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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Maria Judnick\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Netflix and all those other streaming video options, I was obsessed with TV shows on DVD. As soon as I’d hear that my favorite show had added another season to DVD, off I’d search, ready to plunk down any amount of money for a chance to spend another few hours engrossed in my favorite worlds. From \u003cem>M*A*S*H \u003c/em>to \u003cem>West Wing \u003c/em>to \u003cem>Psych\u003c/em>, I owned them all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More and more beloved TV shows like \u003cem>Veronica Mars,\u003c/em> \u003cem>Gilmore Girls,\u003c/em> and now \u003cem>Friends \u003c/em>(the latter \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=048SNZIP40I\">debuts \u003c/a>in January) have made the jump to Netflix, but there are still so many greats – both famous and obscure – that deserve a second chance to be watched and loved. Here are 10 suggestions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13969\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/tumblr_inline_mq80tk4w4j1qb1pkp.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13969\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/tumblr_inline_mq80tk4w4j1qb1pkp.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: NBC\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: NBC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Ed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, the premise is a bit weird (a New York lawyer Ed Stevens --played by Tom Cavanaugh -- buys a bowling alley in his hometown of Stuckeyville, Ohio and tries to woo the woman of his high school dreams), but the show embraced its quirkiness, quickly amassing a legion of fans obsessed with the weekly $10 bets and random “Godfrey” characters. While the show featured such talent as Michael Ian Black, Julie Bowen, and Justin Long (and was co-produced by David Letterman), NBC pulled the plug in 2004 after just four seasons. Problems with music rights have delayed DVD production, so most fans (including myself) have had to watch their fuzzy VCR copies until they tore in the machine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/039_41045.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13971\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/039_41045.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: ABC\" width=\"250\" height=\"313\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: ABC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Three’s Company\u003c/strong>\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost immediately after the show’s debut in 1977, \u003cem>Three’s Company \u003c/em>proved to be wildly popular. Starring John Ritter, Joyce De Witt, and Suzanne Summers as the original three platonic roommates involved in crazy hijinks centered around a Santa Monica apartment, these eight seasons have only continued to find fans through reruns, inspiring hope that Netflix will “come and knock” on their door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Home-Improvement-tv-04.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13972\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Home-Improvement-tv-04-400x499.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: ABC\" width=\"250\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Home-Improvement-tv-04-400x499.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Home-Improvement-tv-04.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: ABC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Home Improvement\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you were a girl in the 1990s, it was assumed you were in love with J.T.T. (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), who played the middle son on the show \u003cem>Home Improvement. \u003c/em>But J.T.T couldn’t have been the only appeal of the show; it was one of the highest ranked sitcoms for all eight seasons. Loosely based on Tim Allen’s stand-up routine, the story of a local tool-show host and his family and friends (including the partially-hidden neighbor Wilson) is arguably still one of the funniest shows on TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13973\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/rbk-full-house-de.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13973 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/rbk-full-house-de-400x334.jpg\" alt=\"rbk-full-house-de\" width=\"400\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/rbk-full-house-de-400x334.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/rbk-full-house-de.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: ABC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Full House \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was so much to love in this show: Uncle Jesse’s good looks, Uncle Joey’s funny voices, little Michelle's adorable catchphrases, Stephanie's killer dance moves, everything Kimmy Gibbler said or did, and on and on. With \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/11/04/full-house-sequel-just-a-hoax-survive-the-disappointment-with-these-animated-gifs/\">the often hinted news that there’s a potential reboot in the works\u003c/a>, it doesn’t hurt to start watching the show all over again!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13975\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 307px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/nexp_cast.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-13975\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/nexp_cast.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: CBS\" width=\"307\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/nexp_cast.jpg 307w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/nexp_cast-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/nexp_cast-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: CBS\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Northern Exposure\u003c/strong>\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">From 1990 to 1995, the story of Joel Fleishman (played by Rob Morrow), a Jewish New York City physician sent to the eccentric small town of Cicely, Alaska as remuneration for his student loans was nominated for more 57 awards and won 27 of them. But it’s not the awards that matter to fans – it’s the monologues of ex-con-turned-radio-deejay Chris Stevens (John Corbett), the grand schemes from former astronaut Maurice Minnifield (Barry Corbin), the off-hand comments from local wannabe film director Ed Chigliak (Darren E. 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While the show has endured multiple casting / production changes, cancellation, and a recent move to Yahoo Screen for the sixth season, fans still haven’t given up on this ensemble comedy. Rewatching it all over again on Netflix would remind us why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13988\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/will-and-grace.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13988\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/will-and-grace-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: NBC\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/will-and-grace-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/will-and-grace-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/will-and-grace-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/will-and-grace-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/will-and-grace-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/will-and-grace-75x75.jpg 75w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/will-and-grace.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: NBC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Will & Grace\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">With \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> being added to Netflix, it seems like a no-brainer to add some of the other insanely popular shows from the “Must-See TV” NBC lineup. \u003cem>Will & Grace\u003c/em>’s eight seasons starring Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, and Sean Hayes were more than just great TV though; even Vice President Joe Biden has acknowledged that the show helped improve the American public opinion of the LGBT community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13978\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/The_Simpson__s_Family_by_Simpsonix.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13978\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/The_Simpson__s_Family_by_Simpsonix-400x300.png\" alt=\"Photo: Fox\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/The_Simpson__s_Family_by_Simpsonix-400x300.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/The_Simpson__s_Family_by_Simpsonix-800x600.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/The_Simpson__s_Family_by_Simpsonix-1440x1080.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Fox\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Simpsons \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">It’s a simple question: Why shouldn’t America’s longest-running sitcom, longest-running animated program, and longest-running scripted primetime television show be on Netflix? 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For a show that has inspired countless others and even warranted entries in the Oxford English Dictionary, there’s just never enough Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie to go around. 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Borrowing a favorite phrase from Sophia, “Picture This: Netflix, 2015” has a particularly good ring to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Seinfeld\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13980\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 374px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/21d8a23363056d719a4aa1d6806eacac50c07ff1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13980 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/21d8a23363056d719a4aa1d6806eacac50c07ff1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: NBC\" width=\"374\" height=\"222\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: NBC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">All I really need to say is this: everyone loves this show. 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It’s a muscle we too often neglect, so when we find a tool that can help us acknowledge our shared humanity,\u003ci> \u003c/i>we should grab it and run with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Enter \u003ci>Degrassi,\u003c/i> just a little Canadian sensation you may have heard of, (the 14th season of the Next Generation reboot premieres tonight!). For those who don’t know: back in the '80s, a student at \u003cspan class=\"s1\">Degrassi Junior High \u003c/span>got pregnant and kept the baby. That baby grew up to be seventh grader Emma Nelson, who ushered in the next generation of Degrassi students back in 2001. \u003ci>Degrassi: The Next Generation \u003c/i>grew into a bona fide hit, got picked up by Teen Nick, and continues to churn out the drama to this day. As the years pass, old favorites graduate, new “niners” come in, and the beat goes on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/znox2ocEi8Q\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Let’s be clear: \u003ci>Degrassi \u003c/i>isn’t a masterpiece. You can spot most storylines a mile away, the acting is wildly varied, the dialogue hovers between clunky and unintentionally hilarious, and there is rarely any subtext. But, if you’re looking for hijinks and scandal, you won’t be disappointed (two words: throat gonorrhea). The number of disasters, both tragic and ridiculous, that have befallen the students of Degrassi defies all logic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">But beneath the drama and beyond the camp is \u003ci>Degrassi\u003c/i>’s enduring commitment to portraying its teenage characters as multifaceted individuals. They have histories, flaws, challenges, and tendencies that compel us to see them as people rather than examples. 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In Adam’s case, the reveal to the audience is a gentle one, and his storyline progresses from there much the way any other kid’s would, its universal problems, thrills, and heartbreaks made new by the particulars of the character. Adam gets himself into trouble, experiences misunderstanding, and feels the pain of first love just like everyone else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Simultaneously, \u003cem>Degrassi\u003c/em> doesn’t back away from delving into the specific conflicts Adam faces as a transgender teen. His identity is revealed at school by an ignorant bully. He faces harassment and violence, as well as more subtle forms of bigotry. He handles these challenges with the blend of preternatural grace and impulsive explosiveness that is unique to him -- and, importantly, we see him do it and hear what he has to say. When, in “My Body Is A Cage,” his mother asks him to dress up as “Gracie” to make his grandmother feel more comfortable, we feel the hit right along with him. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Kimra McPherson\u003c/strong> The Bay Area’s strong food scene has always been a great feeder for Bravo’s cooking competition show \u003cem>Top Chef\u003c/em>, and now a wave of contestants have returned to feed us. Three new projects from \u003cem>Top Chef\u003c/em> competitors have opened within the past two months, joining an existing crop of alumni-led restaurants on both sides of the Bay. The “\u003cem>Top Chef\u003c/em> veteran” tag can nab any project a bit of instant attention, but it also makes it easy to lose track of whether those chefs were actually any good on the show. Did they sail through Quickfire Challenges, narrowly escape elimination, or consistently draw the ire of Padma Lakshmi? 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They play up archetypal (bordering on stereotypical) versions of the “sassy black girlfriend” often seen in romantic comedies or television series that feature a white female lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The experts generalize along racial and cultural lines when they speak directly to the camera (“My white girlfriends, if they’re anything other than a size 2, they are nervous and scared… As a black woman, we definitely embrace our size for what it is”), but that was also true of \u003cem>Queer Eye\u003c/em>. On the one hand, it’s nice to see a show with a multitude of African-American women in lead roles. It happens on occasion (see: the excellent \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlfriends\">\u003cem>Girlfriends\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>; \u003c/em>the, err, very popular \u003ca href=\"http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta\">\u003cem>The Real Housewives of Atlanta\u003c/em>\u003c/a>), but not often enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Archetypes that border on stereotypes aren’t \u003cem>Girlfriend Intervention\u003c/em>’s biggest problem. It’s the fact that, as a makeover show, it’s pushing a brand instead of treating participants like individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TLC’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/what-not-to-wear\">\u003cem>What Not To Wear\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/stacylondon\">Stacy London\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/clinton_kelly\">Clinton Kelly\u003c/a> presented \u003ca href=\"http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2013/09/02/What-Not-to-Wear-stars-list-10-rules-to-dress-by/UPI-79831378132106/\">very specific fashion rules\u003c/a>, and then applied them to individuals. \u003cem>Girlfriend Intervention\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Queer Eye\u003c/em> have a brand, look, and show philosophy, and they fit individuals into that branding. \u003cem>WNTW, \u003c/em>which aired from 2003-2013, has passed on to the great reality TV playground in the sky, but I still think about it all the time. And that’s mostly because of the great shift that took place when the show switched up its hairdressers in the seventh season. Originally, \u003cem>WNTW’s \u003c/em>hairdresser was \u003ca href=\"http://www.examiner.com/article/what-happened-to-nick-arrojo\">Nick Arrojo\u003c/a>, a kind of sarcastic, resting-\u003cem>meh\u003c/em>-face dude who gave the same, pixie/mom haircut to any and all of the show’s contributors that sat in his chair. And then came \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tedgibson\">Ted Gibson\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/d-5-GU9aPm8?t=50s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How was your week?” Ted would so often begin. And then, in the face of frightened contributors who are way out of their comfort zone, “That’s a \u003cem>really\u003c/em> heavy sigh. What’s up with that?” Ted talked to them about what they wanted and what they were scared of, not just with regard to their week in New York choosing a new wardrobe, but in their real lives back home. “How long have you had your hair like this?” might seem like it’s about, you know, \u003cem>how long have you had your hair like this?\u003c/em>, but with Ted kneeling down and looking just past the contributor’s shoulder, both of them talking into the mirror, it winds up being about the contributor’s life, her self-esteem, her sense of self worth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>What Not To Wear\u003c/em> did not live up to its title, which implies judgment and critique and correction. \u003cem>What Not To Wear\u003c/em> asked questions, listened, and searched for a contributor’s truth. Okay, that’s a little touchy-feely, but it still captures the overall feeling of \u003cem>WNTW.\u003c/em> Just the fact that participants on the show were called “contributors” is worth noting. They were there to \u003cem>add something\u003c/em> to the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compare that point of view to \u003cem>Girlfriend Intervention’s\u003c/em> intro, which explains that, “Trapped inside of every white girl is a strong black woman waiting to bust out. Every week, we take a BW -- a basic woman -- and turn her from a red-hot mess into a bootylicious babe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/nD0c2GQWBdY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003cem>Girlfriend Intervention’s\u003c/em> fourth episode, beauty pro Tracy Balan stands in front of the mirror with participant Cortney. Tracy is kind; she’s stern, but caring. She asks Cortney questions to get to the heart of why Cortney feels the way she does. But then, Tracy says, “\u003cem>I’m\u003c/em> going to take over. Welcome to beauty bootcamp.” It’s about fitting Cortney into a mold, instead of teaching Cortney how to find her own beauty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/gULZZ4ZZ8a4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another episode, the girlfriends tell Sam, a newlywed who loves fantasy role-playing, that they are “going to take you away from the dungeon and the dragons and stuff like that, and help you get comfortable, help you feel good in your own skin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look, Stacy and Clinton would make jokes at their contributors’ expense. One of that show’s recurring bits involved literally throwing a contributor’s old wardrobe into a garbage can. But one of the show’s fashion rules was that, “You can show off your personality without looking crazy.” They would have tried to teach Sam that she could love what she loved \u003cem>without\u003c/em> dressing like a teenager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Girlfriend Intervention’s\u003c/em> Tracy, Nikki, Tiffiny, and Tanisha offer a one-size-fits-all approach that is the equivalent of passing someone on the street and telling them to “smile more.” Stacy and Clinton might make fun of your mom jeans (okay, they will definitely make fun of your mom jeans), but then they’ll pour you a cocktail, take you out to dinner, and ask you about your childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stacy and Clinton (along with makeup artist Carmindy and angel-among-men Ted) guided the makeover process, but they didn’t control it. That was down to the contributor, and that’s why their where-are-they-now updates were full of hugs, tears, and continued style success stories. These are results I think we can all get behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13755\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/giphy.gif\" alt=\"giphy\" width=\"500\" height=\"296\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also? It’s the only makeover show that featured a \u003cem>Law & Order\u003c/em> parody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/m3WfKSjnXQI\u003c/p>\n\n",
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What’s up with that?” Ted talked to them about what they wanted and what they were scared of, not just with regard to their week in New York choosing a new wardrobe, but in their real lives back home. “How long have you had your hair like this?” might seem like it’s about, you know, \u003cem>how long have you had your hair like this?\u003c/em>, but with Ted kneeling down and looking just past the contributor’s shoulder, both of them talking into the mirror, it winds up being about the contributor’s life, her self-esteem, her sense of self worth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>What Not To Wear\u003c/em> did not live up to its title, which implies judgment and critique and correction. \u003cem>What Not To Wear\u003c/em> asked questions, listened, and searched for a contributor’s truth. Okay, that’s a little touchy-feely, but it still captures the overall feeling of \u003cem>WNTW.\u003c/em> Just the fact that participants on the show were called “contributors” is worth noting. 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Every week, we take a BW -- a basic woman -- and turn her from a red-hot mess into a bootylicious babe.”\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/nD0c2GQWBdY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/nD0c2GQWBdY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In \u003cem>Girlfriend Intervention’s\u003c/em> fourth episode, beauty pro Tracy Balan stands in front of the mirror with participant Cortney. Tracy is kind; she’s stern, but caring. She asks Cortney questions to get to the heart of why Cortney feels the way she does. But then, Tracy says, “\u003cem>I’m\u003c/em> going to take over. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-13671\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/gilmore-girls.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: The CW\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/gilmore-girls.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/gilmore-girls-360x202.jpg 360w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/gilmore-girls-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: The CW\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When news broke that all seven seasons of\u003cem> Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> were coming to Netflix, the internet freaked. The cult TV show, which was not sufficiently appreciated in its time (only one Emmy nomination...\u003ca href=\"https://www.nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/eye-roll-gif-1.gif\">for makeup\u003c/a>), started trending on social media, inspiring people to \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinharris/the-best-twitter-reactions-to-gilmore-girls-coming-to-netfli#2wu6ooz\">tweet warnings\u003c/a> that they were likely to drop out of college, break up with their boyfriends, or quit their jobs in order to relive all the autumn-tinted memories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sounds like hyperbole, but this withdrawal from society to live in fictional Stars Hollow is real. As the owner of all the DVDs, I can't count the number of times I have flaked on someone in order to stay indoors with Lorelai and Rory (not to mention the times I visited the set and made a shrinky dink of Lauren Graham's and Alexis Bledel's faces). Some might say it's just a show, but \u003ca href=\"https://38.media.tumblr.com/ab20719c2daa34941fe6e2e9064b67e3/tumblr_nbv4xmJaP41rbc9h1o1_500.gif\">it's a lifestyle\u003c/a>. And now this way of life is about to open up to those who missed it the first time around. Hi, newbies! I suggest starting at the beginning and blazing right through (yes, even through the last two seasons, even though they are terrible). As for all my Luke's Diner regulars, here are the episodes most worthy of an immediate rewatch!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>10. You Jump, I Jump, Jack (Season 5, Episode 7)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13724\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_mvt5w3Vcok1skqxv0o3_500.gif\" alt=\"rory gilmore jump\" width=\"500\" height=\"214\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This episode is so epic that even Logan can't ruin it. Rory gets the chance to follow in her idol Christiane Amanpour's footsteps and crack the story of Yale's secret society, The Life and Death Brigade (based on Yale's real-life society Skull and Bones, of which both George W. Bush and John Kerry were a part). A blindfolded journey to the woods leads to a lavish tent village where boys with trust funds speak a language without the letter e. Logan gives Rory pretty things and convinces her to jump from scaffolding in a gown while holding an umbrella and shouting In Omnia Paratus! (a Latin slogan meaning \"ready for anything\" that's gone on to inspire \u003ca href=\"http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/63/a4/e1/63a4e1bd92dc3e3ef5a7c2a019c98d0d.jpg\">\u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em>-themed tattoos\u003c/a>). This is one of the few times Logan does something good so it's worth celebrating. Meanwhile, back at home, Emily insists on hanging out with Luke so that she can passive aggressively tear him to shreds for being poor and liking beer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>9. Take the Deviled Eggs (Season 3, Episode 6)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13680\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/tumblr_n9tclvue771qarqnoo2_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n9tclvue771qarqnoo2_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\"> \u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13681\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/tumblr_n9tclvue771qarqnoo1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n9tclvue771qarqnoo1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\"> \u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13679\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/tumblr_n9tclvue771qarqnoo3_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n9tclvue771qarqnoo3_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baby showers are terrible. This is common wisdom. What's even more terrible is having to go to one in honor of your ex's girlfriend, whose pregnancy is the reason you can't be together. This, combined with party games that involve sniffing diapers, sends Lorelai over the edge and inspires her to trash the bathroom. So punk rock. Rory gets in on the troublemaking later when she throws deviled eggs at Jess' new car. No one temper tantrums like a Gilmore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>8. A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Season 2, Episode 13)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13725\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_n24r6tBFZY1rohg16o6_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n24r6tBFZY1rohg16o6_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"165\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much drama over picnic baskets! Stars Hollow holds a charity picnic basket lunch auction, in which women put together cute lunches for men. Obvious gender role issues aside, this episode is great television because all the relationships on the show are shaken up. Dean doesn't bring enough money (loser) for Rory's basket and is outbid by resident bad boy, Jess (teen-girls-bawling-at-Beatles-concert.gif). Town busybody Miss Patty tries to pimp out Lorelai or turn her into a polygamist by sending three different men to bid on her basket. And Jackson passive aggressively refuses to bid on Sookie's basket because she doesn't want to move in with him and later bullies her into accepting a marriage proposal. Consider this episode a lesson in why women shouldn't be auctioned off and how you shouldn't act in relationships (except for the Jess thing; always ditch your boyfriend to hang out with him).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>7. Like Mother, Like Daughter (Season 2, Episode 7)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13727\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_m5rspuHazO1qbx5ago3_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m5rspuHazO1qbx5ago3_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people misunderstand reading a book at lunch as a cry for help. In this case, those people are the headmaster and guidance counselor at Chilton, Rory's prep school. They tell her she's a \"loner freak\" and force her to eat lunch with boring girls who talk about homecoming and are part of a secret club (lots of secret clubs on this show). Lorelai is also scolded for not participating enough at Chilton and is forced to join the booster club. Both of these experiments in becoming more extroverted end spectacularly: Rory ends up being kidnapped in dessert-covered PJs and yelling in the headmaster's face, while Lorelai ends up wearing matching outfits with her mother in a fashion show. \u003cem>You're in, you may leave the runway\u003c/em> (*Heidi Klum voice*).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>6. The Big One (Season 3, Episode 16)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13728\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_m4fq8dw6OH1qcaz8oo1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m4fq8dw6OH1qcaz8oo1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"252\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much of the first half of the series is about Rory's Ivy League ambitions. Lorelai makes a painful deal with her estranged parents to get Rory into a good school that will look good on her college applications, Rory builds a house with a bejeweled hammer to diversify her extracurriculars, they break into some random girl's dorm room, etc. Everything leads down the path to Harvard, and this is the episode where she finds out if she gets in or not! Antsy waiting by the mailbox eventually gives way to the real reason this episode is a classic: a televised meltdown, during which Paris Gellar tells everyone watching CSPAN (like 12 people) that she lost her virginity and explains how sex will ruin your entire life. Preach it, girl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>5. The Festival of Living Art (Season 4, Episode 7)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13729\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_m8nz08deoo1r1awdko3_r1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m8nz08deoo1r1awdko3_r1_500\" width=\"479\" height=\"361\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another quirky town event episode! This time, Stars Hollow gets together to pose as famous works of art. Lorelai wants to reclaim her role as Renoir girl in \"Dance at Bougival,\" but has still not been forgiven by the town for flinching the last time around. Meanwhile, Kirk, easily the strangest resident of the series, goes total Daniel-Day Lewis and stays in character as Jesus Christ the whole episode. Will Lorelai be able to resist the flinch, even when her Sookie-is-going-into-labor beeper goes off? Will Kirk stone the dude playing Judas to death?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>4. The Deer Hunters (Season 1, Episode 5)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13730\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_m99wsqGXwe1reveudo2_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m99wsqGXwe1reveudo2_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In public school, Rory was considered a genius, but when she gets to Chilton, all bets are off when she gets a D! (Et tu, Max Medina?!) The Gilmores proceed to panic and memorize the dates random Shakespeare plays were published, but all for nothing, as Rory oversleeps. On her mad dash to school, she gets hit by a deer. The episode could end right there, but goes on to feature Rory and Lorelai letting an assortment of stuck up white people have it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>3. One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes (Season 3, Episode 4)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13726\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_m8lqjn0nW61r9lwzvo1_400.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m8lqjn0nW61r9lwzvo1_400\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lane's strict mother doesn't let her date, listen to music that isn't about Jesus, apply to non-religious colleges, go to school dances or Bangles concerts. Finally, one day (this day!), Lane snaps and decides that she no longer has any you-know-whats to give and buys some purple hair dye. Take that, Mrs. Kim! This rebellion is short-lived because fear of immigrant parents runs deep, as does the pain that comes with bleaching dark hair (see: Lane's manic sprint through the town square with a burning scalp). Meanwhile, Lorelai is asked to give a speech about being a bad ass entrepreneur and is swiftly slut shamed by all the moms. Never a dull moment in Stars Hollow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>2. A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving (Season 3, Episode 9)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/BO32H9o-DQ4 \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanksgiving is easily everyone's second favorite holiday and, to honor that, this episode sees Lorelai and Rory attending four Thanksgiving dinners. The girls party with tofu-loving Korean Seventh Day Adventists, uptight WASPs, deep-fried rednecks, and a pair of cute boys. Every episode of the show seems like it takes place the week before or after Thanksgiving, with all its warm golden light, fallen leaves, and cozy sweaters, so it makes sense that they would know how to do it right. Also in this episode: Kirk is attacked by his cat, also named Kirk, while completely nude, Lane finally gets to first base, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030100/\">Jennifer Aniston's dad\u003c/a> shows up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>1. They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They? (Season 3, Episode 7)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13733\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo1_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo1_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"135\"> \u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13734\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo3_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo3_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"135\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13732\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo5_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo5_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"135\"> \u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13731\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo7_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo7_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"135\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn't get better than this. Inspired by Jane Fonda's \u003cem>They Shoot Horses, Don't They\u003c/em>, the town gets together for their annual 24-hour dance marathon. Lorelai wants to win really badly, but her partner flakes cause his wife is insecure, paving the way for Rory to step in (aww!). And the rest is classic Stars Hollow with a '40s twist. All the townsfolk are at their weirdest (i.e. best, except for Jackson who spends the majority of the episode pressuring Sookie to have more children than she wants) and Rory's love triangle finally reaches a head and ends in tears. If you only watch one \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> episode in your life, make it this one. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13735\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_mj5vciwgyZ1qfhvpzo1_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mj5vciwgyZ1qfhvpzo1_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make a case for any episodes not on the list in the comments!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-13671\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/gilmore-girls.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: The CW\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/gilmore-girls.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/gilmore-girls-360x202.jpg 360w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/gilmore-girls-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: The CW\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When news broke that all seven seasons of\u003cem> Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> were coming to Netflix, the internet freaked. The cult TV show, which was not sufficiently appreciated in its time (only one Emmy nomination...\u003ca href=\"https://www.nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/eye-roll-gif-1.gif\">for makeup\u003c/a>), started trending on social media, inspiring people to \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinharris/the-best-twitter-reactions-to-gilmore-girls-coming-to-netfli#2wu6ooz\">tweet warnings\u003c/a> that they were likely to drop out of college, break up with their boyfriends, or quit their jobs in order to relive all the autumn-tinted memories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sounds like hyperbole, but this withdrawal from society to live in fictional Stars Hollow is real. As the owner of all the DVDs, I can't count the number of times I have flaked on someone in order to stay indoors with Lorelai and Rory (not to mention the times I visited the set and made a shrinky dink of Lauren Graham's and Alexis Bledel's faces). Some might say it's just a show, but \u003ca href=\"https://38.media.tumblr.com/ab20719c2daa34941fe6e2e9064b67e3/tumblr_nbv4xmJaP41rbc9h1o1_500.gif\">it's a lifestyle\u003c/a>. And now this way of life is about to open up to those who missed it the first time around. Hi, newbies! I suggest starting at the beginning and blazing right through (yes, even through the last two seasons, even though they are terrible). As for all my Luke's Diner regulars, here are the episodes most worthy of an immediate rewatch!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>10. You Jump, I Jump, Jack (Season 5, Episode 7)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13724\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_mvt5w3Vcok1skqxv0o3_500.gif\" alt=\"rory gilmore jump\" width=\"500\" height=\"214\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This episode is so epic that even Logan can't ruin it. Rory gets the chance to follow in her idol Christiane Amanpour's footsteps and crack the story of Yale's secret society, The Life and Death Brigade (based on Yale's real-life society Skull and Bones, of which both George W. Bush and John Kerry were a part). A blindfolded journey to the woods leads to a lavish tent village where boys with trust funds speak a language without the letter e. Logan gives Rory pretty things and convinces her to jump from scaffolding in a gown while holding an umbrella and shouting In Omnia Paratus! (a Latin slogan meaning \"ready for anything\" that's gone on to inspire \u003ca href=\"http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/63/a4/e1/63a4e1bd92dc3e3ef5a7c2a019c98d0d.jpg\">\u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em>-themed tattoos\u003c/a>). This is one of the few times Logan does something good so it's worth celebrating. Meanwhile, back at home, Emily insists on hanging out with Luke so that she can passive aggressively tear him to shreds for being poor and liking beer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>9. Take the Deviled Eggs (Season 3, Episode 6)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13680\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/tumblr_n9tclvue771qarqnoo2_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n9tclvue771qarqnoo2_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\"> \u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13681\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/tumblr_n9tclvue771qarqnoo1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n9tclvue771qarqnoo1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\"> \u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13679\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/tumblr_n9tclvue771qarqnoo3_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n9tclvue771qarqnoo3_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baby showers are terrible. This is common wisdom. What's even more terrible is having to go to one in honor of your ex's girlfriend, whose pregnancy is the reason you can't be together. This, combined with party games that involve sniffing diapers, sends Lorelai over the edge and inspires her to trash the bathroom. So punk rock. Rory gets in on the troublemaking later when she throws deviled eggs at Jess' new car. No one temper tantrums like a Gilmore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>8. A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Season 2, Episode 13)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13725\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_n24r6tBFZY1rohg16o6_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n24r6tBFZY1rohg16o6_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"165\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much drama over picnic baskets! Stars Hollow holds a charity picnic basket lunch auction, in which women put together cute lunches for men. Obvious gender role issues aside, this episode is great television because all the relationships on the show are shaken up. Dean doesn't bring enough money (loser) for Rory's basket and is outbid by resident bad boy, Jess (teen-girls-bawling-at-Beatles-concert.gif). Town busybody Miss Patty tries to pimp out Lorelai or turn her into a polygamist by sending three different men to bid on her basket. And Jackson passive aggressively refuses to bid on Sookie's basket because she doesn't want to move in with him and later bullies her into accepting a marriage proposal. Consider this episode a lesson in why women shouldn't be auctioned off and how you shouldn't act in relationships (except for the Jess thing; always ditch your boyfriend to hang out with him).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>7. Like Mother, Like Daughter (Season 2, Episode 7)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13727\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_m5rspuHazO1qbx5ago3_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m5rspuHazO1qbx5ago3_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people misunderstand reading a book at lunch as a cry for help. In this case, those people are the headmaster and guidance counselor at Chilton, Rory's prep school. They tell her she's a \"loner freak\" and force her to eat lunch with boring girls who talk about homecoming and are part of a secret club (lots of secret clubs on this show). Lorelai is also scolded for not participating enough at Chilton and is forced to join the booster club. Both of these experiments in becoming more extroverted end spectacularly: Rory ends up being kidnapped in dessert-covered PJs and yelling in the headmaster's face, while Lorelai ends up wearing matching outfits with her mother in a fashion show. \u003cem>You're in, you may leave the runway\u003c/em> (*Heidi Klum voice*).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>6. The Big One (Season 3, Episode 16)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13728\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_m4fq8dw6OH1qcaz8oo1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m4fq8dw6OH1qcaz8oo1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"252\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much of the first half of the series is about Rory's Ivy League ambitions. Lorelai makes a painful deal with her estranged parents to get Rory into a good school that will look good on her college applications, Rory builds a house with a bejeweled hammer to diversify her extracurriculars, they break into some random girl's dorm room, etc. Everything leads down the path to Harvard, and this is the episode where she finds out if she gets in or not! Antsy waiting by the mailbox eventually gives way to the real reason this episode is a classic: a televised meltdown, during which Paris Gellar tells everyone watching CSPAN (like 12 people) that she lost her virginity and explains how sex will ruin your entire life. Preach it, girl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>5. The Festival of Living Art (Season 4, Episode 7)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13729\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_m8nz08deoo1r1awdko3_r1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m8nz08deoo1r1awdko3_r1_500\" width=\"479\" height=\"361\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another quirky town event episode! This time, Stars Hollow gets together to pose as famous works of art. Lorelai wants to reclaim her role as Renoir girl in \"Dance at Bougival,\" but has still not been forgiven by the town for flinching the last time around. Meanwhile, Kirk, easily the strangest resident of the series, goes total Daniel-Day Lewis and stays in character as Jesus Christ the whole episode. Will Lorelai be able to resist the flinch, even when her Sookie-is-going-into-labor beeper goes off? Will Kirk stone the dude playing Judas to death?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>4. The Deer Hunters (Season 1, Episode 5)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13730\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_m99wsqGXwe1reveudo2_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m99wsqGXwe1reveudo2_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In public school, Rory was considered a genius, but when she gets to Chilton, all bets are off when she gets a D! (Et tu, Max Medina?!) The Gilmores proceed to panic and memorize the dates random Shakespeare plays were published, but all for nothing, as Rory oversleeps. On her mad dash to school, she gets hit by a deer. The episode could end right there, but goes on to feature Rory and Lorelai letting an assortment of stuck up white people have it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>3. One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes (Season 3, Episode 4)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13726\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_m8lqjn0nW61r9lwzvo1_400.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m8lqjn0nW61r9lwzvo1_400\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lane's strict mother doesn't let her date, listen to music that isn't about Jesus, apply to non-religious colleges, go to school dances or Bangles concerts. Finally, one day (this day!), Lane snaps and decides that she no longer has any you-know-whats to give and buys some purple hair dye. Take that, Mrs. Kim! This rebellion is short-lived because fear of immigrant parents runs deep, as does the pain that comes with bleaching dark hair (see: Lane's manic sprint through the town square with a burning scalp). Meanwhile, Lorelai is asked to give a speech about being a bad ass entrepreneur and is swiftly slut shamed by all the moms. Never a dull moment in Stars Hollow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>2. A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving (Season 3, Episode 9)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/BO32H9o-DQ4 \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanksgiving is easily everyone's second favorite holiday and, to honor that, this episode sees Lorelai and Rory attending four Thanksgiving dinners. The girls party with tofu-loving Korean Seventh Day Adventists, uptight WASPs, deep-fried rednecks, and a pair of cute boys. Every episode of the show seems like it takes place the week before or after Thanksgiving, with all its warm golden light, fallen leaves, and cozy sweaters, so it makes sense that they would know how to do it right. Also in this episode: Kirk is attacked by his cat, also named Kirk, while completely nude, Lane finally gets to first base, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030100/\">Jennifer Aniston's dad\u003c/a> shows up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>1. They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They? (Season 3, Episode 7)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13733\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo1_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo1_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"135\"> \u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13734\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo3_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo3_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"135\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13732\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo5_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo5_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"135\"> \u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13731\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo7_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_n3ijdgqukF1qboiilo7_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"135\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn't get better than this. Inspired by Jane Fonda's \u003cem>They Shoot Horses, Don't They\u003c/em>, the town gets together for their annual 24-hour dance marathon. Lorelai wants to win really badly, but her partner flakes cause his wife is insecure, paving the way for Rory to step in (aww!). And the rest is classic Stars Hollow with a '40s twist. All the townsfolk are at their weirdest (i.e. best, except for Jackson who spends the majority of the episode pressuring Sookie to have more children than she wants) and Rory's love triangle finally reaches a head and ends in tears. If you only watch one \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> episode in your life, make it this one. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13735\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_mj5vciwgyZ1qfhvpzo1_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mj5vciwgyZ1qfhvpzo1_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\"> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13635\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/survivor-women1.jpg\" alt=\"survivor-women\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/survivor-women1.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/survivor-women1-360x202.jpg 360w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/survivor-women1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Venerable reality series \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/\">Survivor\u003c/a> \u003c/em>returns this week for a 14th year and a 29th (!!!) season. Despite its longevity as top-rated show in a long-dominating genre, when I talk about my love of \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> and \u003ca href=\"http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/streams/2013/November/131112/2D9670167-104040-d0525b.blocks_desktop_medium.jpg\">Jeff Probst\u003c/a>, the response I hear most often is, “Oh, is that show still on?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O4waun0Hqgg/TqjxNxjvEtI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/anja-pBN3GQ/s1600/eyeroll.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"424\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://realitydraft.blogspot.com/2011/10/top-5-gifs-of-staceys-redemption-island.html\">Reality Rivals\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yes, \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> is still on. And \u003cem>Survivor \u003c/em>is still great.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The social game is fascinating, the challenges are fun, everyone is good looking, and Jeff Probst is one of the best counselors and hosts on reality TV. Seriously, \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/kkDEUx4WNOY\">when he talked down Brandon Hantz after a rice-pouring meltdown\u003c/a> back in Caramoan, he diffused a tense situation that could have gotten yelly and violent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But \u003cem>Survivor \u003c/em>is not a perfect show. Probst connects well with men (and bros), but he doesn’t do as well talking to, or understanding, women. \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> casts and edits women with strict and often unrealistic roles in mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/09/13/survivor-philippines-jeff-probst-women/\">In a 2012 interview with \u003cem>Entertainment Weekly\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>Jeff Probst said, “There just aren’t as many colorful women characters in \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> history. For whatever reason, we’re loaded with interesting guys. Maybe that says something about our casting process, or maybe it says something about how men and women behave differently in conflict.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watching any season of \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> will reveal Probst man-crushing on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BostonRob\">Rob Mariano\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Colby_Donaldson\">Colby Donaldson\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Brad_Culpepper\">Brad Culpepper\u003c/a>, and other buff dudes. Probst’s (and the show’s) treatment of female contestants, on the other hand, is consistently condescending, when it’s not outright sexist. So to paraphrase Jeff Probst: “For whatever reason,” here are the female archetypes of \u003cem>Survivors \u003c/em>past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Black Widow\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 435px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-13625\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/surv-parv-cry.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: CBS\" width=\"435\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/surv-parv-cry.jpg 435w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/surv-parv-cry-360x219.jpg 360w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/surv-parv-cry-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parvati Shallow. Photo: CBS\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Jerri Manthey (Australian Outback, All-Stars, Heroes vs. Villains), Parvati Shallow (Cook Islands, Micronesia, Heroes vs. Villains)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the run-up to \u003cem>Survivor’s\u003c/em> second season, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jerrimanthey\">Jerri Manthey\u003c/a> was teased as the villain, a female manipulator on par with an evil \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_girl\">Bond girl\u003c/a>. Jerri had a kind-of-flirtation with \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/nxBkwIl_jOg\">Colby Donaldson, who is the natural-born son of Matthew McConaughey and Captain America\u003c/a>, until they came down on opposing sides of the social game. Colby became the golden boy and Jerri became the evil schemer, plotting to (gasp!) manipulate her fellow contestants and win the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/parvatishallow\">Parvati Shallow\u003c/a> played her first season as a self-described flirt, but when she came back for a “Fans vs. Favorites” season in Micronesia, her strategy was to make friendships and alliances, exploit them, \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/NOwRtkMjznk?t=10s\">and play smart with people she could trust\u003c/a>. But she also came up with the name “\u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Widow_Brigade\">Black Widow Brigade\u003c/a>” in Micronesia, for an all-female alliance that sent home a bunch of the boys and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMmEdEMbXL8\">even convinced one of them to give his immunity to them\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Crazy One\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/ir4SUxQpJuA\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Sue Hawk (Borneo, All-Stars), Abi-Maria Gomes (Philippines).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sue Hawk delivered one of the most iconic \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> moments in season one, with a symbol-heavy, grammatically horrifying, speech about \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/ir4SUxQpJuA\">rats, snakes, and denying a dying woman a drink of water\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sue came back for All-Stars, but she quit following an incident when Rich, her ally in season one, pressed his naked body up against hers during a challenge. Rich was voted out in the same episode for unrelated reasons. At the next challenge, Jeff Probst bought up the incident by saying, “Richard Hatch, sorta being inappropriate. Anybody have any comments?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sue’s fellow contestants stared at the ground, saying nothing. Sue made it clear that it wasn’t “sorta inappropriate,” it was harassment, even if Richard Hatch thought it was funny. “I was violated, humiliated, de-humanized and totally spent, Jeff. It wasn’t sorta, Jeff… There’s no way I can continue with my emotions pushed into the ground that much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/NAJvetEuoKM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Probst, clearly caught off guard, fumbled with how to respond. “So, okay,” he said. “So, when you say you’re done with the game -- as in, you’re out of the game?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mind left this game 24 hours ago,” Sue said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Sue’s fellow contestants -- Shii Ann Huang, who is on the opposite tribe -- at least recognizes that the incident took place, saying, “I’m so sorry, Sue. I didn’t see -- I’m so sorry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> treated this incident as best they could. Richard was already gone, and a boat was called in to allow Sue to leave the game. But the silence with which Sue’s statement was met is indicative of the response many women get when they report sexual harassment: silence and ostracism of the victim. To the show’s credit, they didn’t just edit this uncomfortable sequence out of existence. But overall, Sue’s depiction is that of a hotheaded Midwestern hick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More often, the Crazy One is simply shown to be foolish. In the Philippines, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/theabimaria\">Abi-Maria\u003c/a> is manipulated into turning against her ally \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RC_Survivor\">RC\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PeteYurkowski\">Pete\u003c/a>, the kind of dude who compares himself positively to \u003cem>Fight Club\u003c/em>'s Tyler Durden. The viewers are in on the joke the whole time -- Abi-Maria is getting fooled! -- whether we want to be or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Ice Queen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13629\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/yuPLIa.gif\" alt=\"yuPLIa\" width=\"432\" height=\"242\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Candice Cody (Cook Islands, Heroes vs. Villains, Blood vs. Water), Kim Spradlin (One World)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Candice_Cody\">Candice\u003c/a> made good moves, but came across quiet onscreen. Until she returned in Blood vs. Water, that is, when she was edited as being a bossy ballbreaker, telling her husband what to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SpradlinKim\">Kim\u003c/a> played a winner’s game in One World from the start, the kind that took Boston Rob four seasons to learn how to play. But she did so humbly, quietly, and intently. She won handily, and we’ll probably never see her on that island again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Lazy One (a.k.a. the Beach Beauty)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Sarah Jones (Marquesas), Morgan McLeod (Cagayan)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lazy Ones are almost always young, cute, and skinny. It doesn’t help their energy levels when they’ve been living on tiny cups of rice for several weeks, but when Maraamu tribe arrived on their beach, \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Sarah_Jones\">Sarah Jones\u003c/a> opted to be carried in on the raft that her tribe mates were paddling. Every season reaches a point where the conversation turns to who “contributes” to the tribe and who sleeps the day away, followed by a cutaway shot to girls in bikinis lounging on a bed of bamboo. Unless the camp is near a lagoon, in which case there is\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/sEyiGHTsCaw?t=43s\"> a cutaway sequence to the women washing each other’s hair\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Adorable Tomboy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13630\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Le4ba.gif\" alt=\"Le4ba\" width=\"259\" height=\"252\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Colleen Haskell (Borneo), Kat Edorsson (One World, Blood vs. Water)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Awkward. Funny. Strange. \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Colleen_Haskell\">Colleen\u003c/a> played the game in season one and never returned, saying no when asked to play \u003cem>Survivor \u003c/em>again, \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/WHAkz1wBiUU?t=10s\">but saying yes when asked to star in a Rob Schneider movie\u003c/a>. Hey, the heart wants what it wants, right? Meanwhile, Kat crawled around on all fours when her cousin came to visit as part of the One World “loved ones visit,” which was … um … better seen than described. This is the one archetype I can get behind. More \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> weirdos, please.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/LRNPpy5FuQw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Ostracized African-American\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Examples:\u003c/em> Francesca Hogi (Redemption Island, Caramoan), Candace Smith (Tocantins)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, this is the most depressing one. Again, it’s practically a \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> perennial. Aside from \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Survivor:_Cook_Islands\">Cook Islands\u003c/a>, the (unfairly maligned, in my opinion) season where the tribes were divided by ethnicity, it’s very rare to see more than one African-American woman in a single season of \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em>. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DearFranny\">Francesca\u003c/a> has the … honor? of being the only contestant to be voted out \u003cem>first\u003c/em>, twice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Tocantins, \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Candace_Smith\">Candace\u003c/a> proved herself athletically, but clashed with tribe leader \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/the_real_coach\">Coach\u003c/a> over how to cook the rice and beans. Time and again, there’s “just something about” the African-American women of \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> that makes them an early target for being voted out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, this isn’t true across the board. \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Vecepia_Towery\">Vecepia Towery-Robison\u003c/a> won her season, and \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Cirie_Fields\">Cirie Fields\u003c/a> is a three-time player generally regarded as both strategic \u003cem>and \u003c/em>very likeable. But, come on, \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> contestants. Maybe stop voting African-American women out at the first opportunity?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Mom\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Tina Wesson (Australian Outback, All-Stars, Blood vs. Water), Dawn Meehan (South Pacific, Caramoan)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mom-figures on \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> have a pretty predictable arc. Either they go in the first few votes, usually due to “keeping the tribe strong,” or they make it deep in the game. Both \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Tina_Wesson\">Tina\u003c/a> in the Australian Outback, and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/meehand\">Dawn\u003c/a> in Caramoan, made it deep because they were able to dodge early expulsion, then made strong strategic alliances. Tina won her first season while Dawn lost to her ally Cochran, but both received similar criticisms: that they were carried to the end and made no moves of their own. It’s an inherently sexist criticism, almost always leveled against women or minorities who are sitting next to white men, who are deemed to have been “stronger players.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which leads us to…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Sidekick/The Goat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/LhMIG7wOe_E\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Amber Brkich (Australian Outback, All-Stars), Natalie White (Somoa)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only “The Goat” if they don’t become Sole Survivor, it’s become common for an opposite-sex pair to go to the end with the man presenting himself as the athlete/schemer/leader, and the woman made out to be -- either by her partner or by that season’s jury -- an unworthy coattails rider. That’s rarely the real story, since getting to the end in any configuration is a result of skill, luck, and good gameplay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>...and Sandra.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/LNFFU9SWDM4\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Sandra Diaz-Twine (Pearl Islands, Heroes vs. Villains)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Sandra_Diaz-Twine\">Sandra\u003c/a> has done what no other contestant on \u003cem>Survivor \u003c/em>has done: She’s played twice, and won both times. She played the game that was best \u003cem>for her\u003c/em>, going with the flow when she needed to, starting fights when she needed to, and letting others crash and burn when they just couldn’t help it. Sandra stands on her own because her gameplay, her edit, and everything about her is uniquely \u003cem>Sandra\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the thing is, she’s not the only fully-formed woman to ever play \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em>. It just means that, to again paraphrase Jeff Probst, “for whatever reason,” Sandra played a game that defied the easy edit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em>. It’s a rewarding and fun watch, even when the winner steamrolls their way to the end. This list is certainly not meant to represent the totality of every woman who has appeared on \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em>, but rather out how the producers and editors of the show frame the way those women are represented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s worth pointing out that my favorite reviewers and critics who write about \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> are both women. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChannonSarah\">Sarah Freeman\u003c/a> is part of a team that covers the show for \u003ca href=\"http://robhasawebsite.com/category/survivor/\">RobHasAWebsite\u003c/a>, run by two-time contestant Rob Cesternino, and she looks at the strategy behind each player, as revealed by their on-air edits and deleted scenes. \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/\">Linda Holmes\u003c/a> occasionally covers \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> for the NPR pop culture blog MonkeySee, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/10/10/231398615/the-tribe-has-broken-how-sexism-is-silently-killing-survivor\">including a post that specifically tackled the sexism inherent in \u003cem>Survivor’s \u003c/em>first Blood vs. Water season\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em>,” she wrote in 2013, “but I cannot deny that having to sit through all this preening by bullies is beginning take a toll on my enjoyment, especially when I feel like the show and the host are on their side.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> has had a lot of imitators over the past 14 years, but very few are still standing today. \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> is a great game show, an interesting social experiment, and a living legend of reality television. Now all it has to do is live up to its own promise.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13635\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/survivor-women1.jpg\" alt=\"survivor-women\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/survivor-women1.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/survivor-women1-360x202.jpg 360w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/survivor-women1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Venerable reality series \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/\">Survivor\u003c/a> \u003c/em>returns this week for a 14th year and a 29th (!!!) season. Despite its longevity as top-rated show in a long-dominating genre, when I talk about my love of \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> and \u003ca href=\"http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/streams/2013/November/131112/2D9670167-104040-d0525b.blocks_desktop_medium.jpg\">Jeff Probst\u003c/a>, the response I hear most often is, “Oh, is that show still on?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O4waun0Hqgg/TqjxNxjvEtI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/anja-pBN3GQ/s1600/eyeroll.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"424\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://realitydraft.blogspot.com/2011/10/top-5-gifs-of-staceys-redemption-island.html\">Reality Rivals\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yes, \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> is still on. And \u003cem>Survivor \u003c/em>is still great.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The social game is fascinating, the challenges are fun, everyone is good looking, and Jeff Probst is one of the best counselors and hosts on reality TV. Seriously, \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/kkDEUx4WNOY\">when he talked down Brandon Hantz after a rice-pouring meltdown\u003c/a> back in Caramoan, he diffused a tense situation that could have gotten yelly and violent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But \u003cem>Survivor \u003c/em>is not a perfect show. Probst connects well with men (and bros), but he doesn’t do as well talking to, or understanding, women. \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> casts and edits women with strict and often unrealistic roles in mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/09/13/survivor-philippines-jeff-probst-women/\">In a 2012 interview with \u003cem>Entertainment Weekly\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>Jeff Probst said, “There just aren’t as many colorful women characters in \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> history. For whatever reason, we’re loaded with interesting guys. Maybe that says something about our casting process, or maybe it says something about how men and women behave differently in conflict.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watching any season of \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> will reveal Probst man-crushing on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BostonRob\">Rob Mariano\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Colby_Donaldson\">Colby Donaldson\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Brad_Culpepper\">Brad Culpepper\u003c/a>, and other buff dudes. Probst’s (and the show’s) treatment of female contestants, on the other hand, is consistently condescending, when it’s not outright sexist. So to paraphrase Jeff Probst: “For whatever reason,” here are the female archetypes of \u003cem>Survivors \u003c/em>past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Black Widow\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 435px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-13625\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/surv-parv-cry.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: CBS\" width=\"435\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/surv-parv-cry.jpg 435w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/surv-parv-cry-360x219.jpg 360w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/surv-parv-cry-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parvati Shallow. Photo: CBS\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Jerri Manthey (Australian Outback, All-Stars, Heroes vs. Villains), Parvati Shallow (Cook Islands, Micronesia, Heroes vs. Villains)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the run-up to \u003cem>Survivor’s\u003c/em> second season, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jerrimanthey\">Jerri Manthey\u003c/a> was teased as the villain, a female manipulator on par with an evil \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_girl\">Bond girl\u003c/a>. Jerri had a kind-of-flirtation with \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/nxBkwIl_jOg\">Colby Donaldson, who is the natural-born son of Matthew McConaughey and Captain America\u003c/a>, until they came down on opposing sides of the social game. Colby became the golden boy and Jerri became the evil schemer, plotting to (gasp!) manipulate her fellow contestants and win the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/parvatishallow\">Parvati Shallow\u003c/a> played her first season as a self-described flirt, but when she came back for a “Fans vs. Favorites” season in Micronesia, her strategy was to make friendships and alliances, exploit them, \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/NOwRtkMjznk?t=10s\">and play smart with people she could trust\u003c/a>. But she also came up with the name “\u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Widow_Brigade\">Black Widow Brigade\u003c/a>” in Micronesia, for an all-female alliance that sent home a bunch of the boys and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMmEdEMbXL8\">even convinced one of them to give his immunity to them\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Crazy One\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/ir4SUxQpJuA\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Sue Hawk (Borneo, All-Stars), Abi-Maria Gomes (Philippines).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sue Hawk delivered one of the most iconic \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> moments in season one, with a symbol-heavy, grammatically horrifying, speech about \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/ir4SUxQpJuA\">rats, snakes, and denying a dying woman a drink of water\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sue came back for All-Stars, but she quit following an incident when Rich, her ally in season one, pressed his naked body up against hers during a challenge. Rich was voted out in the same episode for unrelated reasons. At the next challenge, Jeff Probst bought up the incident by saying, “Richard Hatch, sorta being inappropriate. Anybody have any comments?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sue’s fellow contestants stared at the ground, saying nothing. Sue made it clear that it wasn’t “sorta inappropriate,” it was harassment, even if Richard Hatch thought it was funny. “I was violated, humiliated, de-humanized and totally spent, Jeff. It wasn’t sorta, Jeff… There’s no way I can continue with my emotions pushed into the ground that much.”\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/NAJvetEuoKM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/NAJvetEuoKM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Probst, clearly caught off guard, fumbled with how to respond. “So, okay,” he said. “So, when you say you’re done with the game -- as in, you’re out of the game?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mind left this game 24 hours ago,” Sue said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Sue’s fellow contestants -- Shii Ann Huang, who is on the opposite tribe -- at least recognizes that the incident took place, saying, “I’m so sorry, Sue. I didn’t see -- I’m so sorry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> treated this incident as best they could. Richard was already gone, and a boat was called in to allow Sue to leave the game. But the silence with which Sue’s statement was met is indicative of the response many women get when they report sexual harassment: silence and ostracism of the victim. To the show’s credit, they didn’t just edit this uncomfortable sequence out of existence. But overall, Sue’s depiction is that of a hotheaded Midwestern hick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More often, the Crazy One is simply shown to be foolish. In the Philippines, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/theabimaria\">Abi-Maria\u003c/a> is manipulated into turning against her ally \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RC_Survivor\">RC\u003c/a> by \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PeteYurkowski\">Pete\u003c/a>, the kind of dude who compares himself positively to \u003cem>Fight Club\u003c/em>'s Tyler Durden. The viewers are in on the joke the whole time -- Abi-Maria is getting fooled! -- whether we want to be or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Ice Queen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13629\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/yuPLIa.gif\" alt=\"yuPLIa\" width=\"432\" height=\"242\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Candice Cody (Cook Islands, Heroes vs. Villains, Blood vs. Water), Kim Spradlin (One World)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Candice_Cody\">Candice\u003c/a> made good moves, but came across quiet onscreen. Until she returned in Blood vs. Water, that is, when she was edited as being a bossy ballbreaker, telling her husband what to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SpradlinKim\">Kim\u003c/a> played a winner’s game in One World from the start, the kind that took Boston Rob four seasons to learn how to play. But she did so humbly, quietly, and intently. She won handily, and we’ll probably never see her on that island again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Lazy One (a.k.a. the Beach Beauty)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Sarah Jones (Marquesas), Morgan McLeod (Cagayan)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lazy Ones are almost always young, cute, and skinny. It doesn’t help their energy levels when they’ve been living on tiny cups of rice for several weeks, but when Maraamu tribe arrived on their beach, \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Sarah_Jones\">Sarah Jones\u003c/a> opted to be carried in on the raft that her tribe mates were paddling. Every season reaches a point where the conversation turns to who “contributes” to the tribe and who sleeps the day away, followed by a cutaway shot to girls in bikinis lounging on a bed of bamboo. Unless the camp is near a lagoon, in which case there is\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/sEyiGHTsCaw?t=43s\"> a cutaway sequence to the women washing each other’s hair\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Adorable Tomboy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13630\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Le4ba.gif\" alt=\"Le4ba\" width=\"259\" height=\"252\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Colleen Haskell (Borneo), Kat Edorsson (One World, Blood vs. Water)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Awkward. Funny. Strange. \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Colleen_Haskell\">Colleen\u003c/a> played the game in season one and never returned, saying no when asked to play \u003cem>Survivor \u003c/em>again, \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/WHAkz1wBiUU?t=10s\">but saying yes when asked to star in a Rob Schneider movie\u003c/a>. Hey, the heart wants what it wants, right? Meanwhile, Kat crawled around on all fours when her cousin came to visit as part of the One World “loved ones visit,” which was … um … better seen than described. This is the one archetype I can get behind. More \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> weirdos, please.\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/LRNPpy5FuQw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/LRNPpy5FuQw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Ostracized African-American\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Examples:\u003c/em> Francesca Hogi (Redemption Island, Caramoan), Candace Smith (Tocantins)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, this is the most depressing one. Again, it’s practically a \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> perennial. Aside from \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Survivor:_Cook_Islands\">Cook Islands\u003c/a>, the (unfairly maligned, in my opinion) season where the tribes were divided by ethnicity, it’s very rare to see more than one African-American woman in a single season of \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em>. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DearFranny\">Francesca\u003c/a> has the … honor? of being the only contestant to be voted out \u003cem>first\u003c/em>, twice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Tocantins, \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Candace_Smith\">Candace\u003c/a> proved herself athletically, but clashed with tribe leader \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/the_real_coach\">Coach\u003c/a> over how to cook the rice and beans. Time and again, there’s “just something about” the African-American women of \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> that makes them an early target for being voted out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, this isn’t true across the board. \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Vecepia_Towery\">Vecepia Towery-Robison\u003c/a> won her season, and \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Cirie_Fields\">Cirie Fields\u003c/a> is a three-time player generally regarded as both strategic \u003cem>and \u003c/em>very likeable. But, come on, \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> contestants. Maybe stop voting African-American women out at the first opportunity?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Mom\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Tina Wesson (Australian Outback, All-Stars, Blood vs. Water), Dawn Meehan (South Pacific, Caramoan)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mom-figures on \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em> have a pretty predictable arc. Either they go in the first few votes, usually due to “keeping the tribe strong,” or they make it deep in the game. Both \u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Tina_Wesson\">Tina\u003c/a> in the Australian Outback, and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/meehand\">Dawn\u003c/a> in Caramoan, made it deep because they were able to dodge early expulsion, then made strong strategic alliances. Tina won her first season while Dawn lost to her ally Cochran, but both received similar criticisms: that they were carried to the end and made no moves of their own. It’s an inherently sexist criticism, almost always leveled against women or minorities who are sitting next to white men, who are deemed to have been “stronger players.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which leads us to…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Sidekick/The Goat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/LhMIG7wOe_E\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Amber Brkich (Australian Outback, All-Stars), Natalie White (Somoa)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only “The Goat” if they don’t become Sole Survivor, it’s become common for an opposite-sex pair to go to the end with the man presenting himself as the athlete/schemer/leader, and the woman made out to be -- either by her partner or by that season’s jury -- an unworthy coattails rider. That’s rarely the real story, since getting to the end in any configuration is a result of skill, luck, and good gameplay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>...and Sandra.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/LNFFU9SWDM4\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Examples: \u003c/em>Sandra Diaz-Twine (Pearl Islands, Heroes vs. Villains)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Sandra_Diaz-Twine\">Sandra\u003c/a> has done what no other contestant on \u003cem>Survivor \u003c/em>has done: She’s played twice, and won both times. She played the game that was best \u003cem>for her\u003c/em>, going with the flow when she needed to, starting fights when she needed to, and letting others crash and burn when they just couldn’t help it. Sandra stands on her own because her gameplay, her edit, and everything about her is uniquely \u003cem>Sandra\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the thing is, she’s not the only fully-formed woman to ever play \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em>. It just means that, to again paraphrase Jeff Probst, “for whatever reason,” Sandra played a game that defied the easy edit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love \u003cem>Survivor\u003c/em>. It’s a rewarding and fun watch, even when the winner steamrolls their way to the end. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13591 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/downton-abbey-season-5-poster.jpg\" alt=\"downton-abbey-season-5-poster\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/downton-abbey-season-5-poster.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/downton-abbey-season-5-poster-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: PBS\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Hannah Simon\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public school is a mixed bag. Some of the teachers are incredible. Others, not so much. When I graduated high school, I knew nothing about the history of the world, thanks to a certain teacher's predilection for personal anecdotes in lieu of actual history. When \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em> came onto the American scene, I, along with my fellow historically-deprived millennial Americans, picked up a few things. Here are just some of the history lessons we were only mildly aware of before \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>1.) The Titanic\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13527\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13527\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled5.png\" alt=\"Untitled5\" width=\"640\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled5.png 975w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled5-400x289.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled5-800x579.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: PBS\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>What we learned in high school:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThis unit was conveyed through, yes, a showing of the James Cameron masterpiece. PG-13 waivers were signed by parents, homeschool transfers forbidden to watch were forced to do busy-work reports in the library, and the rest of us were subjected to a cliché-riddled epic love story involving unnatural red hair dye and blue jewelry stones that would haunt cereal boxes for years to come. I could be wrong, but the only historical accuracy of \u003cem>Titanic\u003c/em> is that there was indeed a boat, and it did indeed sink. While I realize the film wasn't engineered to teach lazy, tenured history teachers’ high school students history, but rather to underwhelm the Hollywood community with grand effects and moderately impressive costumes, the movie wasn't that great.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The real deal:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThe Titanic was one of the first disasters that affected people around the globe. Passengers from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and even Africa were all killed. 1517 deaths out of 2223 passengers make this sinking the largest peacetime maritime disaster in the world’s history, but that hasn't stopped moony Americans from romanticizing the shipwreck. \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em> shows us British people died on the Titanic too, not just star-crossed lovers trying to live out their stock character lives. Two particular Brits were lost who had important ties to the Crawley estate of Downton. Mary's cousin-fiancé died so no estate for Mary. Houses are passed down from father to next male heir, not father to daughter (another thing we learned – yay, \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em>!). This sets the stage for a distant cousin to come onto the scene. Good thing for Mary it wasn't \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._William_Collins\">Mr. Collins\u003c/a>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>2.) Irish History\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13528\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13528\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled3.png\" alt=\"Untitled3\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled3.png 827w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled3-400x266.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled3-800x532.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: PBS\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>What we learned in high school:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThe Irish people ate a lot of potatoes and one day they ran out so they had to leave their country for America where potatoes were in abundance in a flat land called Idaho.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The real deal:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em> teaches us through Tom Branson that the Irish were more than just potato eaters – they’re hot revolutionary chauffeurs, too! Tom is an Irish Republican, which means he felt Ireland should be independent from British imperial rule. Tom is very much against aristocrats born into wealth and feels the lower class and upper class should be balanced. Tom and Sybil, a feminist, find common ground on the revolutionary ideas of wanting the poor, Irish, and women to have rights. Ireland eventually gets its wish and gains independence from England in 1921. Aiding in the independence of a nation - what's not to love about Tom Branson?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>3.) The Roaring Twenties and Racial Tension\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13529\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13529\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled2.png\" alt=\"Untitled2\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled2.png 976w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled2-400x257.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled2-800x515.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: PBS\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>What we learned in high school:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThe roaring '20s were a time when rich people ran around New York City shimmying in flapper dresses and calling each other \"old sport,\" until one day something happened with the stock market and hello Great Depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The real deal:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nAs we learn in \u003cem>Downton\u003c/em> from spirited, nightmare-niece Rose McClare, a carefree attitude and party lifestyle was in full swing after World War I. Rose, a true socialite, loves dancing and chilling with married servants. She tries to upset society and her mother through a relationship with an African American jazz singer, Jack Ross. Jazz-singing African Americans were very off-limits in England in the 1920s and therefore more coveted by mildly royal white girls. Americans tend to attribute tense race relations and prejudice to only the U.S.' muddled past, but European nations have their fair share of racist history. Rose's relationship with Jack is neither appreciated nor condoned. For all the semi-scandalous, norm-shattering actions in the 1920s, racial equality would take a while longer to catch on in England and the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>4.) 2nd Class Citizens\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13530\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled1.png\" alt=\"Untitled1\" width=\"640\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled1.png 976w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled1-400x247.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled1-800x495.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: PBS\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>What we learned in high school:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Women had a hard time in America in the early 20th century. They couldn't vote for president and some couldn't even own property. They had to wear restrictive undergarments and have people help them get dressed, do their hair, and basically function as humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The real deal:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nTalk about 2nd rate citizens!? The downstairs folks in England were born into servitude and had no way to escape it unless they wanted to join the party over in America. Who your family was mattered, and if your family was a bunch of nobodies, you had to work for wealthy people who did nothing to deserve their opulent lives besides being born. Imagine cleaning the Kardashians’ toilets and never having any hope for a better job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>5.) Birthin' Babies\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13531\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13531\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled.png\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled-400x259.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled-800x518.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: PBS\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>What we learned in high school:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nGiving birth in the early 20th century wasn't fine-tuned. Births weren't all successful. We maybe heard about midwives and home births in the old days, but we never got any examples of what could go wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The real deal:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nNothing will drill the lesson of difficult home births into your head like a mid-season shocker death. There's this medical condition called preeclampsia that is no bueno for pregnant ladies. If not treated, it can lead to eclampsia and death. Lady Sybil was correctly diagnosed with preeclampsia before the birth of her and Tom's first child, but denied treatment because Lord Grantham feared Sybil's delivery in a hospital would put her at risk. Lady Sybil gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Not long after, Sybil developed eclampsia and suffocated to death due to a series of eclamptic seizures. Had Sybil delivered at a hospital where they would have been able to mind her preeclamptic condition during delivery, we may have never lost our favorite Crawley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em> is historical fiction. But so was my high school history education. We can't wait to learn even more when season 5 premieres in the U.S. on PBS Sunday, January 4, 2015!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Irish History\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13528\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13528\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled3.png\" alt=\"Untitled3\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled3.png 827w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled3-400x266.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Untitled3-800x532.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: PBS\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>What we learned in high school:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThe Irish people ate a lot of potatoes and one day they ran out so they had to leave their country for America where potatoes were in abundance in a flat land called Idaho.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The real deal:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em> teaches us through Tom Branson that the Irish were more than just potato eaters – they’re hot revolutionary chauffeurs, too! Tom is an Irish Republican, which means he felt Ireland should be independent from British imperial rule. Tom is very much against aristocrats born into wealth and feels the lower class and upper class should be balanced. Tom and Sybil, a feminist, find common ground on the revolutionary ideas of wanting the poor, Irish, and women to have rights. Ireland eventually gets its wish and gains independence from England in 1921. Aiding in the independence of a nation - what's not to love about Tom Branson?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>3.) 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13330\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/apa_saved_by_bell_jt_130125_wmain.jpg\" alt=\"apa_saved_by_bell_jt_130125_wmain\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/apa_saved_by_bell_jt_130125_wmain.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/apa_saved_by_bell_jt_130125_wmain-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A big thank you is due to whomever keeps green-lighting all these \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/21/once-in-a-lifetime-new-made-for-tv-camp-classics/\">splendiferously kitsch telefilms on Lifetime. \u003c/a>The MacArthur-worthy minds that brought you \u003cem>Anna Nicole\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret\u003c/em> and the entire incest opus that is \u003cem>Flowers in the Attic\u003c/em> have now gifted us with \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-unauthorized-saved-by-the-bell-story?mkwid=sadwvsVYG%7Cdt_pcrid_42286122032_pkw_the%20unauthorized%20saved%20by%20the%20bell%20story_pmt_e&utm_source=ltd_tune_google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=the%20unauthorized%20saved%20by%20the%20bell%20story&utm_campaign=The+Unauthorized+Saved+by+the+Bell+Story_Show&paidlink=1&cmpid=PaidSearch_ltd_tune_google_The+Unauthorized+Saved+by+the+Bell+Story_Show_the%20unauthorized%20saved%20by%20the%20bell%20story&gclid=Cj0KEQjwveufBRDlsNb3kb-twMIBEiQASNH0xmWlCNePz8G4HfIsCH9BPohKbyhrAxXkWlZD-ot_y4kaAk_n8P8HAQ\">The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Yes, readers; that Saturday morning hit that defined the non-grunge, bubblegum side of the '90s and made cellular phones the size of bricks popular is now getting a completely necessary behind-the-scenes treatment. So what if none of the actors look like the actors they're playing and who cares if this is in no way approved of or endorsed by the creators of the original show. They recreated the Max in all its geometric, Memphis design glory and that's all the counts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before we head back to Bayside High, let's take a time-out and look back on some of the lessons Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani Thiessen) A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez), Jessie Spano (Nomi Malone, I mean, Elizabeth Berkeley), Lisa Turtle (Lark Voorhies) and Screech Powers (Dustin Diamond) taught a generation of millennials in after-school syndication. Sure, there were always official messages the show endorsed (don't drink and drive, don't smoke pot, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Bell-Dustin-Diamond/dp/0981239692\">don't let Screech ever write a book about the show\u003c/a>), but the subtext of \u003cem>Saved by the Bell\u003c/em> was always so much more attuned to what kids really needed to hear to survive high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13325\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/tumblr_m653pbsk7f1qzjqiao3_250.gif\" alt=\"sbtb prom 2\" width=\"245\" height=\"180\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13324\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/tumblr_m653pbsk7f1qzjqiao4_250.gif\" alt=\"sbtb prom\" width=\"245\" height=\"180\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Prom \u003c/strong>(Season 2, Episode 1)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Plot:\u003c/strong> It's prom time at Bayside. Yes, apparently Bayside sophomores get to go to prom, which is held in the fall! Zack gets his dream-come-true when Kelly chooses him over Slater as a date, but his heart is shattered when she suddenly backs out. You see, Kelly's dad is some kind of weapons dealer and, with \"peace being declared,\" business is down! Kelly forks over the money she was going to use on a dress and tells Zack prom is off. When Zack finally finds out why, he makes a prom for two and squires Kelly away to a dreamy crepe-papered picnic bench. Meanwhile, all the \u003cem>Moonlighting-\u003c/em>type verbal foreplay between Jessie and Slater comes to a head at the big dance. Surprise: They're attracted to each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Intended Lesson:\u003c/strong> It is better to give than receive? No, wait... how about love don't cost a thing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Real Lesson:\u003c/strong> Zack and Kelly's counter-prom was way more private and a thousand times more romantic than actual prom. If Kelly was ever going to let Zack skip a few bases, that would have been the night. The lesson here is clearly that, if you ditch prom for an alternative venue, you'll get to spend way more unsupervised time together and who knows what will happen. Also, poor girls are apparently easily impressed, since it doesn't look like Zack put that much effort into the set-up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13327\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 394px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-13327\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/Screen-shot-2014-08-29-at-11.49.25-AM.png\" alt=\"Busted!\" width=\"394\" height=\"292\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Busted!\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Fake I.D.'s\u003c/strong> (Season 3, Episode 9)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Plot:\u003c/strong> Zack and Kelly have broken up because...Tiffani Amber Theissen wanted to expand her good-girl range before playing resident tramp Valerie on \u003cem>90210\u003c/em>? It's not exactly clear. To get over Kelly, Zack gets Screech to make fake IDs for the guys so they can sneak into the Attic, an 18+ club. Once inside, Zack meets a college girl \u003cem>and\u003c/em> spots Kelly's new college boyfriend cheating on her. When Zack warns Kelly, she doesn't believe him. The episode ends in a boys vs. girls under-age off at The Attic and Zack's mom raids the place because these kids are not 18!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Intended Lesson:\u003c/strong> A true friend is the one who tells you the news you don't want to hear. And also, we assume: don't use a fake ID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Real Lesson:\u003c/strong> Here's a lesson all high schoolers should have taken to heart. When it came time for the cool kids to get fake IDs, where did they turn? To the other cool kids? Wrong. They picked the biggest geek in school. Nerds often have superpowers they are willing to use for cool kids that don't bully them. The lesson here is clear: never pick on the seemingly uncool smart kid; if you're nice to them, they'll help you get into clubs. Lesson 2 is for the Screeches of the world: learn how to do useful stuff for popular kids and they'll let you hang out with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/bflYjF90t7c\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jessie's Song\u003c/strong> (Season 2, Episode 9)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Plot:\u003c/strong> Type-A queen bee Jessie Spano wants to have it all: a perfect 4.0, intellectual fulfillment as the show's token third-wave feminist, and now, a musical extracurricular for those college applications in the form of her new girl group Hot Sundae. But there's so much studying, so much rehearsal needed and so many Camille Paglia articles on women in media to read! The solution? Caffeine pills, duh (this was apparently before kids made a habit of selling their Ritalin at finals time). Because this is \u003cem>Saved by the Bell,\u003c/em> Jessie becomes a hopeless addict, who is eventually saved, not by the expected bell, but by childhood pal Zack who soothes the Pointer Sister out of her with memories of sneaking off to \u003cem>E.T.\u003c/em> as disobedient children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Intended Lesson:\u003c/strong> There are a couple here. Just say no! and Don't over-commit! are easily the top two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Real Lesson:\u003c/strong> Jessie's out-of-control meltdown makes any drug scenes in \u003cem>Sid & Nancy\u003c/em> look freakishly underplayed by comparison. The real lesson behind the lesson though is that Elizabeth Berkeley had a flair for camp that would eventually be realized in her career-defining role as Nomi Malone in \u003cem>Showgirls.\u003c/em> Jessie's manic song and dance routine heralded fantastic things to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 360px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13328 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/love_triangle02-360x300.jpg\" alt=\"love_triangle02\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">🙁\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Bayside Triangle\u003c/strong> (Season 4, Episode 5)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Plot:\u003c/strong> When walking hormone Zack decides to help Lisa put on a fashion show, it's only a matter of time before he ends up making out with her. Screech's heart is broken when he sees his supposed best friend locking lips with his forever crush. He then publicly humiliates the pair as emcee of Lisa's fashion show in a weird foreshadowing of Dustin Diamond's eventual memoir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Intended Lesson:\u003c/strong> Bros before hos?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Real lesson:\u003c/strong> Screech always hated Zack...like Dustin Diamond hates everyone on the show who went on to continue to have a career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/GbgWk4Rl78w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>School Song \u003c/strong>(Season 4, Episode 24)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Plot:\u003c/strong> Graduation is just around the corner, but, before they go, the six friends compete to see who can compose the new school anthem. Because Zack is Zack, he sabotages all his friends (remind me why they still hang out with him; is it because he has a cell phone?) and his composition \"Cool School\" makes it to the finals. But at last, after four years of his antics, the gang fights back and sabotages him. All is resolved at the end with Zack's friends yet again forgiving their buddy's psychopathic tendencies because that's what friends are for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Intended Lesson:\u003c/strong> Cheaters never prosper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Real Lesson:\u003c/strong> You can only push people so far before they fight back. It took four seasons, but Bayside eventually stood up to the reign of terror that was Zack Morris, even neutralizing his ability to freeze time. Also, how natural was Jessie in the role of the saboteur in this episode? Yet more proof that the high school valedictorian runs away to become the stair-pushing dancer in \u003cem>Showgirls.\u003c/em> Even if you can't entirely prove SBTB and \u003cem>Showgirls\u003c/em> are part of the same universe, you also can't entirely rule it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/9UreyTaVWm0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rockumentary\u003c/strong> (Season 3, Episode 22)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Plot:\u003c/strong> In a \u003cem>VH1: Behind the Music\u003c/em> type episode (which we hope inspires the tone of the upcoming telefilm), Casey Kasem tells the story of the gang's garage band \"The Zack Attack\" and the eventual rise, fall, and rise of the six friends as they shoot to fame. Naturally, there's some kind of misunderstanding and they go their separate ways in anger before eventually reuniting to sing their hit \"Friends Forever\" at a big benefit concert at Bayside. Then Zack wakes up. Years later, we're gifted with this \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9juow_zack-morris-mark-paul-gosselaar-200_news\">classic bit on Jimmy Fallon\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Intended Lesson:\u003c/strong> Friendsssss for evvvvvvaaaaaaahhh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Real Lesson:\u003c/strong> Once you get famous, ditch your dead weight friends, who have stuck with you during your rise. Don't worry, if you ever have a crisis, they'll always come back. That's sort of the overall lesson of the series: No matter how poorly Zack treats his friends, they're all terrible codependents and will always return for his abuse. One can only hope the real \"behind the scenes\" story on Lifetime is half as juicy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-unauthorized-saved-by-the-bell-story?mkwid=sadwvsVYG%7Cdt_pcrid_42286122032_pkw_the%20unauthorized%20saved%20by%20the%20bell%20story_pmt_e&utm_source=ltd_tune_google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=the%20unauthorized%20saved%20by%20the%20bell%20story&utm_campaign=The+Unauthorized+Saved+by+the+Bell+Story_Show&paidlink=1&cmpid=PaidSearch_ltd_tune_google_The+Unauthorized+Saved+by+the+Bell+Story_Show_the%20unauthorized%20saved%20by%20the%20bell%20story&gclid=Cj0KEQjwveufBRDlsNb3kb-twMIBEiQASNH0xmWlCNePz8G4HfIsCH9BPohKbyhrAxXkWlZD-ot_y4kaAk_n8P8HAQ\">The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story\u003c/a> airs this Monday, September 1, 2014 on Lifetime. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13330\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/apa_saved_by_bell_jt_130125_wmain.jpg\" alt=\"apa_saved_by_bell_jt_130125_wmain\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/apa_saved_by_bell_jt_130125_wmain.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/apa_saved_by_bell_jt_130125_wmain-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A big thank you is due to whomever keeps green-lighting all these \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/21/once-in-a-lifetime-new-made-for-tv-camp-classics/\">splendiferously kitsch telefilms on Lifetime. \u003c/a>The MacArthur-worthy minds that brought you \u003cem>Anna Nicole\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret\u003c/em> and the entire incest opus that is \u003cem>Flowers in the Attic\u003c/em> have now gifted us with \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-unauthorized-saved-by-the-bell-story?mkwid=sadwvsVYG%7Cdt_pcrid_42286122032_pkw_the%20unauthorized%20saved%20by%20the%20bell%20story_pmt_e&utm_source=ltd_tune_google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=the%20unauthorized%20saved%20by%20the%20bell%20story&utm_campaign=The+Unauthorized+Saved+by+the+Bell+Story_Show&paidlink=1&cmpid=PaidSearch_ltd_tune_google_The+Unauthorized+Saved+by+the+Bell+Story_Show_the%20unauthorized%20saved%20by%20the%20bell%20story&gclid=Cj0KEQjwveufBRDlsNb3kb-twMIBEiQASNH0xmWlCNePz8G4HfIsCH9BPohKbyhrAxXkWlZD-ot_y4kaAk_n8P8HAQ\">The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Yes, readers; that Saturday morning hit that defined the non-grunge, bubblegum side of the '90s and made cellular phones the size of bricks popular is now getting a completely necessary behind-the-scenes treatment. So what if none of the actors look like the actors they're playing and who cares if this is in no way approved of or endorsed by the creators of the original show. They recreated the Max in all its geometric, Memphis design glory and that's all the counts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before we head back to Bayside High, let's take a time-out and look back on some of the lessons Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani Thiessen) A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez), Jessie Spano (Nomi Malone, I mean, Elizabeth Berkeley), Lisa Turtle (Lark Voorhies) and Screech Powers (Dustin Diamond) taught a generation of millennials in after-school syndication. Sure, there were always official messages the show endorsed (don't drink and drive, don't smoke pot, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Bell-Dustin-Diamond/dp/0981239692\">don't let Screech ever write a book about the show\u003c/a>), but the subtext of \u003cem>Saved by the Bell\u003c/em> was always so much more attuned to what kids really needed to hear to survive high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13325\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/tumblr_m653pbsk7f1qzjqiao3_250.gif\" alt=\"sbtb prom 2\" width=\"245\" height=\"180\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13324\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/tumblr_m653pbsk7f1qzjqiao4_250.gif\" alt=\"sbtb prom\" width=\"245\" height=\"180\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Prom \u003c/strong>(Season 2, Episode 1)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Plot:\u003c/strong> It's prom time at Bayside. Yes, apparently Bayside sophomores get to go to prom, which is held in the fall! Zack gets his dream-come-true when Kelly chooses him over Slater as a date, but his heart is shattered when she suddenly backs out. You see, Kelly's dad is some kind of weapons dealer and, with \"peace being declared,\" business is down! Kelly forks over the money she was going to use on a dress and tells Zack prom is off. When Zack finally finds out why, he makes a prom for two and squires Kelly away to a dreamy crepe-papered picnic bench. Meanwhile, all the \u003cem>Moonlighting-\u003c/em>type verbal foreplay between Jessie and Slater comes to a head at the big dance. Surprise: They're attracted to each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Intended Lesson:\u003c/strong> It is better to give than receive? No, wait... how about love don't cost a thing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Real Lesson:\u003c/strong> Zack and Kelly's counter-prom was way more private and a thousand times more romantic than actual prom. If Kelly was ever going to let Zack skip a few bases, that would have been the night. The lesson here is clearly that, if you ditch prom for an alternative venue, you'll get to spend way more unsupervised time together and who knows what will happen. Also, poor girls are apparently easily impressed, since it doesn't look like Zack put that much effort into the set-up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13327\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 394px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-13327\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/08/Screen-shot-2014-08-29-at-11.49.25-AM.png\" alt=\"Busted!\" width=\"394\" height=\"292\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Busted!\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Fake I.D.'s\u003c/strong> (Season 3, Episode 9)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Plot:\u003c/strong> Zack and Kelly have broken up because...Tiffani Amber Theissen wanted to expand her good-girl range before playing resident tramp Valerie on \u003cem>90210\u003c/em>? It's not exactly clear. To get over Kelly, Zack gets Screech to make fake IDs for the guys so they can sneak into the Attic, an 18+ club. Once inside, Zack meets a college girl \u003cem>and\u003c/em> spots Kelly's new college boyfriend cheating on her. When Zack warns Kelly, she doesn't believe him. The episode ends in a boys vs. girls under-age off at The Attic and Zack's mom raids the place because these kids are not 18!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Intended Lesson:\u003c/strong> A true friend is the one who tells you the news you don't want to hear. And also, we assume: don't use a fake ID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Real Lesson:\u003c/strong> Here's a lesson all high schoolers should have taken to heart. When it came time for the cool kids to get fake IDs, where did they turn? To the other cool kids? Wrong. They picked the biggest geek in school. Nerds often have superpowers they are willing to use for cool kids that don't bully them. The lesson here is clear: never pick on the seemingly uncool smart kid; if you're nice to them, they'll help you get into clubs. 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