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Doll","publishDate":1713982988,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi Is ‘Tickled Pink’ to Inspire a Barbie Doll | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Like many little girls, a young Kristi Yamaguchi loved playing with Barbie. With a schedule packed with ice skating practices, her Barbie dolls became her “best friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, it’s surreal for the decorated Olympian figure skater to now be a Barbie girl herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956584\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 794px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956584\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.54.50-AM.png\" alt=\"A doll of an ice skater stands, one leg stretched out and arms raised on the ice. The doll is wearing a black lace and chiffon costume. \" width=\"794\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.54.50-AM.png 794w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.54.50-AM-160x193.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.54.50-AM-768x929.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image provided by Mattel in April 2024 shows the company’s Kristi Yamaguchi Barbie doll. \u003ccite>(Mattel via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a huge, huge honor. I think a lot of pride comes along with it, not just recognizing the Olympic achievement, but also being recognized during AAPI Month and following in the footsteps of some incredible women that I idolize — Anna May Wong, Maya Angelou and Rosa Parks,” Yamaguchi told The Associated Press. “It’s hard to see me put in the category with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13933011']Yamaguchi, who became the first Asian American to win an individual figure skating gold medal, at the 1992 Winter Olympics, has been immortalized as a doll for Barbie’s “Inspiring Women Series,” Mattel announced Wednesday. The release is timed for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t Yamaguchi’s first doll depiction. In the ‘90s, touring show Stars on Ice put out a line of dolls modeled after notable skaters. The Barbie version is a lot more detailed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mattel duplicated everything the then 20-year-old medalist wore at the Olympics in Albertville, France: the sparkling black-and-gold brocade outfit designed by Lauren Sheehan, the gold hair ribbon and even a red-and-white bouquet like Yamaguchi held atop the podium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yamaguchi said both she and Sheehan are “just so tickled pink.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also is happy with the doll’s visage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13926336']“It looks like me for sure. You know, the eyes and just the shape of the face. And then, of course, the hair, for sure. I mean, it has the bangs that are the ’90s,” Yamaguchi said, chuckling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She appreciates that the doll’s release comes on the high heels of the blockbuster \u003cem>Barbie\u003c/em> movie last year. Her daughters, ages 18 and 20, are fans of the Oscar-nominated film. Their initial reaction to their mother being a Barbie? Disbelief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When they found out I was getting a doll, they were kind of flabbergasted and being like, ‘What? Like Mom, like how do you qualify? But that’s way too cool for you,’” Yamaguchi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Yamaguchi became a household name in the ’90s, most Asian American children were growing up feeling like toys-aren’t-us kids. If you were an Asian parent looking for an Asian doll in the U.S., you likely turned to independent mail-order companies or waited until you were visiting your country of heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1066px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956586\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.57.38-AM.png\" alt=\"Close up of a smiling doll's face with impeccably styled hair, wearing earrings.\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1058\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.57.38-AM.png 1066w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.57.38-AM-800x794.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.57.38-AM-1020x1012.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.57.38-AM-160x159.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.57.38-AM-768x762.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1066px) 100vw, 1066px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image provided by Mattel in April 2024 shows the company’s Kristi Yamaguchi Barbie doll. \u003ccite>(Mattel via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since then, the toy market has evolved somewhat with big companies like Mattel diversifying and independent entrepreneurs filling the void. Two Asian doll lines — Jilly Bing and Joeydolls — launched within the last year, one by an Asian American mother and the other by an Asian Canadian mother. Both could not find dolls that looked like their daughters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sapna Cheryan, a professor of psychology at the University of Washington who served a year on Mattel’s Barbie Global Advisory Council in 2018, said Asian Americans have long dealt with two stereotypes: the model-minority whiz kid or the perpetual foreigner. Toys can help dispel those myths, and instead signal acceptance and inclusivity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dolls modeled after real people can get people talking about their human counterparts. Cheryan applauded Barbie’s choice of Yamaguchi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are so many Asian American athletes but they’re just not propped up in a way that athletes of other racial groups are,” said Cheryan, who researches cultural stereotypes and their impact on race and gender disparities. “Having a match in terms of racial identification or gender or both,” she said, is important in creating effective role models for kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13955020']Mattel has mostly garnered praise for its diversity efforts but it’s had some missteps along the way. In 2021, the toy maker said it “fell short” by failing to include an Asian doll in a line of Tokyo Olympics-themed Barbies. In January, there was some backlash to Asian “You Can Be Anything” Barbies that seemed stereotypical. One was a violinist and the other a doctor in panda scrubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tying Yamaguchi to Barbie, a symbol of American pop culture, is especially remarkable considering what she and her family have dealt with as Japanese Americans. The Fremont-raised skater has spoken about how her maternal and paternal grandparents were forced into U.S. incarceration camps in response to Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she captured the gold over 50 years later, media coverage partially focused on why she didn’t seem to have many endorsement deals. In an AP article from 1992, a sports advertising executive blamed her Japanese heritage, citing an economic climate that was anti-Japan. “It’s wrong, wrong, wrong, but that is the way it is,” the executive said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while Barbie may seem like just a toy, it’s so much more for Yamaguchi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When kids see themselves or see someone who inspires them, then it just opens up their world and their imagination to what’s possible,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Bay Area ice skating champ is thrilled that the new doll is coming out in time for AAPI Month.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1713982988,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":952},"headData":{"title":"Kristi Yamaguchi Hopes Her New Barbie Will Inspire Asian Girls | KQED","description":"The Bay Area ice skating champ is thrilled that the new doll is coming out in time for AAPI Month.","ogTitle":"Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi Is ‘Tickled Pink’ to Inspire a Barbie Doll","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi Is ‘Tickled Pink’ to Inspire a Barbie Doll","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"Kristi Yamaguchi Hopes Her New Barbie Will Inspire Asian Girls %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi Is ‘Tickled Pink’ to Inspire a Barbie Doll","datePublished":"2024-04-24T18:23:08.000Z","dateModified":"2024-04-24T18:23:08.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"Terry Tang, Associated Press","nprStoryId":"kqed-13956578","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13956578/kristi-yamaguchi-ice-skating-barbie-doll-aapi-month-olympics","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Like many little girls, a young Kristi Yamaguchi loved playing with Barbie. With a schedule packed with ice skating practices, her Barbie dolls became her “best friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, it’s surreal for the decorated Olympian figure skater to now be a Barbie girl herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956584\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 794px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956584\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.54.50-AM.png\" alt=\"A doll of an ice skater stands, one leg stretched out and arms raised on the ice. The doll is wearing a black lace and chiffon costume. \" width=\"794\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.54.50-AM.png 794w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.54.50-AM-160x193.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.54.50-AM-768x929.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image provided by Mattel in April 2024 shows the company’s Kristi Yamaguchi Barbie doll. \u003ccite>(Mattel via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a huge, huge honor. 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You know, the eyes and just the shape of the face. And then, of course, the hair, for sure. I mean, it has the bangs that are the ’90s,” Yamaguchi said, chuckling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She appreciates that the doll’s release comes on the high heels of the blockbuster \u003cem>Barbie\u003c/em> movie last year. Her daughters, ages 18 and 20, are fans of the Oscar-nominated film. Their initial reaction to their mother being a Barbie? Disbelief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When they found out I was getting a doll, they were kind of flabbergasted and being like, ‘What? Like Mom, like how do you qualify? But that’s way too cool for you,’” Yamaguchi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Yamaguchi became a household name in the ’90s, most Asian American children were growing up feeling like toys-aren’t-us kids. If you were an Asian parent looking for an Asian doll in the U.S., you likely turned to independent mail-order companies or waited until you were visiting your country of heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1066px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956586\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.57.38-AM.png\" alt=\"Close up of a smiling doll's face with impeccably styled hair, wearing earrings.\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1058\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.57.38-AM.png 1066w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.57.38-AM-800x794.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.57.38-AM-1020x1012.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.57.38-AM-160x159.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-24-at-10.57.38-AM-768x762.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1066px) 100vw, 1066px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image provided by Mattel in April 2024 shows the company’s Kristi Yamaguchi Barbie doll. \u003ccite>(Mattel via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since then, the toy market has evolved somewhat with big companies like Mattel diversifying and independent entrepreneurs filling the void. Two Asian doll lines — Jilly Bing and Joeydolls — launched within the last year, one by an Asian American mother and the other by an Asian Canadian mother. Both could not find dolls that looked like their daughters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sapna Cheryan, a professor of psychology at the University of Washington who served a year on Mattel’s Barbie Global Advisory Council in 2018, said Asian Americans have long dealt with two stereotypes: the model-minority whiz kid or the perpetual foreigner. Toys can help dispel those myths, and instead signal acceptance and inclusivity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dolls modeled after real people can get people talking about their human counterparts. Cheryan applauded Barbie’s choice of Yamaguchi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are so many Asian American athletes but they’re just not propped up in a way that athletes of other racial groups are,” said Cheryan, who researches cultural stereotypes and their impact on race and gender disparities. “Having a match in terms of racial identification or gender or both,” she said, is important in creating effective role models for kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13955020","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Mattel has mostly garnered praise for its diversity efforts but it’s had some missteps along the way. In 2021, the toy maker said it “fell short” by failing to include an Asian doll in a line of Tokyo Olympics-themed Barbies. In January, there was some backlash to Asian “You Can Be Anything” Barbies that seemed stereotypical. One was a violinist and the other a doctor in panda scrubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tying Yamaguchi to Barbie, a symbol of American pop culture, is especially remarkable considering what she and her family have dealt with as Japanese Americans. The Fremont-raised skater has spoken about how her maternal and paternal grandparents were forced into U.S. incarceration camps in response to Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she captured the gold over 50 years later, media coverage partially focused on why she didn’t seem to have many endorsement deals. In an AP article from 1992, a sports advertising executive blamed her Japanese heritage, citing an economic climate that was anti-Japan. “It’s wrong, wrong, wrong, but that is the way it is,” the executive said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while Barbie may seem like just a toy, it’s so much more for Yamaguchi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When kids see themselves or see someone who inspires them, then it just opens up their world and their imagination to what’s possible,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13956578/kristi-yamaguchi-ice-skating-barbie-doll-aapi-month-olympics","authors":["byline_arts_13956578"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_75","arts_13238"],"tags":["arts_21887","arts_22109","arts_930","arts_12859"],"featImg":"arts_13956580","label":"arts"},"arts_13956512":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13956512","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13956512","score":null,"sort":[1713915813000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"chellengers-review-zendaya-stylish-tennis-drama-josh-oconnor-mike-faist","title":"Prepare to Get Hot and Bothered With Stylish, Synthy Tennis Drama ‘Challengers’","publishDate":1713915813,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Prepare to Get Hot and Bothered With Stylish, Synthy Tennis Drama ‘Challengers’ | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Challengers\u003c/em> is a bit of a tease. That’s what makes it fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is plenty of skin, sweat, close-ups of muscly thighs and smoldering looks of lust and hate in this deliriously over-the-top psychodrama. But get that image of Josh O’Connor, Zendaya and Mike Faist sitting together on the bed out of your mind. Most of this action takes place on the tennis court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13955948']It’s still a sexy tennis movie about friendship, love, competition and sport set to a synth-y score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross — it just might not contain exactly what you think it does. But remember, Luca Guadagnino is the one who filmed Timothée Chalamet with that peach, perhaps more memorable than any actual sex scene from the past decade. Manage expectations, but also trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And like \u003cem>Call Me By Your Name\u003c/em> did for Chalamet, \u003cem>Challengers\u003c/em> is one of those rare original big-screen delights that firmly announces the arrival of a new generation of movie stars. Zendaya and Faist already had a bit of a leg up. She has played significant supporting roles in some of the biggest movies of the past few years, from \u003cem>Spider-Man\u003c/em> to \u003cem>Dune\u003c/em>, and he had had his big cinematic breakthrough as Riff in Steven Spielberg’s \u003cem>West Side Story\u003c/em>. But it’s O’Connor who really comes out on top, effectively shedding any lingering image of him as a whiny, dweeby Prince Charles in seasons three and four of \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em>. In \u003cem>Challengers\u003c/em>, his Patrick Zweig is the cocky, flirty, slightly mean, slightly dirty and slightly broken bad boyfriend of our fictional dreams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2N3hmRmwHQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Written by playwright Justin Kuritzkes (who is married to \u003cem>Past Lives\u003c/em> filmmaker Celine Song), \u003cem>Challengers\u003c/em> is a prickly treat, about fractured relationships, egos, infidelity and ambition. Set during a qualifying match at the New Rochelle Tennis Club, outside New York City, the intricately woven story reveals itself through flashbacks that build to a crescendo in the present-day match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13955729']O’Connor’s Patrick and Faist’s Art are old boarding school roommates turned tennis teammates. It’s a relationship that’s at turns brotherly, erotic and competitive. Whatever it is, they are definitely too close and not remotely prepared for Zendaya’s Tashi Duncan to enter the mix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tashi, in high school, is well on her way to becoming the next big tennis superstar. Art and Patrick watch her play, mouths agape at her technical form and physical beauty. Later, they both ask for her number, leading to a revealing night in a grungy hotel room. She promises her number to the one who wins the singles match the next day. Tashi just wants to see some good tennis, she says, but she also knows how to motivate and manipulate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the fractured timeline, we know that Tashi in the present day does not play tennis anymore. She was injured at some point and never recovered, unlike her husband, Art, who is now one of the most famous players in the world. The two of them are wildly wealthy, living in a ritzy hotel and fronting Aston Martin ad campaigns. At night, Tashi uses Augustinus Bader cream to moisturize her legs. Guadagnino, who likes to wink at and luxuriate in wealth signifiers, enlisted JW Anderson designer Jonathan Anderson to do the costumes, which will surely populate summer style inspiration boards the way his \u003cem>A Bigger Splash\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Call Me By Your Name\u003c/em> have in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13956480']But while they are technically at the top, Art is also on a losing streak, so Tashi sends him to a low-stakes tournament where he can get his confidence back. That’s where they encounter Patrick, who has not been so fortunate over the years and who has fallen out with his old friends. Of course, it’s all building to Patrick and Art playing one another in the final match, a part of which is so wildly and comically drawn out that you can almost envision the \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> spoof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Challengers\u003c/em> is a drama, but a funny and self-aware one. It doesn’t take itself very seriously and has a lot of fun with its characters, all three of which are anti-heroes in a way. You might have a favorite, but you’re probably not rooting for anyone exactly — just glued to the screen to see how it all plays out on and off the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Challengers’ is released nationwide on April 26, 2024. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Zendaya stars in this funny and self-aware drama about fractured relationships, egos, infidelity and ambition.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1713915813,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":13,"wordCount":789},"headData":{"title":"‘Challengers’ Review: Zendaya Mesmerizes in Sexy Tennis Drama | KQED","description":"Zendaya stars in this funny and self-aware drama about fractured relationships, egos, infidelity and ambition.","ogTitle":"Prepare to Get Hot and Bothered With Stylish, Synthy Tennis Drama ‘Challengers’","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"Prepare to Get Hot and Bothered With Stylish, Synthy Tennis Drama ‘Challengers’","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"‘Challengers’ Review: Zendaya Mesmerizes in Sexy Tennis Drama %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Prepare to Get Hot and Bothered With Stylish, Synthy Tennis Drama ‘Challengers’","datePublished":"2024-04-23T23:43:33.000Z","dateModified":"2024-04-23T23:43:33.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press","nprStoryId":"kqed-13956512","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13956512/chellengers-review-zendaya-stylish-tennis-drama-josh-oconnor-mike-faist","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Challengers\u003c/em> is a bit of a tease. That’s what makes it fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is plenty of skin, sweat, close-ups of muscly thighs and smoldering looks of lust and hate in this deliriously over-the-top psychodrama. But get that image of Josh O’Connor, Zendaya and Mike Faist sitting together on the bed out of your mind. Most of this action takes place on the tennis court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13955948","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>It’s still a sexy tennis movie about friendship, love, competition and sport set to a synth-y score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross — it just might not contain exactly what you think it does. But remember, Luca Guadagnino is the one who filmed Timothée Chalamet with that peach, perhaps more memorable than any actual sex scene from the past decade. Manage expectations, but also trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And like \u003cem>Call Me By Your Name\u003c/em> did for Chalamet, \u003cem>Challengers\u003c/em> is one of those rare original big-screen delights that firmly announces the arrival of a new generation of movie stars. Zendaya and Faist already had a bit of a leg up. She has played significant supporting roles in some of the biggest movies of the past few years, from \u003cem>Spider-Man\u003c/em> to \u003cem>Dune\u003c/em>, and he had had his big cinematic breakthrough as Riff in Steven Spielberg’s \u003cem>West Side Story\u003c/em>. But it’s O’Connor who really comes out on top, effectively shedding any lingering image of him as a whiny, dweeby Prince Charles in seasons three and four of \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em>. In \u003cem>Challengers\u003c/em>, his Patrick Zweig is the cocky, flirty, slightly mean, slightly dirty and slightly broken bad boyfriend of our fictional dreams.\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/-2N3hmRmwHQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/-2N3hmRmwHQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Written by playwright Justin Kuritzkes (who is married to \u003cem>Past Lives\u003c/em> filmmaker Celine Song), \u003cem>Challengers\u003c/em> is a prickly treat, about fractured relationships, egos, infidelity and ambition. Set during a qualifying match at the New Rochelle Tennis Club, outside New York City, the intricately woven story reveals itself through flashbacks that build to a crescendo in the present-day match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13955729","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>O’Connor’s Patrick and Faist’s Art are old boarding school roommates turned tennis teammates. It’s a relationship that’s at turns brotherly, erotic and competitive. Whatever it is, they are definitely too close and not remotely prepared for Zendaya’s Tashi Duncan to enter the mix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tashi, in high school, is well on her way to becoming the next big tennis superstar. Art and Patrick watch her play, mouths agape at her technical form and physical beauty. Later, they both ask for her number, leading to a revealing night in a grungy hotel room. She promises her number to the one who wins the singles match the next day. Tashi just wants to see some good tennis, she says, but she also knows how to motivate and manipulate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the fractured timeline, we know that Tashi in the present day does not play tennis anymore. She was injured at some point and never recovered, unlike her husband, Art, who is now one of the most famous players in the world. The two of them are wildly wealthy, living in a ritzy hotel and fronting Aston Martin ad campaigns. At night, Tashi uses Augustinus Bader cream to moisturize her legs. Guadagnino, who likes to wink at and luxuriate in wealth signifiers, enlisted JW Anderson designer Jonathan Anderson to do the costumes, which will surely populate summer style inspiration boards the way his \u003cem>A Bigger Splash\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Call Me By Your Name\u003c/em> have in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13956480","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But while they are technically at the top, Art is also on a losing streak, so Tashi sends him to a low-stakes tournament where he can get his confidence back. That’s where they encounter Patrick, who has not been so fortunate over the years and who has fallen out with his old friends. Of course, it’s all building to Patrick and Art playing one another in the final match, a part of which is so wildly and comically drawn out that you can almost envision the \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> spoof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Challengers\u003c/em> is a drama, but a funny and self-aware one. It doesn’t take itself very seriously and has a lot of fun with its characters, all three of which are anti-heroes in a way. You might have a favorite, but you’re probably not rooting for anyone exactly — just glued to the screen to see how it all plays out on and off the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Challengers’ is released nationwide on April 26, 2024. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13956512/chellengers-review-zendaya-stylish-tennis-drama-josh-oconnor-mike-faist","authors":["byline_arts_13956512"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_74","arts_75","arts_13238"],"tags":["arts_8905","arts_769","arts_22107","arts_585","arts_21968"],"featImg":"arts_13956514","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13956374":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13956374","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13956374","score":null,"sort":[1713893938000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"new-the-jinx-part-two-hbo-max-review-robert-durst-confession","title":"So Far, the Biggest Mystery of the New ‘Jinx’ Is: What’s the Mystery?","publishDate":1713893938,"format":"standard","headTitle":"So Far, the Biggest Mystery of the New ‘Jinx’ Is: What’s the Mystery? | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>HBO’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2015/03/18/376989647/the-jinx-and-the-challenges-of-public-curiosity\">\u003cem>The Jinx\u003c/em>,\u003c/a> which aired in 2015 (yes, nine years ago), was a huge contributor to the true-crime boom in television and audio. It came out the same year as Netflix’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2016/01/05/461908092/over-10-years-two-filmmakers-documented-the-making-a-murderer\">\u003cem>Making a Murderer\u003c/em> \u003c/a>and only a few months after the first season of the podcast \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2014/12/18/371636304/sarah-koenig-on-serial-i-think-something-went-wrong-with-this-case\">\u003cem>Serial\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Few later attempts have been as successful, though, because they lack \u003cem>The Jinx\u003c/em>‘s secret weapon: the participation of the extraordinarily strange, compulsively talkative, and now deceased subject, Robert Durst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story of the docuseries goes like this: Durst had long been suspected in both the disappearance of his wife, Kathie, in 1982 and the shooting death of his best friend, Susan Berman, in 2000. He had admitted shooting his neighbor, Morris Black, in 2001 but was acquitted by a jury on a theory of self-defense. For reasons known only to himself, Durst chose to live out his life as an ultrawealthy real estate tycoon, but also to sit for long interviews with director Andrew Jarecki for \u003cem>The Jinx \u003c/em>to discuss the alleged crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_11299066']These interviews were what made \u003cem>The Jinx \u003c/em>so compelling. Durst could not stop himself from talking, even when staying silent was obviously in his best interests. This extended to a hot-mic incident that Jarecki treated as a bombshell confession, even though it turned out to be a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/arts/television/robert-durst-the-jinx.html\">bit more complicated than that\u003c/a>. The day before the finale aired, Durst was arrested for the murder of Berman, based in part on evidence that the documentarians had uncovered and provided to law enforcement. This follow-up series essentially covers his trial and the time leading up to it. But it, too, lacks the punch that Durst’s presence offered the original.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShYl5K8Nlq8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are some things about the self-referential nature of this second chapter that are a little unpleasant. \u003cem>The Jinx \u003c/em>is now part of the story of Durst’s life after his arrest. The filmmakers show some footage of the series finale viewing party they held in 2015 for (among others) the family of the disappeared first wife Durst is suspected of having killed. We watch their (apparent) relief and gratitude when the “confession” is played. Not shown: the incident \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/arts/television/robert-durst-the-jinx.html\">reported in \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in which another guest at the same party (Rosie O’Donnell, for whatever reason) immediately demanded to know why the filmmakers would have withheld this evidence from law enforcement to use it as the kicker to the show, a question that played out in the press as well, along with some \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2015/03/18/376989647/the-jinx-and-the-challenges-of-public-curiosity\">other tough questions about the making of\u003c/a> \u003cem>The Jinx\u003c/em>. But the way the viewing party is shown in \u003cem>Part Two\u003c/em>, nobody felt anything but vindicated and thankful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems questionable to set up a viewing party for a putative victim’s family and film their reaction to your big reveal about her murder, and a bit sketchy to omit parts where people weren’t sure you were doing the good deed you think you were doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ethically, those things raise some questions. But as television, the biggest problem with the episodes HBO provided to critics (four out of what will eventually be six) is that they’re pretty boring. Without Durst’s involvement (it seems that he finally stopped participating in documentary-making after he was arrested and died shortly after his conviction), the series often seems to be grasping for revelations. It’s also heavily reliant on reenactments, which aren’t particularly visually interesting and look a lot like every other true-crime reenactment on TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13955854']The third episode is the best of the four; without spoiling it, it sheds a bit of additional light on the back story, if you’re still looking for it. But what \u003cem>The Jinx — Part Two\u003c/em> reveals is that \u003cem>The Jinx \u003c/em>was interesting because while Durst might be a murderer, he was also a gruesomely fascinating interview subject. While there’s tape here of phone calls from when he was incarcerated, and sometimes you get those “Bob being Bob” moments, the mesmerizing aspects of the original are not there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no telling what might come in the final two episodes; perhaps they have more to say, and that’s why they were held back from critics. The big revelations in \u003cem>The Jinx \u003c/em>came in the last two episodes, after all. But in the meantime, this feels like a mystery show in search of a mystery, a true crime series with limited truths to share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This piece also appeared in NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter. \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/newsletter/pop-culture\">\u003cem>Sign up for the newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> so you don’t miss the next one, plus get weekly recommendations about what’s making us happy.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour on \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://n.pr/3xNgYt9\">\u003cem>Apple Podcasts\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://n.pr/3ELR3n6\">\u003cem>Spotify\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">visit NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=So+far%2C+the+biggest+mystery+of+the+new+%27Jinx%27+is%3A+What%27s+the+mystery%3F&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Nine years ago, HBO’s ‘The Jinx’ played a role in the arrest of Robert Durst. Now its follow-up is grasping for revelations.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1713893938,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":837},"headData":{"title":"Review: ‘The Jinx - Part Two’ Doesn’t Offer Much New Information | KQED","description":"Nine years ago, HBO’s ‘The Jinx’ played a role in the arrest of Robert Durst. 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It came out the same year as Netflix’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2016/01/05/461908092/over-10-years-two-filmmakers-documented-the-making-a-murderer\">\u003cem>Making a Murderer\u003c/em> \u003c/a>and only a few months after the first season of the podcast \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2014/12/18/371636304/sarah-koenig-on-serial-i-think-something-went-wrong-with-this-case\">\u003cem>Serial\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Few later attempts have been as successful, though, because they lack \u003cem>The Jinx\u003c/em>‘s secret weapon: the participation of the extraordinarily strange, compulsively talkative, and now deceased subject, Robert Durst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story of the docuseries goes like this: Durst had long been suspected in both the disappearance of his wife, Kathie, in 1982 and the shooting death of his best friend, Susan Berman, in 2000. He had admitted shooting his neighbor, Morris Black, in 2001 but was acquitted by a jury on a theory of self-defense. For reasons known only to himself, Durst chose to live out his life as an ultrawealthy real estate tycoon, but also to sit for long interviews with director Andrew Jarecki for \u003cem>The Jinx \u003c/em>to discuss the alleged crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_11299066","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>These interviews were what made \u003cem>The Jinx \u003c/em>so compelling. Durst could not stop himself from talking, even when staying silent was obviously in his best interests. This extended to a hot-mic incident that Jarecki treated as a bombshell confession, even though it turned out to be a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/arts/television/robert-durst-the-jinx.html\">bit more complicated than that\u003c/a>. The day before the finale aired, Durst was arrested for the murder of Berman, based in part on evidence that the documentarians had uncovered and provided to law enforcement. This follow-up series essentially covers his trial and the time leading up to it. But it, too, lacks the punch that Durst’s presence offered the original.\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/ShYl5K8Nlq8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ShYl5K8Nlq8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>There are some things about the self-referential nature of this second chapter that are a little unpleasant. \u003cem>The Jinx \u003c/em>is now part of the story of Durst’s life after his arrest. The filmmakers show some footage of the series finale viewing party they held in 2015 for (among others) the family of the disappeared first wife Durst is suspected of having killed. We watch their (apparent) relief and gratitude when the “confession” is played. Not shown: the incident \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/arts/television/robert-durst-the-jinx.html\">reported in \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in which another guest at the same party (Rosie O’Donnell, for whatever reason) immediately demanded to know why the filmmakers would have withheld this evidence from law enforcement to use it as the kicker to the show, a question that played out in the press as well, along with some \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2015/03/18/376989647/the-jinx-and-the-challenges-of-public-curiosity\">other tough questions about the making of\u003c/a> \u003cem>The Jinx\u003c/em>. But the way the viewing party is shown in \u003cem>Part Two\u003c/em>, nobody felt anything but vindicated and thankful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems questionable to set up a viewing party for a putative victim’s family and film their reaction to your big reveal about her murder, and a bit sketchy to omit parts where people weren’t sure you were doing the good deed you think you were doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ethically, those things raise some questions. But as television, the biggest problem with the episodes HBO provided to critics (four out of what will eventually be six) is that they’re pretty boring. Without Durst’s involvement (it seems that he finally stopped participating in documentary-making after he was arrested and died shortly after his conviction), the series often seems to be grasping for revelations. It’s also heavily reliant on reenactments, which aren’t particularly visually interesting and look a lot like every other true-crime reenactment on TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13955854","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The third episode is the best of the four; without spoiling it, it sheds a bit of additional light on the back story, if you’re still looking for it. But what \u003cem>The Jinx — Part Two\u003c/em> reveals is that \u003cem>The Jinx \u003c/em>was interesting because while Durst might be a murderer, he was also a gruesomely fascinating interview subject. While there’s tape here of phone calls from when he was incarcerated, and sometimes you get those “Bob being Bob” moments, the mesmerizing aspects of the original are not there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no telling what might come in the final two episodes; perhaps they have more to say, and that’s why they were held back from critics. The big revelations in \u003cem>The Jinx \u003c/em>came in the last two episodes, after all. But in the meantime, this feels like a mystery show in search of a mystery, a true crime series with limited truths to share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This piece also appeared in NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter. \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/newsletter/pop-culture\">\u003cem>Sign up for the newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> so you don’t miss the next one, plus get weekly recommendations about what’s making us happy.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour on \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://n.pr/3xNgYt9\">\u003cem>Apple Podcasts\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://n.pr/3ELR3n6\">\u003cem>Spotify\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2024 NPR. 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A very sinister thriller with a dash of science-fiction and full of inscrutabilities, this novel about a mother trying to save her family from a dying world is as entreating and creepy as it is timely and humane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13955954']The Farmer-Bowens are struggling. Russell, the family’s father and Linda’s husband has lost his job, and they’re quickly running out of money and options. Linda, a pediatrician, can’t get enough hours to keep them afloat. Their kids, twins Hip and Josie, have somewhat normal lives, but Linda knows they deserve better than the polluted, dying world New York has to offer them. That’s why an invitation to visit Plymouth Valley, a walled-off company town with a good school where food is free, there’s no crime, and the air is clean is such a great opportunity. If Russell can get the job, Linda’s career will suffer, but the whole family will live in a much better, cleaner place, and they won’t have to worry about becoming homeless. When Russell is offered the job, the family jumps at the chance of a better life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plymouth Valley is as clean and organized as they said, but there’s something right below the surface that feels off. The locals have some strange customs, the sum of which they call the Hollow, and they seem to hate outsiders. After the initial shock of their move wears off, the Farmer-Bowens begin to feel ostracized and struggle to adapt. No one talks to them or invites them to their events. The kids at school shun Hip and Josie. Russell’s coworkers refuse to help him achieve his goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13955156']Luckily, things change when Linda starts volunteering as a doctor for ActHollow, a small charity run by some of the most powerful and influential people in town. Finally, the family has the perfect life. Except they don’t. Plymouth Valley is more than strange, and it’s full of secrets and populated by folks with hidden agendas, bizarre birds, and maybe something monstrous hiding in the nuclear shelter tunnels that run under the entire town. The Farmer-Bowens have no clue what they’re surrounded by, and the towns biggest and most ominous yearly event, the Plymouth Valley Winter Festival, is approaching. Linda might be asking too many questions, but maybe Plymouth Valley is very different than how it pretends to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A Better World\u003c/em> is relentlessly creepy. Langan presents a controlled community where some things might seem off, but where the quality of life makes any weirdness worth it. Then, she quickly lifts the veil to reveal an increasingly odd, incredibly hostile, and extremely secretive world where people will do anything to get a “golden ticket” to stay in Plymouth Valley, there’s a horrible hazing process for all newcomers, mental health is on shaky grounds, alcoholism runs rampant, and where almost every smile and flash of “prayer hands” is fake and hides some ulterior motive. The outside world is dystopia that’s slowly killing all humans, but the perfect life of Plymouth Valley is just a facade that hides a community that’s rotten at its core. And Langan doesn’t just show a rotten world; she uses Plymouth Valley to explore wealth, the social effects of living in constant competition, and the evil sides of power and privilege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The social critique is always there, but it never gets in the way of the action or interferes with Langan’s storytelling, which here is full of strangeness that borders on horror. Also, there are plenty of elements that add eerie layers to this narrative. Two worth mentioning are the strange form of cancer some kids have in Plymouth Valley, which is called “aplastic anemia,” and the “caladrius,” strange flightless birds that were genetically engineered. The birds are all over the place, live next to the houses, and serve as occasional food or as sacrifice while also occasionally feeding on food made from their own. These two elements, along with some others, start out as relatively simple things that, while strange, are not disturbing. But that slowly changes until the mere presence of the big birds manages to convey a sense of unease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13955903']In \u003cem>A Better World\u003c/em>, everyone is hiding something, and getting to the bottom of things is a very entertaining ride full of bumps, bad vibes, and hidden dangers. Certain books rely mostly on atmosphere to deliver their story — Ira Levin’s \u003cem>Rosemary’s Baby\u003c/em> and Shirley Jackson’s \u003cem>The Haunting of Hill House\u003c/em>, for example — and Langan does that here. This is a story about survival where a woman is caught between two bad places with nowhere to go, but we want her to triumph. The darkness and critiques here make for a great read, but it’s the humanity with which Langan portrays Linda that makes this dark thriller a must read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Gabino Iglesias is an author, book reviewer and professor living in Austin, Texas. Find him on X, formerly Twitter, at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Gabino_Iglesias\">@Gabino_Iglesias\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">visit NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=It%27s+a+wild+ride+to+get+to+the+bottom+of+what+everyone%27s+hiding+in+%27A+Better+World%27&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A sinister thriller with a dash of science-fiction, Sarah Langan's novel is as entreating as it is timely and humane.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1713300502,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":10,"wordCount":934},"headData":{"title":"‘A Better World’ Book Review: Sarah Langan’s New Novel Disturbs | KQED","description":"A sinister thriller with a dash of science-fiction, Sarah Langan's novel is as entreating as it is timely and humane.","ogTitle":"It’s a Wild Ride to Get to the Bottom of What Everyone’s Hiding in ‘A Better World’","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"It’s a Wild Ride to Get to the Bottom of What Everyone’s Hiding in ‘A Better World’","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"‘A Better World’ Book Review: Sarah Langan’s New Novel Disturbs %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"It’s a Wild Ride to Get to the Bottom of What Everyone’s Hiding in ‘A Better World’","datePublished":"2024-04-16T20:48:22.000Z","dateModified":"2024-04-16T20:48:22.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"Gabino Iglesias","nprImageAgency":"Atria Books","nprStoryId":"1244788857","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=1244788857&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1244788857/sarah-langan-novel-thriller-a-better-world?ft=nprml&f=1244788857","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:24:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:24:51 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:24:51 -0400","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13956050/a-better-world-sarah-langan-thriller-book-review","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 990px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956051\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/better_custom-24ff7930367c23dfeb72232bab46653f4ce87f14.jpg\" alt=\"A book cover depicts a red sunset flipped upside down with land rising on both sides of a road.\" width=\"990\" height=\"1494\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/better_custom-24ff7930367c23dfeb72232bab46653f4ce87f14.jpg 990w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/better_custom-24ff7930367c23dfeb72232bab46653f4ce87f14-800x1207.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/better_custom-24ff7930367c23dfeb72232bab46653f4ce87f14-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/better_custom-24ff7930367c23dfeb72232bab46653f4ce87f14-768x1159.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘A Better World’ by Sarah Langan. \u003ccite>(Atria Books)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sarah Langan’s \u003cem>A Better World\u003c/em> is one of those novels that burrow under your skin a little deeper with each chapter until you feel profoundly unsettled but also incapable of turning away. 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That’s why an invitation to visit Plymouth Valley, a walled-off company town with a good school where food is free, there’s no crime, and the air is clean is such a great opportunity. If Russell can get the job, Linda’s career will suffer, but the whole family will live in a much better, cleaner place, and they won’t have to worry about becoming homeless. When Russell is offered the job, the family jumps at the chance of a better life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plymouth Valley is as clean and organized as they said, but there’s something right below the surface that feels off. The locals have some strange customs, the sum of which they call the Hollow, and they seem to hate outsiders. After the initial shock of their move wears off, the Farmer-Bowens begin to feel ostracized and struggle to adapt. No one talks to them or invites them to their events. The kids at school shun Hip and Josie. Russell’s coworkers refuse to help him achieve his goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13955156","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Luckily, things change when Linda starts volunteering as a doctor for ActHollow, a small charity run by some of the most powerful and influential people in town. Finally, the family has the perfect life. Except they don’t. Plymouth Valley is more than strange, and it’s full of secrets and populated by folks with hidden agendas, bizarre birds, and maybe something monstrous hiding in the nuclear shelter tunnels that run under the entire town. The Farmer-Bowens have no clue what they’re surrounded by, and the towns biggest and most ominous yearly event, the Plymouth Valley Winter Festival, is approaching. Linda might be asking too many questions, but maybe Plymouth Valley is very different than how it pretends to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A Better World\u003c/em> is relentlessly creepy. Langan presents a controlled community where some things might seem off, but where the quality of life makes any weirdness worth it. Then, she quickly lifts the veil to reveal an increasingly odd, incredibly hostile, and extremely secretive world where people will do anything to get a “golden ticket” to stay in Plymouth Valley, there’s a horrible hazing process for all newcomers, mental health is on shaky grounds, alcoholism runs rampant, and where almost every smile and flash of “prayer hands” is fake and hides some ulterior motive. The outside world is dystopia that’s slowly killing all humans, but the perfect life of Plymouth Valley is just a facade that hides a community that’s rotten at its core. And Langan doesn’t just show a rotten world; she uses Plymouth Valley to explore wealth, the social effects of living in constant competition, and the evil sides of power and privilege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The social critique is always there, but it never gets in the way of the action or interferes with Langan’s storytelling, which here is full of strangeness that borders on horror. Also, there are plenty of elements that add eerie layers to this narrative. Two worth mentioning are the strange form of cancer some kids have in Plymouth Valley, which is called “aplastic anemia,” and the “caladrius,” strange flightless birds that were genetically engineered. The birds are all over the place, live next to the houses, and serve as occasional food or as sacrifice while also occasionally feeding on food made from their own. These two elements, along with some others, start out as relatively simple things that, while strange, are not disturbing. But that slowly changes until the mere presence of the big birds manages to convey a sense of unease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13955903","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In \u003cem>A Better World\u003c/em>, everyone is hiding something, and getting to the bottom of things is a very entertaining ride full of bumps, bad vibes, and hidden dangers. Certain books rely mostly on atmosphere to deliver their story — Ira Levin’s \u003cem>Rosemary’s Baby\u003c/em> and Shirley Jackson’s \u003cem>The Haunting of Hill House\u003c/em>, for example — and Langan does that here. This is a story about survival where a woman is caught between two bad places with nowhere to go, but we want her to triumph. The darkness and critiques here make for a great read, but it’s the humanity with which Langan portrays Linda that makes this dark thriller a must read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Gabino Iglesias is an author, book reviewer and professor living in Austin, Texas. Find him on X, formerly Twitter, at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Gabino_Iglesias\">@Gabino_Iglesias\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">visit NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=It%27s+a+wild+ride+to+get+to+the+bottom+of+what+everyone%27s+hiding+in+%27A+Better+World%27&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13956050/a-better-world-sarah-langan-thriller-book-review","authors":["byline_arts_13956050"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_73","arts_75"],"tags":["arts_21817","arts_5221","arts_769","arts_585"],"affiliates":["arts_137"],"featImg":"arts_13956054","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13956032":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13956032","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13956032","score":null,"sort":[1713285307000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"tiktok-octopus-terrance-two-spot-california-weird-pets","title":"A Californian Two-Spot Octopus Named Terrance Is a TikTok Sensation","publishDate":1713285307,"format":"standard","headTitle":"A Californian Two-Spot Octopus Named Terrance Is a TikTok Sensation | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>The one thing 9-year-old Cal Clifford wanted more than anything since he was a toddler was a pet octopus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boy’s family in rural Edmond, Oklahoma, humored him with toy versions of an eight-legged mollusk, but as Cal got older it became clear that only the real thing would do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13951961']The child’s father, 36-year-old dentist Cameron Clifford, researched the possibility with a local aquarium store and before long Terrance the California two-spot octopus, also known as a bimac, was living in a watery enclosure at the family home southwest of Oklahoma City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really like to encourage our children’s interests,” said the older Clifford. “It’s magical to see a kid embrace their dreams and bring them to fruition. Cal has been infatuated with the natural world and with marine biology since he was very little.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus\">popular TikTok saga\u003c/a> was launched with the father narrating the tale of Terrance the cephalopod, using a faux British accent generated by the social media app. Eventually, hundreds of thousands of people were following.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus/video/7347009867028270382\" data-video-id=\"7347009867028270382\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@doctoktopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@doctoktopus\u003c/a> AW SHUCKS. \u003ca title=\"marinebiology\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/marinebiology?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#marinebiology\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"octopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/octopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#octopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"shrimpdaddy\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/shrimpdaddy?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#shrimpdaddy\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwateraquarium\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwateraquarium?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwateraquarium\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwater\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwater?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwater\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"aquarium\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/aquarium?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#aquarium\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fyp\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"petoctopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/petoctopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#petoctopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"cephalopod\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cephalopod?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cephalopod\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"clambake\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/clambake?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#clambake\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ Reggae Relaxante Base - Dance Comercial Music\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/Reggae-Relaxante-Base-7146231087398668290?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ Reggae Relaxante Base – Dance Comercial Music\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within weeks, the tale took a surprise turn when it was learned Terrance was actually a female as she laid some 50 eggs that the family initially assumed were unfertilized. Several weeks after that, teeny near-transparent octopus babies began hatching and were given names like Rocket Larry, Squid Cudi, Swim Shady, Jay-Sea and Sea-Yoncé.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus/video/7353825745661250862\" data-video-id=\"7353825745661250862\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@doctoktopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@doctoktopus\u003c/a> AN OCTOPOSSE \u003ca title=\"octopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/octopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#octopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"marinebiology\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/marinebiology?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#marinebiology\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"shrimpdaddy\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/shrimpdaddy?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#shrimpdaddy\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwateraquarium\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwateraquarium?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwateraquarium\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fyp\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"cephalopod\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cephalopod?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cephalopod\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"petoctopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/petoctopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#petoctopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwatertank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwatertank?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwatertank\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwatertank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwatertank?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwatertank\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"mom\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mom?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#mom\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"crabcake\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/crabcake?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#crabcake\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"clambake\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/clambake?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#clambake\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"octomom\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/octomom?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#octomom\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"biology\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/biology?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#biology\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"carpetcleaners\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/carpetcleaners?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#carpetcleaners\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - Shoptopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7353825857968540462?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ original sound – Shoptopus\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal had burst into tears at the family dinner table when his father first announced that the local aquarium store had told him adopting an octopus would be possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Father and son together researched what was needed, deciding on a saltwater tank and water cycling system and ensuring they would be able to source food for the soft-bodied sea creature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family’s younger son Lyle and mom Kari also joined the project in their own ways. A family friend who is a reptile scientist has provided support and advice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While female octopuses usually die soon after laying their eggs, Clifford said Terrance remains alive four months later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus/video/7355098970932153646\" data-video-id=\"7355098970932153646\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@doctoktopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@doctoktopus\u003c/a> FB Marketplace IYKYK \u003ca title=\"octopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/octopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#octopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"marinebiology\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/marinebiology?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#marinebiology\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"shrimpdaddy\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/shrimpdaddy?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#shrimpdaddy\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwateraquarium\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwateraquarium?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwateraquarium\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fyp\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"cephalopod\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cephalopod?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cephalopod\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwatertank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwatertank?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwatertank\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"aquarium\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/aquarium?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#aquarium\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"mom\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mom?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#mom\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"clambake\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/clambake?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#clambake\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"petoctopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/petoctopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#petoctopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"crabcake\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/crabcake?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#crabcake\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"cephalopod\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cephalopod?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cephalopod\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - Shoptopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7355099371962583851?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ original sound – Shoptopus\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clifford said the family has gained much from the experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13955125']“Aside from the physical, financial and emotional requirements of owning a species such as a bimac, you will learn a lot about yourself in the process,” the Arizona-born Clifford told TikTok followers in his app-generated accent. “There’s always some valve or seal that’s not completely closed, and your storm resistant carpet isn’t rated for gallons and gallons of seawater. You’ll learn that seawater and electricity don’t always get along.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will learn new things and meet incredible people and will learn that wildlife is magnificent,” he added. “But most of all, you’ll learn to love a not-so-tiny octopus like Terrance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus/video/7356635947531849002\" data-video-id=\"7356635947531849002\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@doctoktopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@doctoktopus\u003c/a> THANK YOU OCTO-NATION 🐙 ❤️ \u003ca title=\"octopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/octopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#octopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"marinebiology\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/marinebiology?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#marinebiology\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"shrimpdaddy\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/shrimpdaddy?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#shrimpdaddy\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwateraquarium\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwateraquarium?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwateraquarium\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fyp\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"cephalopod\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cephalopod?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cephalopod\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwatertank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwatertank?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwatertank\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"mom\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mom?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#mom\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"crabcake\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/crabcake?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#crabcake\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"cephalopod\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cephalopod?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cephalopod\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"biology\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/biology?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#biology\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"carpetcleaners\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/carpetcleaners?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#carpetcleaners\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ Elevator Music (Music Background) - Music Background & Easy Listening Background Music & Haruto Nakamori\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/Elevator-Music-Music-Background-6841973391990212610?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ Elevator Music (Music Background) – Music Background & Easy Listening Background Music & Haruto Nakamori\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A well-intentioned dad bought his son an octopus. Things got wildly out of hand once she started laying eggs...","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1713285307,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":604},"headData":{"title":"Terrance, the Californian Two-Spot Octopus: A TikTok Saga | KQED","description":"A well-intentioned dad bought his son an octopus. 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Cal has been infatuated with the natural world and with marine biology since he was very little.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus\">popular TikTok saga\u003c/a> was launched with the father narrating the tale of Terrance the cephalopod, using a faux British accent generated by the social media app. Eventually, hundreds of thousands of people were following.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus/video/7347009867028270382\" data-video-id=\"7347009867028270382\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@doctoktopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@doctoktopus\u003c/a> AW SHUCKS. \u003ca title=\"marinebiology\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/marinebiology?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#marinebiology\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"octopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/octopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#octopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"shrimpdaddy\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/shrimpdaddy?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#shrimpdaddy\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwateraquarium\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwateraquarium?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwateraquarium\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwater\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwater?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwater\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"aquarium\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/aquarium?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#aquarium\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fyp\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"petoctopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/petoctopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#petoctopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"cephalopod\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cephalopod?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cephalopod\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"clambake\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/clambake?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#clambake\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ Reggae Relaxante Base - Dance Comercial Music\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/Reggae-Relaxante-Base-7146231087398668290?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ Reggae Relaxante Base – Dance Comercial Music\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"tiktok","attributes":{"named":{"label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within weeks, the tale took a surprise turn when it was learned Terrance was actually a female as she laid some 50 eggs that the family initially assumed were unfertilized. Several weeks after that, teeny near-transparent octopus babies began hatching and were given names like Rocket Larry, Squid Cudi, Swim Shady, Jay-Sea and Sea-Yoncé.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus/video/7353825745661250862\" data-video-id=\"7353825745661250862\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@doctoktopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@doctoktopus\u003c/a> AN OCTOPOSSE \u003ca title=\"octopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/octopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#octopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"marinebiology\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/marinebiology?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#marinebiology\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"shrimpdaddy\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/shrimpdaddy?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#shrimpdaddy\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwateraquarium\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwateraquarium?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwateraquarium\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fyp\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"cephalopod\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cephalopod?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cephalopod\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"petoctopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/petoctopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#petoctopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwatertank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwatertank?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwatertank\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwatertank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwatertank?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwatertank\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"mom\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mom?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#mom\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"crabcake\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/crabcake?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#crabcake\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"clambake\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/clambake?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#clambake\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"octomom\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/octomom?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#octomom\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"biology\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/biology?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#biology\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"carpetcleaners\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/carpetcleaners?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#carpetcleaners\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - Shoptopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7353825857968540462?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ original sound – Shoptopus\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"tiktok","attributes":{"named":{"label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal had burst into tears at the family dinner table when his father first announced that the local aquarium store had told him adopting an octopus would be possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Father and son together researched what was needed, deciding on a saltwater tank and water cycling system and ensuring they would be able to source food for the soft-bodied sea creature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family’s younger son Lyle and mom Kari also joined the project in their own ways. A family friend who is a reptile scientist has provided support and advice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While female octopuses usually die soon after laying their eggs, Clifford said Terrance remains alive four months later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus/video/7355098970932153646\" data-video-id=\"7355098970932153646\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@doctoktopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@doctoktopus\u003c/a> FB Marketplace IYKYK \u003ca title=\"octopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/octopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#octopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"marinebiology\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/marinebiology?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#marinebiology\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"shrimpdaddy\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/shrimpdaddy?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#shrimpdaddy\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwateraquarium\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwateraquarium?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwateraquarium\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fyp\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"cephalopod\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cephalopod?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cephalopod\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwatertank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwatertank?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwatertank\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"aquarium\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/aquarium?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#aquarium\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"mom\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mom?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#mom\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"clambake\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/clambake?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#clambake\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"petoctopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/petoctopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#petoctopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"crabcake\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/crabcake?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#crabcake\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"cephalopod\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cephalopod?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cephalopod\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - Shoptopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7355099371962583851?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ original sound – Shoptopus\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"tiktok","attributes":{"named":{"label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clifford said the family has gained much from the experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13955125","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Aside from the physical, financial and emotional requirements of owning a species such as a bimac, you will learn a lot about yourself in the process,” the Arizona-born Clifford told TikTok followers in his app-generated accent. “There’s always some valve or seal that’s not completely closed, and your storm resistant carpet isn’t rated for gallons and gallons of seawater. You’ll learn that seawater and electricity don’t always get along.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will learn new things and meet incredible people and will learn that wildlife is magnificent,” he added. “But most of all, you’ll learn to love a not-so-tiny octopus like Terrance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus/video/7356635947531849002\" data-video-id=\"7356635947531849002\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@doctoktopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@doctoktopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@doctoktopus\u003c/a> THANK YOU OCTO-NATION 🐙 ❤️ \u003ca title=\"octopus\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/octopus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#octopus\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"marinebiology\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/marinebiology?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#marinebiology\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"shrimpdaddy\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/shrimpdaddy?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#shrimpdaddy\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwateraquarium\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwateraquarium?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwateraquarium\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fyp\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"cephalopod\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cephalopod?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cephalopod\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"saltwatertank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/saltwatertank?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saltwatertank\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"mom\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mom?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#mom\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"crabcake\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/crabcake?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#crabcake\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"cephalopod\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cephalopod?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#cephalopod\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"biology\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/biology?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#biology\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"carpetcleaners\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/carpetcleaners?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#carpetcleaners\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ Elevator Music (Music Background) - Music Background & Easy Listening Background Music & Haruto Nakamori\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/Elevator-Music-Music-Background-6841973391990212610?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ Elevator Music (Music Background) – Music Background & Easy Listening Background Music & Haruto Nakamori\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"tiktok","attributes":{"named":{"label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13956032/tiktok-octopus-terrance-two-spot-california-weird-pets","authors":["byline_arts_13956032"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_75"],"tags":["arts_9124","arts_8818","arts_2137","arts_2391","arts_8017"],"featImg":"arts_13956034","label":"arts"},"arts_13955948":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13955948","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13955948","score":null,"sort":[1713190768000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"best-new-documentaries-netflix-hbo-streaming","title":"Three Eye-Opening Documentaries You Can Stream Right Now","publishDate":1713190768,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Three Eye-Opening Documentaries You Can Stream Right Now | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>True crime docs, scammer docs, serious docs … one of the most notable developments of the streaming era of television is that there are new documentary films and series coming out \u003cem>constantly\u003c/em>. The difficulty for someone who might want to check some of them out is that they go by in a blur, and a lot of them have similar-looking titles and promotion. There are still big-ticket entries — on April 21, HBO will premiere a follow-up series to its huge true-crime hit \u003cem>The Jinx\u003c/em> — but there are also a lot of lower-profile projects flying by, so let’s take a moment to check in with a few current ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/watch/81586385\">What Jennifer Did\u003c/a>’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-ppnYEAqSE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A feature-length film about a 2010 home invasion that killed a woman and left her husband in a coma, \u003cem>What Jennifer Did \u003c/em>is mostly told from the point of view of the police who gradually zeroed in on the couple’s daughter, who was home at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police-side crime documentaries tend to be the least interesting to me, and in this case, it feels like there’s a tremendous amount of context missing about the family in favor of a fairly simple “she wanted to be with her boyfriend” narrative. But I say that in part because I have read \u003ca href=\"https://torontolife.com/city/jennifer-pan-revenge/\">the 2015 piece by Karen Ho\u003c/a> in \u003cem>Toronto Life\u003c/em> that considers more broadly what led to this bizarre act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Netflix, available now.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘\u003ca href=\"https://play.max.com/video/watch/f0ec4d4e-1b22-431e-8f3d-229103287d3a/511cde7d-1801-4af3-b2dc-d372eaf84791\">Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion\u003c/a>’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1pONvsrBEo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can honestly tell you I was not very familiar with the Brandy Melville brand before I watched this film, which tells the story of how social media helped make a juggernaut out of a whole lot of nondescript tiny shirts. (It’s more complicated than that, and … also not.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story of the gross in-store culture (which reminded me a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of parts of \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/81323741\">the Netflix film \u003cem>White Hot\u003c/em>, about Abercrombie & Fitch\u003c/a>) is interesting and pretty lively, but I would have preferred a little more time spent on the fast-fashion element, which I do think is ripe for more documentary work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Max, available now.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘\u003ca href=\"https://play.max.com/show/a27b5e0a-68eb-48e2-baa6-2b0f01d5b8be\">The Synanon Fix\u003c/a>’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Z8xMmly1M\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, it feels like documentaries are their own expanded universe. I was just watching \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/81579761\">an entirely different show\u003c/a> about the “troubled teen” industry and its dark history, and it mentioned how Synanon, which began in California as a program to treat addiction, influenced much of what became the “we will grab your badly behaved teenager from their bed, take them to some secluded location, allow them no contact with anybody, and turn them around” model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, Synanon has its own docuseries, which considers whether and when Synanon turned into what you would call a cult. (Was it the head-shaving? The mass weddings? The dictates about reproduction?) But what stands out the most is the consideration of how a program and a community can change shape, and it takes a while for people inside and outside it to register those changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Max, airing now.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13954796']We’re only scratching the surface of what’s out there — Netflix’s #1 show as I write this is their \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=81476420\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Unlocked: A Jail Experiment\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, about a “program” that gives incarcerated men more freedom. And I am 100% committed to finding time before it expires on April 20 to watch \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/video/menus-plaisirs-les-troisgros-rbfnou/\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the latest from the great documentarian Frederick Wiseman, which is available on PBS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This piece also appeared in NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter. \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/newsletter/pop-culture\">\u003cem>Sign up for the newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> so you don’t miss the next one, plus get weekly recommendations about what’s making us happy.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour on \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://n.pr/3xNgYt9\">\u003cem>Apple Podcasts\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://n.pr/3ELR3n6\">\u003cem>Spotify\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">visit NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Three+eye-opening+documentaries+you+can+stream+right+now&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"It can be hard keeping track of all the new docs out there. Three currently on Netflix and Max are stand outs.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1713162028,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":683},"headData":{"title":"Best New True Crime Documentaries to Stream | KQED","description":"It can be hard keeping track of all the new docs out there. 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The difficulty for someone who might want to check some of them out is that they go by in a blur, and a lot of them have similar-looking titles and promotion. There are still big-ticket entries — on April 21, HBO will premiere a follow-up series to its huge true-crime hit \u003cem>The Jinx\u003c/em> — but there are also a lot of lower-profile projects flying by, so let’s take a moment to check in with a few current ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/watch/81586385\">What Jennifer Did\u003c/a>’\u003c/h3>\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/M-ppnYEAqSE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/M-ppnYEAqSE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>A feature-length film about a 2010 home invasion that killed a woman and left her husband in a coma, \u003cem>What Jennifer Did \u003c/em>is mostly told from the point of view of the police who gradually zeroed in on the couple’s daughter, who was home at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police-side crime documentaries tend to be the least interesting to me, and in this case, it feels like there’s a tremendous amount of context missing about the family in favor of a fairly simple “she wanted to be with her boyfriend” narrative. But I say that in part because I have read \u003ca href=\"https://torontolife.com/city/jennifer-pan-revenge/\">the 2015 piece by Karen Ho\u003c/a> in \u003cem>Toronto Life\u003c/em> that considers more broadly what led to this bizarre act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Netflix, available now.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘\u003ca href=\"https://play.max.com/video/watch/f0ec4d4e-1b22-431e-8f3d-229103287d3a/511cde7d-1801-4af3-b2dc-d372eaf84791\">Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion\u003c/a>’\u003c/h3>\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/p1pONvsrBEo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/p1pONvsrBEo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can honestly tell you I was not very familiar with the Brandy Melville brand before I watched this film, which tells the story of how social media helped make a juggernaut out of a whole lot of nondescript tiny shirts. (It’s more complicated than that, and … also not.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story of the gross in-store culture (which reminded me a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of parts of \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/81323741\">the Netflix film \u003cem>White Hot\u003c/em>, about Abercrombie & Fitch\u003c/a>) is interesting and pretty lively, but I would have preferred a little more time spent on the fast-fashion element, which I do think is ripe for more documentary work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Max, available now.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘\u003ca href=\"https://play.max.com/show/a27b5e0a-68eb-48e2-baa6-2b0f01d5b8be\">The Synanon Fix\u003c/a>’\u003c/h3>\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/Y8Z8xMmly1M'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Y8Z8xMmly1M'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Sometimes, it feels like documentaries are their own expanded universe. I was just watching \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/81579761\">an entirely different show\u003c/a> about the “troubled teen” industry and its dark history, and it mentioned how Synanon, which began in California as a program to treat addiction, influenced much of what became the “we will grab your badly behaved teenager from their bed, take them to some secluded location, allow them no contact with anybody, and turn them around” model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, Synanon has its own docuseries, which considers whether and when Synanon turned into what you would call a cult. (Was it the head-shaving? The mass weddings? The dictates about reproduction?) But what stands out the most is the consideration of how a program and a community can change shape, and it takes a while for people inside and outside it to register those changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Max, airing now.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13954796","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>We’re only scratching the surface of what’s out there — Netflix’s #1 show as I write this is their \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=81476420\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Unlocked: A Jail Experiment\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, about a “program” that gives incarcerated men more freedom. And I am 100% committed to finding time before it expires on April 20 to watch \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/video/menus-plaisirs-les-troisgros-rbfnou/\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the latest from the great documentarian Frederick Wiseman, which is available on PBS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This piece also appeared in NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter. \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/newsletter/pop-culture\">\u003cem>Sign up for the newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> so you don’t miss the next one, plus get weekly recommendations about what’s making us happy.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour on \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://n.pr/3xNgYt9\">\u003cem>Apple Podcasts\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://n.pr/3ELR3n6\">\u003cem>Spotify\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2024 NPR. 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This is LIIIIIFE!”). He looks crazed. If you haven’t yet seen that clip, sit tight. It’s going viral, as the kids used to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s not the first time. You know that Paul Rudd meme, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yd3lQVbkYc\">he grins widely, radiating warmth and camaraderie\u003c/a> (“Hey. Look at us.”)? That’s from \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em>, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13955916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ditto \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ntwS9EbaQ8\">Jennifer Lawrence panicking and laugh-sobbing\u003c/a> (“What do you mean? What do you MEAN?”).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13955917\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/giphy-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"318\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now it’s Conan’s turn. He turned up on the show to promote\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDFFY6swDY0\"> his new Max travel series \u003c/a>and wasted no time seizing control of the interview and the premise itself. O’Brien is known as a performer who can’t help but be “on” all the time, no matter the size of his audience. When he wrote on \u003cem>The Simpsons\u003c/em>, he and his colleagues in the writers’ room would be sitting around a table; they’d be pitching jokes, and he’d be miming an elaborate routine in which he was an astronaut strapping himself into a rocket ship — all for the benefit of the guys across the table from him. On his podcast,\u003cem> Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend\u003c/em>, he tosses out an incessant series of bits to the delight (mostly) of his producer and assistant. There’s a restless, needy quality to his comedy that would be worrisome if his instincts weren’t so sharp if he wasn’t funny as he is.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The perfect guest?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But before we unpack how and why O’Brien just became the best \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em> guest ever, we need to consider the show itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first time you heard the premise of \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em>, the YouTube series on which celebrities are interviewed by the affable and scrupulously well-prepared host Sean Evans as they consume a series of increasingly spicy buffalo wings, you probably thought it sounded like a dumb gimmick. Then you probably started poking around to see if any of your favorite celebrities had been a guest. Then you watched one episode. And then, it was all over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13952823']There are entire Reddit forums dedicated to ranking which \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em> guests are “the best,” but determining that involves a very subjective calculus. Some want to see guests melt down; others want them to power through without breaking a sweat. Some watch in the hope that they’ll gain new insights into the personality of a given celebrity as the various hot sauces start to dissolve their pat, media-trained soundbites like the blood of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEqHJ1tomnk\">Xenomorph eats through the Nostromo\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is that there’s a \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em> episode for whatever you’re looking for. Different guests react very differently, and your favorite episode may not be anyone else’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For me, a great guest has to come in with hubris — the excessive pride of tragic heroes — because they bring their own narrative arc to the endeavor. Because Idris Elba approached the challenge with dismissive bravado, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYRS0aXaBC8\">his downfall — coughing, sweating, swearing, mock-threatening a producer\u003c/a> — was all the more satisfying. Ditto \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9DyHthJ6LA\">Gordon Ramsay\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ClNliCW0w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s also delightful when an episode seems to confirm your pre-existing impression of a guest. Padma Lakshmi \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-P5-7eV9GE\">stayed cool in every sense of the word \u003c/a>as she answered Evans’ questions and commented insightfully on the flavor profiles of the various sauces (even the infamous Da Bomb, which clocks in at 119,700 Scoville units and reportedly tastes as if kerosene were angry at you).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-cQ_Wtv0sQ\">Elijah Wood\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxGmGGmvFD8\">Tom Holland\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBJq-XCP27c\">Michael Cera\u003c/a> demonstrated a deep knowledge of the show, endearing them to fans. Alton Brown brought a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1-k7VYwsHg\">know-it-all diffidence\u003c/a>, which was not particularly endearing. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_9v-7rtVDk\">Key & Peele \u003c/a>belong to that cohort of guests who turn on the host hilariously (see also: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sZH-psg9yE\">Shaq\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lvrikv6oPs\">Bill Burr\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdje6vlVXuA\">Lizzo\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4lxK6EU04k\">Michael Rapaport\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5YxwFgRRCI\">Ed Helms\u003c/a>). \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaoEyTZpv18\">Lorde\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGuC6wunr-I&t=1s\">Jenna Ortega\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgQMW4eVrzw\">Charlize Theron\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t69oHRPb4E8\">Rachael Ray\u003c/a> weren’t bothered by the heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SuBAKIHdLU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many guests have raved about interviewer Sean Evans over the years. Specifically, they’ve marveled at his questions, which are both deeply researched and novel. It’s fun to watch celebrities who have repeatedly spent their careers answering the same questions on press junkets realize that they’ve just been asked a question about something they dearly love and no one else has ever asked them about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s true — Evans is a good interviewer. But as a host myself, I’d love to hear him give his researchers some of the love he gets from guests. And if I have any quibble with the show, it’s that Evans is so thoroughly prepared that his questions always sound more like written English than spoken English; there’s a formality in the wording that doesn’t quite jibe with the looseness of the chemistry the show aims for.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Now, about that Conan episode.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@firstwefeast/video/7356962983794314539\" data-video-id=\"7356962983794314539\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@firstwefeast\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@firstwefeast?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@firstwefeast\u003c/a> @Team Coco \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - Firstwefeast\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7356963250321230634?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ original sound – Firstwefeast\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conan has catapulted himself to the top of the list of \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em> All-Stars because he knew exactly what he was getting into and what he had to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>1. He came prepared\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Conan brought along a human bit. He introduced us to his personal doctor (actually longtime writer and producer José Arroyo). It felt like an old-school show-biz gag, something you could picture Johnny Carson or Steve Allen doing. O’Brien’s ability to genuflect to his comedy forbears while striking out and doing something ridiculous on his own has endeared him to millions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>2. He came to conquer\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Conan not only demonstrated a breezy familiarity with the show, but he also wasted little time ridiculing its premise (“What’s WRONG with you people? You don’t know what real danger looks like anymore!”).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3. He was, predictably, nuts\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em> fans talk admiringly about the Padmas and the Charlizes – celebrities who run the show’s gauntlet without being bothered by the heat. Conan decided that he wouldn’t just mock the show’s premise; he’d put every previous guest who shrugged off the sauces’ spiciness to shame. He used his innate comic sensibility — that artisanal mix of restless/needy — to achieve icon status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He didn’t merely dab the wings with hot sauce; he doused them with it. He loaded them up and smeared them across the table until they were laden with every stray drop. He licked them — lovingly, yet somehow angrily at the same time. He spread them across his face like woad; he slathered them around his nipples. He guzzled Da Bomb straight from the bottle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ll say that again:\u003cem> He guzzled Da Bomb straight from the bottle! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More importantly, He committed to the bit. Completely. Consummately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He kept up the show of not being bothered, even as his face began to redden and his brow began to sweat. He kept it up, even as he started to drool, guzzle milk, pant, and give increasingly abstruse, rambling answers to Evans’ questions. And all that red sauce around his mouth made him look like an extra from \u003cem>Cannibal Holocaust\u003c/em> if it had been set in County Cork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13955884']Even those of us who delighted in, say, an Aubrey Plaza managing to maintain her too-cool-for-school composure even as \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS68LmqFVeA\">she snorted milk up her nose\u003c/a> to cool the burn had never seen anything like this. We likely never will again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conan was so clearly suffering, and he’d done it to himself. We knew that because A. we have eyes, and B. because he began the interview by joking that, growing up as he did in an Irish household, “I never saw a spice until I was about 52 years old.” And yet here he’d joyously hurled himself into a swirling miasma of extreme pain and gastric distress, all for a lousy YouTube show bit, just to be an idiot capering for our delight in the global village.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We watched in helpless confusion and wonder (and a bit of fear) as he strapped himself into that rocket and took off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans of \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em> refer to those celebrities who make it through the sauces without complaint as Spice Lords.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, Conan O’Brien went them all one better. Not because he could endure the spice but because he gave himself over to it. He became a Spice Legend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2024 NPR. 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This is LIIIIIFE!”). He looks crazed. If you haven’t yet seen that clip, sit tight. It’s going viral, as the kids used to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s not the first time. You know that Paul Rudd meme, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yd3lQVbkYc\">he grins widely, radiating warmth and camaraderie\u003c/a> (“Hey. Look at us.”)? That’s from \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em>, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13955916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ditto \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ntwS9EbaQ8\">Jennifer Lawrence panicking and laugh-sobbing\u003c/a> (“What do you mean? What do you MEAN?”).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13955917\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/giphy-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"318\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now it’s Conan’s turn. He turned up on the show to promote\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDFFY6swDY0\"> his new Max travel series \u003c/a>and wasted no time seizing control of the interview and the premise itself. O’Brien is known as a performer who can’t help but be “on” all the time, no matter the size of his audience. When he wrote on \u003cem>The Simpsons\u003c/em>, he and his colleagues in the writers’ room would be sitting around a table; they’d be pitching jokes, and he’d be miming an elaborate routine in which he was an astronaut strapping himself into a rocket ship — all for the benefit of the guys across the table from him. On his podcast,\u003cem> Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend\u003c/em>, he tosses out an incessant series of bits to the delight (mostly) of his producer and assistant. There’s a restless, needy quality to his comedy that would be worrisome if his instincts weren’t so sharp if he wasn’t funny as he is.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The perfect guest?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But before we unpack how and why O’Brien just became the best \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em> guest ever, we need to consider the show itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first time you heard the premise of \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em>, the YouTube series on which celebrities are interviewed by the affable and scrupulously well-prepared host Sean Evans as they consume a series of increasingly spicy buffalo wings, you probably thought it sounded like a dumb gimmick. Then you probably started poking around to see if any of your favorite celebrities had been a guest. Then you watched one episode. And then, it was all over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13952823","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>There are entire Reddit forums dedicated to ranking which \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em> guests are “the best,” but determining that involves a very subjective calculus. Some want to see guests melt down; others want them to power through without breaking a sweat. Some watch in the hope that they’ll gain new insights into the personality of a given celebrity as the various hot sauces start to dissolve their pat, media-trained soundbites like the blood of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEqHJ1tomnk\">Xenomorph eats through the Nostromo\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is that there’s a \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em> episode for whatever you’re looking for. Different guests react very differently, and your favorite episode may not be anyone else’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For me, a great guest has to come in with hubris — the excessive pride of tragic heroes — because they bring their own narrative arc to the endeavor. Because Idris Elba approached the challenge with dismissive bravado, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYRS0aXaBC8\">his downfall — coughing, sweating, swearing, mock-threatening a producer\u003c/a> — was all the more satisfying. Ditto \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9DyHthJ6LA\">Gordon Ramsay\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/A7ClNliCW0w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/A7ClNliCW0w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>But it’s also delightful when an episode seems to confirm your pre-existing impression of a guest. Padma Lakshmi \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-P5-7eV9GE\">stayed cool in every sense of the word \u003c/a>as she answered Evans’ questions and commented insightfully on the flavor profiles of the various sauces (even the infamous Da Bomb, which clocks in at 119,700 Scoville units and reportedly tastes as if kerosene were angry at you).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-cQ_Wtv0sQ\">Elijah Wood\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxGmGGmvFD8\">Tom Holland\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBJq-XCP27c\">Michael Cera\u003c/a> demonstrated a deep knowledge of the show, endearing them to fans. Alton Brown brought a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1-k7VYwsHg\">know-it-all diffidence\u003c/a>, which was not particularly endearing. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_9v-7rtVDk\">Key & Peele \u003c/a>belong to that cohort of guests who turn on the host hilariously (see also: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sZH-psg9yE\">Shaq\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lvrikv6oPs\">Bill Burr\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdje6vlVXuA\">Lizzo\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4lxK6EU04k\">Michael Rapaport\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5YxwFgRRCI\">Ed Helms\u003c/a>). \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaoEyTZpv18\">Lorde\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGuC6wunr-I&t=1s\">Jenna Ortega\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgQMW4eVrzw\">Charlize Theron\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t69oHRPb4E8\">Rachael Ray\u003c/a> weren’t bothered by the heat.\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/7SuBAKIHdLU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/7SuBAKIHdLU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Many guests have raved about interviewer Sean Evans over the years. Specifically, they’ve marveled at his questions, which are both deeply researched and novel. It’s fun to watch celebrities who have repeatedly spent their careers answering the same questions on press junkets realize that they’ve just been asked a question about something they dearly love and no one else has ever asked them about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s true — Evans is a good interviewer. But as a host myself, I’d love to hear him give his researchers some of the love he gets from guests. And if I have any quibble with the show, it’s that Evans is so thoroughly prepared that his questions always sound more like written English than spoken English; there’s a formality in the wording that doesn’t quite jibe with the looseness of the chemistry the show aims for.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Now, about that Conan episode.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@firstwefeast/video/7356962983794314539\" data-video-id=\"7356962983794314539\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@firstwefeast\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@firstwefeast?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@firstwefeast\u003c/a> @Team Coco \u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - Firstwefeast\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7356963250321230634?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ original sound – Firstwefeast\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"tiktok","attributes":{"named":{"label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conan has catapulted himself to the top of the list of \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em> All-Stars because he knew exactly what he was getting into and what he had to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>1. He came prepared\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Conan brought along a human bit. He introduced us to his personal doctor (actually longtime writer and producer José Arroyo). It felt like an old-school show-biz gag, something you could picture Johnny Carson or Steve Allen doing. O’Brien’s ability to genuflect to his comedy forbears while striking out and doing something ridiculous on his own has endeared him to millions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>2. He came to conquer\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Conan not only demonstrated a breezy familiarity with the show, but he also wasted little time ridiculing its premise (“What’s WRONG with you people? You don’t know what real danger looks like anymore!”).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3. He was, predictably, nuts\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em> fans talk admiringly about the Padmas and the Charlizes – celebrities who run the show’s gauntlet without being bothered by the heat. Conan decided that he wouldn’t just mock the show’s premise; he’d put every previous guest who shrugged off the sauces’ spiciness to shame. He used his innate comic sensibility — that artisanal mix of restless/needy — to achieve icon status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He didn’t merely dab the wings with hot sauce; he doused them with it. He loaded them up and smeared them across the table until they were laden with every stray drop. He licked them — lovingly, yet somehow angrily at the same time. He spread them across his face like woad; he slathered them around his nipples. He guzzled Da Bomb straight from the bottle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ll say that again:\u003cem> He guzzled Da Bomb straight from the bottle! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More importantly, He committed to the bit. Completely. Consummately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He kept up the show of not being bothered, even as his face began to redden and his brow began to sweat. He kept it up, even as he started to drool, guzzle milk, pant, and give increasingly abstruse, rambling answers to Evans’ questions. And all that red sauce around his mouth made him look like an extra from \u003cem>Cannibal Holocaust\u003c/em> if it had been set in County Cork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13955884","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Even those of us who delighted in, say, an Aubrey Plaza managing to maintain her too-cool-for-school composure even as \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS68LmqFVeA\">she snorted milk up her nose\u003c/a> to cool the burn had never seen anything like this. We likely never will again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conan was so clearly suffering, and he’d done it to himself. We knew that because A. we have eyes, and B. because he began the interview by joking that, growing up as he did in an Irish household, “I never saw a spice until I was about 52 years old.” And yet here he’d joyously hurled himself into a swirling miasma of extreme pain and gastric distress, all for a lousy YouTube show bit, just to be an idiot capering for our delight in the global village.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We watched in helpless confusion and wonder (and a bit of fear) as he strapped himself into that rocket and took off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans of \u003cem>Hot Ones\u003c/em> refer to those celebrities who make it through the sauces without complaint as Spice Lords.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, Conan O’Brien went them all one better. Not because he could endure the spice but because he gave himself over to it. He became a Spice Legend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">visit NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Is+Conan+O%27Brien+the+best+%27Hot+Ones%27+guest+ever%3F+Discuss.&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13955913/conan-obrien-hot-ones-best-guest-ever","authors":["byline_arts_13955913"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_968","arts_12276","arts_75"],"tags":["arts_1297","arts_2391","arts_585"],"affiliates":["arts_137"],"featImg":"arts_13955919","label":"source_arts_13955913"},"arts_13955903":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13955903","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13955903","score":null,"sort":[1712942487000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"in-like-happiness-a-woman-struggles-to-define-a-past-destructive-relationship","title":"In ‘Like Happiness,’ a Woman Struggles to Define a Past, Destructive Relationship","publishDate":1712942487,"format":"aside","headTitle":"In ‘Like Happiness,’ a Woman Struggles to Define a Past, Destructive Relationship | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 826px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955906\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-12-at-10.03.05-AM.png\" alt=\"A book cover features a collage that combines a city skyline and tree foliage.\" width=\"826\" height=\"1216\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-12-at-10.03.05-AM.png 826w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-12-at-10.03.05-AM-800x1178.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-12-at-10.03.05-AM-160x236.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-12-at-10.03.05-AM-768x1131.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Like Happiness: A Novel’ by Ursula Villarreal-Moura. \u003ccite>(Celadon Books)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Tatum Vega gets a call from a \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> journalist asking about famous author M. Domínguez, it’s as if a ghost has appeared in the comfortable home she shares with her partner, Vera, in Chile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years have passed since her last interaction with M., whom she had the privilege of knowing as Mateo, and she thought she’d finally shaken off the remnants of their relationship. But when the journalist tells her that a young woman has accused M. of sexual assault, Tatum is both surprised and not. “You weren’t that person with me, not exactly,” she writes to Mateo, “but the fingerprints of our stories are strikingly similar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13955214']So begins Ursula Villarreal-Moura’s debut novel, \u003cem>Like Happiness, \u003c/em>which movingly portrays its protagonist coming to terms with the imbalanced, difficult, and sometimes harmful friendship with Mateo that was, at the same time, an essential, and at times euphoric, part of her life for many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short chapters set in Tatum’s present-day, 2015, she narrates the process of deciding whether to talk to the NYT journalist investigating Mateo’s misdeeds, and how much she should divulge. Most of the novel, however, addresses Mateo directly, as Tatum tries to untangle the story of their decade-long unequal friendship, to understand how early its painful patterns began, and to acknowledge her own role within their dynamic, which kept her trapped within a life smaller than the one she wanted and deserved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raised by working-class parents in Texas, Tatum fell in love with books early, finding in them a way to “counter the loneliness and boredom of being an only child.” When she goes to Williams College, she feels like she doesn’t fit in, believes she might be the only Latina on campus, and admits that in the early days she was “too proud to say that perhaps Massachusetts—home of Plath and Sexton—wasn’t for [her].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When, in her senior year, she comes across M. Domínguez’s short story collection, \u003cem>Happiness\u003c/em>, she’s enraptured, and reads it over and over again. Finally, she decides to write to M., care of his publisher. In part, her letter reads: “Although I’m Chicana, not Boricua like you or your characters, I identify with the Latino culture in your work and have found your book to be affirming. It’s not often that I see myself reflected in literature, TV, or music… I find your book so indispensable. Your work legitimizes Latino culture and quietly celebrates it. I apologize for placing so much responsibility upon your writing. My intention isn’t to overwhelm you, but to thank you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13954709']Unexpectedly, Mateo responds, and soon he and Tatum are exchanging emails, phone calls, and the intimacies of their daily lives, the music they enjoy, the books they revere, and more. Mateo even comes to stay with Tatum on Cape Cod when she gets a housesitting gig there for the summer after she graduates. Is this inappropriate? Tatum is 22 or so at this point, clearly an adult; she knows her own mind and can certainly foster a friendship with an older man if she wishes. But Mateo is 30, a renowned if tokenized author, with more money, power, and status than his young admirer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the course of the following decade, Tatum becomes more and more intertwined with Mateo’s life. She travels with him to reading gigs all over the country; she tends to his insecurities and soothes his ego; she nurses both romantic and platonic feelings for him, sometimes reciprocated yet often not; and, perhaps most importantly, she allows her preoccupation with both his brilliance and his confessed brokenness to undermine her own desires, aspirations, and difficulties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.triquarterly.org/interviews/conversation-ursula-villarreal-moura\">2022 interview\u003c/a> with the literary magazine \u003cem>TriQuarterly\u003c/em>, Villarreal-Moura said, “Everyone assumes my fiction is autobiographical. That probably has to do with my being a woman. People always assume women are writing about their lives.” Back then, \u003cem>Like Happiness\u003c/em> had only recently sold, and all potential readers knew then was that it was about a lengthy relationship between a famous Puerto Rican writer and a young Mexican American college student that begins when she writes him a fan letter. Villarreal-Moura shared that based on the mere premise, people began asking whether the novel was autobiographical, to which she replied, “No. It’s a product of my imagination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The author is correct in her assessment that writers who are women and/or queer are far too often assumed to be writing autobiographically. In the case of this novel in particular, however, it’s easy to see why some contemporary readers would assume some basis in reality; the story of someone like Mateo taking advantage of younger women is all too common, and various literary luminaries have been accused of abusive behavior during the last decade (and many more are spoken about in the hushed tones and private messages of the whisper network).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13955683']Which is to say that while her novel isn’t based on anyone in particular, Villarreal-Moura has tapped into something as resonant as it is recognizable, and in \u003cem>Like Happiness \u003c/em>has given us a beautiful work of fiction that dwells in the gray areas between celebrity and fan, victim and victimizer, absolution and blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ilana Masad is a fiction writer, book critic, and author of the novel ‘All My Mother’s Lovers.’\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more,\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\"> visit NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+%27Like+Happiness%2C%27+a+woman+struggles+to+define+a+past%2C+destructive+relationship+&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Ursula Villarreal-Moura's debut novel movingly portrays its protagonist coming to terms with an old, imbalanced friendship.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1712942487,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":972},"headData":{"title":"‘Like Happiness’ Review: Novel Explores a Literary World #MeToo | KQED","description":"Ursula Villarreal-Moura's debut novel movingly portrays its protagonist coming to terms with an old, imbalanced friendship.","ogTitle":"In ‘Like Happiness,’ a Woman Struggles to Define a Past, Destructive Relationship","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"In ‘Like Happiness,’ a Woman Struggles to Define a Past, Destructive Relationship","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"‘Like Happiness’ Review: Novel Explores a Literary World #MeToo %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"In ‘Like Happiness,’ a Woman Struggles to Define a Past, Destructive Relationship","datePublished":"2024-04-12T17:21:27.000Z","dateModified":"2024-04-12T17:21:27.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"Ilana Masad","nprImageAgency":"Celadon Books","nprStoryId":"1244151930","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=1244151930&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/12/1244151930/ursula-villarreal-moura-like-happiness-debut-novel?ft=nprml&f=1244151930","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:28:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:28:10 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:28:10 -0400","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13955903/in-like-happiness-a-woman-struggles-to-define-a-past-destructive-relationship","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 826px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955906\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-12-at-10.03.05-AM.png\" alt=\"A book cover features a collage that combines a city skyline and tree foliage.\" width=\"826\" height=\"1216\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-12-at-10.03.05-AM.png 826w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-12-at-10.03.05-AM-800x1178.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-12-at-10.03.05-AM-160x236.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Screen-Shot-2024-04-12-at-10.03.05-AM-768x1131.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Like Happiness: A Novel’ by Ursula Villarreal-Moura. \u003ccite>(Celadon Books)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Tatum Vega gets a call from a \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> journalist asking about famous author M. Domínguez, it’s as if a ghost has appeared in the comfortable home she shares with her partner, Vera, in Chile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years have passed since her last interaction with M., whom she had the privilege of knowing as Mateo, and she thought she’d finally shaken off the remnants of their relationship. But when the journalist tells her that a young woman has accused M. of sexual assault, Tatum is both surprised and not. “You weren’t that person with me, not exactly,” she writes to Mateo, “but the fingerprints of our stories are strikingly similar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13955214","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>So begins Ursula Villarreal-Moura’s debut novel, \u003cem>Like Happiness, \u003c/em>which movingly portrays its protagonist coming to terms with the imbalanced, difficult, and sometimes harmful friendship with Mateo that was, at the same time, an essential, and at times euphoric, part of her life for many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short chapters set in Tatum’s present-day, 2015, she narrates the process of deciding whether to talk to the NYT journalist investigating Mateo’s misdeeds, and how much she should divulge. Most of the novel, however, addresses Mateo directly, as Tatum tries to untangle the story of their decade-long unequal friendship, to understand how early its painful patterns began, and to acknowledge her own role within their dynamic, which kept her trapped within a life smaller than the one she wanted and deserved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raised by working-class parents in Texas, Tatum fell in love with books early, finding in them a way to “counter the loneliness and boredom of being an only child.” When she goes to Williams College, she feels like she doesn’t fit in, believes she might be the only Latina on campus, and admits that in the early days she was “too proud to say that perhaps Massachusetts—home of Plath and Sexton—wasn’t for [her].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When, in her senior year, she comes across M. Domínguez’s short story collection, \u003cem>Happiness\u003c/em>, she’s enraptured, and reads it over and over again. Finally, she decides to write to M., care of his publisher. In part, her letter reads: “Although I’m Chicana, not Boricua like you or your characters, I identify with the Latino culture in your work and have found your book to be affirming. It’s not often that I see myself reflected in literature, TV, or music… I find your book so indispensable. Your work legitimizes Latino culture and quietly celebrates it. I apologize for placing so much responsibility upon your writing. My intention isn’t to overwhelm you, but to thank you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13954709","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Unexpectedly, Mateo responds, and soon he and Tatum are exchanging emails, phone calls, and the intimacies of their daily lives, the music they enjoy, the books they revere, and more. Mateo even comes to stay with Tatum on Cape Cod when she gets a housesitting gig there for the summer after she graduates. Is this inappropriate? Tatum is 22 or so at this point, clearly an adult; she knows her own mind and can certainly foster a friendship with an older man if she wishes. But Mateo is 30, a renowned if tokenized author, with more money, power, and status than his young admirer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the course of the following decade, Tatum becomes more and more intertwined with Mateo’s life. She travels with him to reading gigs all over the country; she tends to his insecurities and soothes his ego; she nurses both romantic and platonic feelings for him, sometimes reciprocated yet often not; and, perhaps most importantly, she allows her preoccupation with both his brilliance and his confessed brokenness to undermine her own desires, aspirations, and difficulties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.triquarterly.org/interviews/conversation-ursula-villarreal-moura\">2022 interview\u003c/a> with the literary magazine \u003cem>TriQuarterly\u003c/em>, Villarreal-Moura said, “Everyone assumes my fiction is autobiographical. That probably has to do with my being a woman. People always assume women are writing about their lives.” Back then, \u003cem>Like Happiness\u003c/em> had only recently sold, and all potential readers knew then was that it was about a lengthy relationship between a famous Puerto Rican writer and a young Mexican American college student that begins when she writes him a fan letter. Villarreal-Moura shared that based on the mere premise, people began asking whether the novel was autobiographical, to which she replied, “No. It’s a product of my imagination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The author is correct in her assessment that writers who are women and/or queer are far too often assumed to be writing autobiographically. In the case of this novel in particular, however, it’s easy to see why some contemporary readers would assume some basis in reality; the story of someone like Mateo taking advantage of younger women is all too common, and various literary luminaries have been accused of abusive behavior during the last decade (and many more are spoken about in the hushed tones and private messages of the whisper network).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13955683","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Which is to say that while her novel isn’t based on anyone in particular, Villarreal-Moura has tapped into something as resonant as it is recognizable, and in \u003cem>Like Happiness \u003c/em>has given us a beautiful work of fiction that dwells in the gray areas between celebrity and fan, victim and victimizer, absolution and blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ilana Masad is a fiction writer, book critic, and author of the novel ‘All My Mother’s Lovers.’\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more,\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\"> visit NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+%27Like+Happiness%2C%27+a+woman+struggles+to+define+a+past%2C+destructive+relationship+&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13955903/in-like-happiness-a-woman-struggles-to-define-a-past-destructive-relationship","authors":["byline_arts_13955903"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_73","arts_75"],"tags":["arts_5221","arts_769","arts_585"],"affiliates":["arts_137"],"featImg":"arts_13955907","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13955854":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13955854","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13955854","score":null,"sort":[1712877559000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-oj-simpson-saga-was-a-unique-american-moment-that-still-hasnt-left-us","title":"The OJ Simpson Saga Was a Unique American Moment That Still Hasn’t Left Us","publishDate":1712877559,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The OJ Simpson Saga Was a Unique American Moment That Still Hasn’t Left Us | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>A dog’s plaintive wail. A courtroom couplet-turned-cultural catchphrase about gloves. A judge and attorneys who became media darlings and villains. A slightly bewildered houseguest elevated, briefly, into a slightly bewildered celebrity. Troubling questions about race that echo still. The beginning of the Kardashian dynasty. An epic slow-motion highway chase. And, lest we forget, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/112365/everything-weve-learned-so-far-from-kim-goldmans-oj-simpson-podcast\">two people whose lives ended brutally\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a nation watched — a nation far different than today’s, where the ravenousness for reality television has multiplied. The spectator mentality of those jumbled days in 1994 and 1995, then novel, has since become an intrinsic part of the American fabric. Smack at the center of the national conversation was O.J. Simpson, one of the most curious cultural figures of recent U.S. history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='news_11982639']Simpson’s death Wednesday, almost exactly three decades after the killings that changed his reputation from football hero to suspect, summoned remembrances of an odd moment in time — no, let’s call it what it was, which was deeply weird — in which a smartphone-less country craned its neck toward clunky TVs to watch a Ford Bronco inch its way along a California freeway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was an incredible moment in American history,” said Wolf Blitzer, anchoring coverage of Simpson’s death Thursday on CNN. What made it so — beyond, of course, tabloid culture and the fundamental news value of such a famous person accused in such brutal killings?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955855\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-1221630947-scaled-e1712876528807.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a tv screen showing cars lined up on a freeway. The caption says "ABC News Live Coverage. OJ Simpson's car."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1293\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The infamous white Ford Bronco crawling along the freeway in 1994. \u003ccite>(Rick Maiman/ Sygma via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The saga anticipated 21st century media\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In an era when the internet as we know it was still being born, when “platform” was still just a place to board a train, Simpson was a unique breed of celebrity. He was truly transmedia, a harbinger of the digital age — a walking, talking crossover story for multiple audiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was sports — the very pinnacle of football excellence. He was stardom, not only for his athletic prowess but for his Hertz-hawking run through airports on TV and his acting in movies like \u003cem>The Naked Gun\u003c/em>. He embodied societal questions about race, class and money long before Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death on June 12, 1994.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came the saga, beginning with the killings and ending — only technically — in a Los Angeles courtroom more than a year later. The most epic of American novels had nothing on this period of the mid-1990s. Americans watched. Americans talked about watching. Americans debated. Americans judged. And Americans watched some more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The generations-old chasm between white Americans and Black Americans was not helped by \u003cem>Time\u003c/em> magazine’s decision to tactically darken Simpson’s mugshot on its cover for dramatic — and, many said, racist — effect. For those who lived through that period, it’s hard to remember much in the public sphere that wasn’t crowded out by the O.J. storyline and its many components, including the subsequent civil trial that found Simpson liable for the deaths. One newspaper even ran a series of possible endings to the storyline, written by mystery novelists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, people were saying different things. But it was, inarguably, a national conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1988px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955856\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a shirt and tie talks on a 1990s-era phone while standing in front of a wall of televisions all showing the trial of OJ Simpson.\" width=\"1988\" height=\"1358\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107.jpg 1988w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107-800x546.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107-1020x697.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107-768x525.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107-1536x1049.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107-1920x1312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1988px) 100vw, 1988px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salesman Neal McCarthy speaks to a customer on the phone, as the O.J. Simpson murder trial is tuned to most of his store’s TVs. \u003ccite>(Pat Greenhouse/ The Boston Globe via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The nation — and its media — are far more fragmented now. Rarely these days do Americans gather around the virtual campfire for a common experience; instead, small brush fires draw niche crowds in virtual corners for equally intense, but smaller, common experiences. This week’s eclipse was a rare exception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1994, everyday real-time, wall-to-wall coverage was still emerging. Sure, we had Walter Cronkite during the Kennedy assassination and again during the chaotic 1968 Democratic National Convention. And the first Gulf War in 1991 firmly cemented live-TV expectations. But coverage of the Bronco chase and the trial fed the appetite in a way no other event did. Even now, such universal viewership is rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_112365']“The media we consume is much more diffuse now. It’s so rare that we’re all glued to the same spectacle,” said Danielle Lindemann, author of the 2022 book \u003cem>True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In 1994 we were watching our television sets and following along with news coverage,” Lindemann, a professor of sociology at Lehigh University, said in an email. “But there wasn’t that parallel discourse happening via social media.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Connections between then and now\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The connections between the Simpson saga and today aren’t hard to find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judges and lawyers in high-profile cases are now regular fodder for the spotlight. One of Simpson’s attorneys, Robert Kardashian, paved the way for the next generation of his family to change the very face of how celebrity operates. A local Los Angeles TV reporter who covered the case, Harvey Levin, went on to establish TMZ, a luridly foundational pillar of modern multiplatform celebrity coverage — and the outlet that broke the news of Simpson’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And of course, as with so many American stories, there is the question of race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-600007422-scaled-e1712876970949.jpg\" alt='A Black man crouches next to a line of t shirts and hats for sale. All say \"Free OJ\" on them.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1289\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">O.J. Simpson shirt and support mechandising outside the courthouse, during his trial in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Evan Hurd/ Corbis via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Simpson’s acquittal on murder charges revealed a fundamental fault line: Some Black people welcomed the verdict, while many white people were in disbelief. Simpson probably confused matters more over the years by saying, famously, “I’m not Black. I’m O.J.” But for many Black Americans who felt their interactions with police and the courts had produced unjust results, the acquittal was a notable exception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a sense that it’s only justice for a rich Black man to get off when a rich white man would,” said John Baick, a professor of history at Western New England University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three decades on, that conversation isn’t over — he’s certainly still discussing it with students. On Thursday, Baick invoked Simpson to talk about race, fame and wealth in class; only after it ended did he find out his subject had died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_11665308']A generation has passed since these events were fresh. And after thousands of hours of video, millions of written words and countless talking heads weighing in, the O.J. Simpson case stands as two things: an American moment like no other, and an interlude that contained so much of what American culture is and was becoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the old, weird America, it got the obsession with violent true crime and its quirky cast of film noir villains and heroes, not to mention the tragedy and the whodunit. And it was a teaser trailer of the emerging, fragmenting internet culture that would, in a few years, give us smartphones, social media, reality-TV saturation and live coverage of just about everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Was it, as so many said so loudly, “the trial of the century”? That’s subjective. But any culture is made up of small bits, and the Simpson case left many of those in its wake. This much is incontrovertibly true: After the slow-speed chase, American media culture got a whole lot faster really quickly. So fast, in fact, that many of the central questions around the case — about race, justice and how we consume murder and misery as just another set of consumer products — linger unanswered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where does this fit in? What do Americans think about this now?” Baick wonders. ”What you think about O.J. 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A courtroom couplet-turned-cultural catchphrase about gloves. A judge and attorneys who became media darlings and villains. A slightly bewildered houseguest elevated, briefly, into a slightly bewildered celebrity. Troubling questions about race that echo still. The beginning of the Kardashian dynasty. An epic slow-motion highway chase. And, lest we forget, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/112365/everything-weve-learned-so-far-from-kim-goldmans-oj-simpson-podcast\">two people whose lives ended brutally\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a nation watched — a nation far different than today’s, where the ravenousness for reality television has multiplied. The spectator mentality of those jumbled days in 1994 and 1995, then novel, has since become an intrinsic part of the American fabric. Smack at the center of the national conversation was O.J. Simpson, one of the most curious cultural figures of recent U.S. history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11982639","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Simpson’s death Wednesday, almost exactly three decades after the killings that changed his reputation from football hero to suspect, summoned remembrances of an odd moment in time — no, let’s call it what it was, which was deeply weird — in which a smartphone-less country craned its neck toward clunky TVs to watch a Ford Bronco inch its way along a California freeway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was an incredible moment in American history,” said Wolf Blitzer, anchoring coverage of Simpson’s death Thursday on CNN. What made it so — beyond, of course, tabloid culture and the fundamental news value of such a famous person accused in such brutal killings?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955855\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-1221630947-scaled-e1712876528807.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a tv screen showing cars lined up on a freeway. The caption says "ABC News Live Coverage. 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He was stardom, not only for his athletic prowess but for his Hertz-hawking run through airports on TV and his acting in movies like \u003cem>The Naked Gun\u003c/em>. He embodied societal questions about race, class and money long before Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death on June 12, 1994.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came the saga, beginning with the killings and ending — only technically — in a Los Angeles courtroom more than a year later. The most epic of American novels had nothing on this period of the mid-1990s. Americans watched. Americans talked about watching. Americans debated. Americans judged. And Americans watched some more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The generations-old chasm between white Americans and Black Americans was not helped by \u003cem>Time\u003c/em> magazine’s decision to tactically darken Simpson’s mugshot on its cover for dramatic — and, many said, racist — effect. For those who lived through that period, it’s hard to remember much in the public sphere that wasn’t crowded out by the O.J. storyline and its many components, including the subsequent civil trial that found Simpson liable for the deaths. One newspaper even ran a series of possible endings to the storyline, written by mystery novelists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, people were saying different things. But it was, inarguably, a national conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1988px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955856\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a shirt and tie talks on a 1990s-era phone while standing in front of a wall of televisions all showing the trial of OJ Simpson.\" width=\"1988\" height=\"1358\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107.jpg 1988w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107-800x546.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107-1020x697.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107-768x525.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107-1536x1049.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2147058107-1920x1312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1988px) 100vw, 1988px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salesman Neal McCarthy speaks to a customer on the phone, as the O.J. Simpson murder trial is tuned to most of his store’s TVs. \u003ccite>(Pat Greenhouse/ The Boston Globe via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The nation — and its media — are far more fragmented now. Rarely these days do Americans gather around the virtual campfire for a common experience; instead, small brush fires draw niche crowds in virtual corners for equally intense, but smaller, common experiences. This week’s eclipse was a rare exception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1994, everyday real-time, wall-to-wall coverage was still emerging. Sure, we had Walter Cronkite during the Kennedy assassination and again during the chaotic 1968 Democratic National Convention. And the first Gulf War in 1991 firmly cemented live-TV expectations. But coverage of the Bronco chase and the trial fed the appetite in a way no other event did. Even now, such universal viewership is rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"pop_112365","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The media we consume is much more diffuse now. It’s so rare that we’re all glued to the same spectacle,” said Danielle Lindemann, author of the 2022 book \u003cem>True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In 1994 we were watching our television sets and following along with news coverage,” Lindemann, a professor of sociology at Lehigh University, said in an email. “But there wasn’t that parallel discourse happening via social media.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Connections between then and now\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The connections between the Simpson saga and today aren’t hard to find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judges and lawyers in high-profile cases are now regular fodder for the spotlight. One of Simpson’s attorneys, Robert Kardashian, paved the way for the next generation of his family to change the very face of how celebrity operates. A local Los Angeles TV reporter who covered the case, Harvey Levin, went on to establish TMZ, a luridly foundational pillar of modern multiplatform celebrity coverage — and the outlet that broke the news of Simpson’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And of course, as with so many American stories, there is the question of race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-600007422-scaled-e1712876970949.jpg\" alt='A Black man crouches next to a line of t shirts and hats for sale. All say \"Free OJ\" on them.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1289\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">O.J. Simpson shirt and support mechandising outside the courthouse, during his trial in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Evan Hurd/ Corbis via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Simpson’s acquittal on murder charges revealed a fundamental fault line: Some Black people welcomed the verdict, while many white people were in disbelief. Simpson probably confused matters more over the years by saying, famously, “I’m not Black. I’m O.J.” But for many Black Americans who felt their interactions with police and the courts had produced unjust results, the acquittal was a notable exception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a sense that it’s only justice for a rich Black man to get off when a rich white man would,” said John Baick, a professor of history at Western New England University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three decades on, that conversation isn’t over — he’s certainly still discussing it with students. On Thursday, Baick invoked Simpson to talk about race, fame and wealth in class; only after it ended did he find out his subject had died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_11665308","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A generation has passed since these events were fresh. And after thousands of hours of video, millions of written words and countless talking heads weighing in, the O.J. Simpson case stands as two things: an American moment like no other, and an interlude that contained so much of what American culture is and was becoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the old, weird America, it got the obsession with violent true crime and its quirky cast of film noir villains and heroes, not to mention the tragedy and the whodunit. And it was a teaser trailer of the emerging, fragmenting internet culture that would, in a few years, give us smartphones, social media, reality-TV saturation and live coverage of just about everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Was it, as so many said so loudly, “the trial of the century”? That’s subjective. But any culture is made up of small bits, and the Simpson case left many of those in its wake. This much is incontrovertibly true: After the slow-speed chase, American media culture got a whole lot faster really quickly. So fast, in fact, that many of the central questions around the case — about race, justice and how we consume murder and misery as just another set of consumer products — linger unanswered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where does this fit in? What do Americans think about this now?” Baick wonders. ”What you think about O.J. 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