The Lawn Chair focused on a racially charged shooting and managed to create a gripping if slightly unbelievable slice of TV as timely as it was hard-hitting
After weeks of hostage situations and Mexican standoffs, Scandal returned to its high-profile fixer status. Still, this wasn’t just an average case-of-the-week: this was Olivia Pope and company attempting to fix the topical cases that have led to such movements as #BlackLivesMatter.In 40-plus minutes of television dedicated to bringing justice for a black teenage boy who is (wrongfully) shot by the police, Scandal has a peaceful protest without police brutality, the federal government (as well as private contractors) going out of its way to get to the bottom of this, and the cop responsible for the murder of a black teenage boy publicly admitting in a race-fueled rant – complete with an intentional “you people” – that he did all of this for a sense of power and “respect”. The upset, gun-toting father of the slain teenage boy is never arrested or shot; instead he shares a heart-to-heart with the president.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 10 hours ago.
After weeks of hostage situations and Mexican standoffs, Scandal returned to its high-profile fixer status. Still, this wasn’t just an average case-of-the-week: this was Olivia Pope and company attempting to fix the topical cases that have led to such movements as #BlackLivesMatter.In 40-plus minutes of television dedicated to bringing justice for a black teenage boy who is (wrongfully) shot by the police, Scandal has a peaceful protest without police brutality, the federal government (as well as private contractors) going out of its way to get to the bottom of this, and the cop responsible for the murder of a black teenage boy publicly admitting in a race-fueled rant – complete with an intentional “you people” – that he did all of this for a sense of power and “respect”. The upset, gun-toting father of the slain teenage boy is never arrested or shot; instead he shares a heart-to-heart with the president.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 10 hours ago.