- Comedian Louis C.K. has been in the news lately, dogged by allegations of sexual harassment by female comics. So maybe his new movie, about a 17-year-old girl who gets involved with an aging director, is maybe not the best choice...
- Today in NOPE DON'T DO IT news: Marc Guggenheim has revealed that one of the upcoming episodes in season 6 of Arrow will be topical and involve the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and the Root blog is here to explain why the hell Arrow should MAYBE NOT DO THIS.
For today's musical hit, we have Lana del Rey and "White Mustang"
Today's critical rolls: Should tv shows, even ones dominated by mostly-white writing rooms, address topical minority issues? It's kind of a Catch-22 isn't it? They won't hire more minority writers, but if we ask white writers to not write about these issues, then they won't get addressed, because of the lack of minority writers. Discuss!
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