They plot to convince everyone that Victoria is insane like her grandfather and unfit to rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Victoria keeps trying to convince Lord M to get over himself and agree to stay Prime Minister. Lord M screams the lyrics to Taylor Swift's \"We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/JmW19.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58784\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/JmW19.gif\" alt=\"JmW19\" width=\"500\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, Victoria can't sleep and decides to sit in front of a portrait of her insane grandfather. Her mother comes to hang out in a chic toilet paper headpiece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58787\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-15 at 1.06.29 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM.png 701w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-160x214.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-240x321.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-375x501.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-15-at-1.06.29-AM-520x695.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria's mom assures her that she won't let anyone take away her power. One way to respond is for Victoria to be chill for once and just hug her mom and say \"Thanks.\" Instead, she gives her mom a hard time for hanging out with Sir John and never protecting her in the past. Yeesh. At least she didn't bring up her \u003cem>I'm short and super sad about it\u003c/em> hang-up again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day is Victoria's birthday. The hot chef presents his impressive multi-tiered cake, topped with a likeness of the Queen and her cute dog. Some kids sing \"God Save the Queen\" and Victoria talks through it. Sir John tries to give Victoria a present and she pretends he's not there. Everyone almost dies of awkwardness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria opens a gift from Lord M. Will it be a love letter? A lock of his hair? A nude photo?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58796\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\" alt=\"Excited-Baby-Opening-Present\" width=\"332\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a telescope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/waqrg59iicwip04mmswz.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58797\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/waqrg59iicwip04mmswz.gif\" alt=\"waqrg59iicwip04mmswz\" width=\"434\" height=\"261\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next up: her mother's gift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58796\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Excited-Baby-Opening-Present.gif\" alt=\"Excited-Baby-Opening-Present\" width=\"332\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a copy of \u003cem>King Lear\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/dsppntmnt.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58798\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/dsppntmnt.gif\" alt=\"dsppntmnt\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a very rude passage underlined: \"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58899\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House.gif\" alt=\"How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House\" width=\"320\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Victoria can even react, RATS ARE ALL OVER HER CAKE! Victoria understandably loses her sh-t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cut to Uncle Scar's cocaine den. He's sniffing and spinning the story with Sir John's help. She was in hysterics! Maybe she hallucinated the rats! Muahaha!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Victoria tries to unveil her royal painting by pulling a tarp off of it. She can't manage it because she has poor upper body strength and/or is not used to doing very basic things like pulling. Lord M swoops in to help and casually says, \u003cem>Oh, hey, I'll be your Prime Minister again. Sorry about yelling Taylor Swift breakup lyrics in your face for the past couple of weeks. \u003c/em>Is he serious? All that running around for nothing? If it wasn't for his wife running off and his kid dying, I might hold a grudge, but I'll just move on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a dark alley, some random tries to get Babyface Maid to sell herself and won't take no for an answer. Thankfully, the hot cook swoops in. Turns out he's been stalking her, but in the cute way. He reveals that he recognizes her from some former house of ill repute, but he doesn't care. He just wants to date. Aww (I think)!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the palace, Lord M and Victoria gaze longingly across a room at each other. Some dude tells Lord M that this googly-eyed business won't last for long, as Victoria will soon wed. But Lord M knows that marriage doesn't mean anything. Just ask Lord Byron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: Sir John. \u003c/strong>The uncle has a scar over his eye, which means he has no choice but to be evil. What's this guy's excuse?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: William IV. \u003c/strong>I would totally watch a show about him and his 10 \"illegitimate\" children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Hot Chef. \u003c/strong>That cake was impressive. And so is his face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SILVER: \u003cstrong>Flora. \u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>If anyone has earned the right to say \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7S1hnRPF0\">That was way harsh, Tai,\u003c/a>\" it's this virgin who can't drive.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GOLD: Victoria. \u003c/strong>Duh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Until next week! 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"content": "\u003cp>For an entire year now, widespread outrage has been bubbling up online over the decision to cast Joseph Fiennes -- a man most of us associate with English period dramas, like his most famous film, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_33\">Shakespeare in Love\u003c/a>\u003c/em> -- as Michael Jackson in an upcoming TV show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last January, when very valid accusations of whitewashing first hit social media, Fiennes told \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.etonline.com/news/180946_joseph_fiennes_shocked_he_was_cast_to_portray_michael_jackson/\">Entertainment Tonight\u003c/a>\u003c/em>: \"I'm a white, middle-class guy from London. I’m as shocked as you may be,\" followed by a statement that Jackson \"was probably closer to my color than his original color\" because of a \"pigmentation issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, as photos emerged of what Fiennes looks like in full MJ make-up, the anger only increased from bloggers and fans, culminating in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.thepetitionsite.com/712/071/341/\">petition to boycott\u003c/a> the show. Michael's daughter, \u003ca href=\"http://jezebel.com/paris-jackson-is-not-happy-about-joseph-fiennes-s-portr-1791112588?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow\">Paris, \u003c/a>also weighed in: \"I’m so incredibly offended by it, as i’m sure plenty of people are as well, and it honestly makes me want to vomit. It angers me to see how obviously intentional it was for them to be this insulting.\" Michael's nephew, Taj, also referred to it as \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.eonline.com/news/821604/michael-jackson-s-nephew-taj-jackson-calls-joseph-fiennes-casting-blatant-disrespect\">blatant disrespect.\u003c/a>\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faced with this image, who could possibly blame them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58380\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-800x444.png\" alt=\"michael\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-800x444.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-160x89.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-768x427.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1020x567.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1920x1067.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1180x656.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-960x533.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-672x372.png 672w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-1038x576.png 1038w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-240x133.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-375x208.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/Michael-520x289.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On closer inspection, however, it becomes clear that, if the producers hadn't opted to cast a white Englishman in the role of Michael Jackson, it's probable that no one in America would have ever even heard about \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5320014/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2\">Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon\u003c/a>.\" Not only is this thing not a biopic, it's not even a movie. \"Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon\" is just an episode of a surrealist television series, titled \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts/urban-myths\">Urban Myths\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, that will be aired on a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Arts\">relatively obscure\u003c/a> British cable channel named \u003ca href=\"https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts\">Sky Arts\u003c/a>. (\u003cstrong>Update:\u003c/strong> Due to the controversy, the episode has \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/13/sky-pulls-broadcast-of-show-that-cast-white-actor-as-michael-jackson-joseph-fiennes-urban-myths\">now been pulled\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, it's hard to feel like this particularly offensive casting decision was made for any reason other than to specifically draw an inflated amount of attention to this bizarre TV show. The fact that Sky Arts gave us a full 12 months to get annoyed about it suggests much calculation on the channel's part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To give you some idea of what we're dealing with, here's the full \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em> trailer, complete with jaunty please-don't-take-this-seriously music and an appearance by \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3701064/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Iwan Rheon\u003c/a> (Ramsay Bolton from \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>) playing -- yes -- Adolf Hitler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//players.brightcove.net/769341148/E1zVmpNYx_default/index.html?videoId=5277428302001\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it bluntly, this is nothing that any of us should be paying attention to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitewashing roles and minimizing options for actors of color is an ongoing problem on far bigger stages than this, as demonstrated by \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158632/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Margaret Cho\u003c/a>’s recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/12/tilda-swinton-margaret-cho-emails\">spat\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842770/?ref_=tt_cl_t6\">Tilda Swinton\u003c/a> over the latter portraying The Ancient One -- a role usually inhabited by an Asian male -- in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1211837/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5\">Doctor Strange\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Remember when Angelina Jolie played Marianne Pearl, a real-life woman of Afro-Cuban descent, in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">A Mighty Heart\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? How about in 2015 when Juliette Binoche portrayed a Chilean woman in \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006295/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>The 33\u003c/em>\u003c/a>? Or in 2014 when Christian Bale \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528100/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">played Moses\u003c/a>, and 2010 when Jake Gyllenhaal was the leading man in a movie called \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473075/?ref_=nv_sr_3\">The Prince of Persia\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? How about when Liam Neeson was Ra’s Al Ghul, a character of Arabian descent, in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">The Dark Knight Rises\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? We could drag this all the way back to Mickey Rooney's portrayal of a Japanese immigrant in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054698/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Breakfast at Tiffany's\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, but, frankly, we'd be here all day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Truthfully, a large swath of the outrage directed at \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em> probably has more to do with the present-day culturally pervasive idea that Michael Jackson must be protected and held sacred at all costs than it does with the racist casting issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson was the butt of cruel jokes throughout his career, but since his premature death from a Propofol overdose in 2009, there is an underlying guilt in the public consciousness that, just perhaps, we could've gone a little easier on poor, perpetually vulnerable Michael Jackson. (This notion persists, despite Jackson's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley asserting in a prominent \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrVLbP8uyEE\">2003 interview\u003c/a> that \"he has some idea about how he should represent himself in public… which is sort of the meek, victim-y, quiet thing that he does, which is not anything like how he really is.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, Jackson had unshakeable defenders during his lifetime -- like those fans that cheered him on as he (inappropriately) climbed on top of a car outside the courthouse, before the first day of his \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Michael_Jackson\">2005 child molestation trial\u003c/a> -- but the truth is, most of us laughed at his expense at some point during his strange and spectacular life, and we just don't feel okay about doing it after his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Jackson's friend Princess Diana died tragically in a car accident in 1997, pursued relentlessly by paparazzi, theories emerged that the gigantic public outpouring of grief that followed in the U.K. was rooted in \u003ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584072/Losing-Princess-Diana-Where-the-guilt-lies.html\">guilt\u003c/a> that the public's appetite for Diana-based gossip had somehow contributed to her death. 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(\u003cstrong>Update:\u003c/strong> Due to the controversy, the episode has \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/13/sky-pulls-broadcast-of-show-that-cast-white-actor-as-michael-jackson-joseph-fiennes-urban-myths\">now been pulled\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, it's hard to feel like this particularly offensive casting decision was made for any reason other than to specifically draw an inflated amount of attention to this bizarre TV show. The fact that Sky Arts gave us a full 12 months to get annoyed about it suggests much calculation on the channel's part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To give you some idea of what we're dealing with, here's the full \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em> trailer, complete with jaunty please-don't-take-this-seriously music and an appearance by \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3701064/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Iwan Rheon\u003c/a> (Ramsay Bolton from \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>) playing -- yes -- Adolf Hitler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//players.brightcove.net/769341148/E1zVmpNYx_default/index.html?videoId=5277428302001\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it bluntly, this is nothing that any of us should be paying attention to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitewashing roles and minimizing options for actors of color is an ongoing problem on far bigger stages than this, as demonstrated by \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158632/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Margaret Cho\u003c/a>’s recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/12/tilda-swinton-margaret-cho-emails\">spat\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842770/?ref_=tt_cl_t6\">Tilda Swinton\u003c/a> over the latter portraying The Ancient One -- a role usually inhabited by an Asian male -- in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1211837/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5\">Doctor Strange\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Remember when Angelina Jolie played Marianne Pearl, a real-life woman of Afro-Cuban descent, in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">A Mighty Heart\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? How about in 2015 when Juliette Binoche portrayed a Chilean woman in \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006295/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>The 33\u003c/em>\u003c/a>? Or in 2014 when Christian Bale \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528100/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">played Moses\u003c/a>, and 2010 when Jake Gyllenhaal was the leading man in a movie called \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473075/?ref_=nv_sr_3\">The Prince of Persia\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? How about when Liam Neeson was Ra’s Al Ghul, a character of Arabian descent, in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">The Dark Knight Rises\u003c/a>\u003c/em>? We could drag this all the way back to Mickey Rooney's portrayal of a Japanese immigrant in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054698/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Breakfast at Tiffany's\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, but, frankly, we'd be here all day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Truthfully, a large swath of the outrage directed at \u003cem>Urban Myths\u003c/em> probably has more to do with the present-day culturally pervasive idea that Michael Jackson must be protected and held sacred at all costs than it does with the racist casting issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson was the butt of cruel jokes throughout his career, but since his premature death from a Propofol overdose in 2009, there is an underlying guilt in the public consciousness that, just perhaps, we could've gone a little easier on poor, perpetually vulnerable Michael Jackson. (This notion persists, despite Jackson's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley asserting in a prominent \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrVLbP8uyEE\">2003 interview\u003c/a> that \"he has some idea about how he should represent himself in public… which is sort of the meek, victim-y, quiet thing that he does, which is not anything like how he really is.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, Jackson had unshakeable defenders during his lifetime -- like those fans that cheered him on as he (inappropriately) climbed on top of a car outside the courthouse, before the first day of his \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Michael_Jackson\">2005 child molestation trial\u003c/a> -- but the truth is, most of us laughed at his expense at some point during his strange and spectacular life, and we just don't feel okay about doing it after his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Jackson's friend Princess Diana died tragically in a car accident in 1997, pursued relentlessly by paparazzi, theories emerged that the gigantic public outpouring of grief that followed in the U.K. was rooted in \u003ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584072/Losing-Princess-Diana-Where-the-guilt-lies.html\">guilt\u003c/a> that the public's appetite for Diana-based gossip had somehow contributed to her death. 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