The Racialicious TV Roundup

Every parent it going to have a different take on the matter, but this was a well-written scene about one of those PoC things everyone claims they can’t write or doesn’t play well on television. Whether she meant to or not, Watson has dispelled the myth that so many writers are quick to use in their defense. I’m expecting better from everyone now (especially since they aren’t hiring us), and it’s all Sarah Watson’s fault. –KJ

Girls: And on that note, I guess now is a good time to let everyone know that Lena Dunham may soon be worth 3.6 million dollars and had this to say about diversity and season 2 of Girls:

Dunham said she took seriously criticism of “Girls” and its lack of minority characters. She said she felt “heartbreak at the idea that the show would make anyone feel isolated.” The show’s second season next year will feature a “multitude of new characters in the show. There are some of color. Some are not. Some are Caucasian,” she said.

This comes as a surprise, as my friends and I assumed they would just edit us out after we had to cross through a Girls set multiple times in Crown Heights one night trying to get to a corner bodega. –KJ

Academy Awards host Seth MacFarlane. Via USA Today.

Seth MacFarlane: Bit of a stretch here, but undisputably the lowlight of the week. So now a nebbishy white guy with exactly one hit film to his credit–in which he didn’t even appear on camera–gets to host the Academy Awards? We came up with better candidates last year, without having to troll the ranks of Saturday Night Live hosts.

So it wasn’t like MacFarlane had a track record or a major movie presence to build on. No, what we think swayed the Oscars people is…well, you know how people like to dress up to “recreate” the Civil War? MacFarlane apparently likes to do something like that, just for Mob-era Vegas. You know, when (cisgender) men wore porkpie hats un-ironically, segregation was hep, and the Oscars were relevant without being America’s favorite hate-tweet session. If they were so hell-bent on getting a lounge act, why not just get the genuine article?–AG

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