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Two days after the George Floyd murder in Minneapolis and binge watching House, the scenes with Detective Michael Tritter takes on a whole new color given the general systemic abuses of power by LEO's. This episode demonstrates candidly what that abuse is like and while typically directed at minorities, shows the hubris and this time, was directed at House, a doctor. Not sure why this was so hard for me to watch since I fully watched the Floyd video, but none the less, this is a hard episode to watch fully to the end.

Watched The Help the other night again after first seeing it a half dozen years ago and before so much of the press as of late. The Help tries to hint at the real cultural divide between the black and white communities yet in a very watered down manner, but the focus was spot on regarding where the control really was; the white women.

My grandmother grew up in this crowd and played the game well. Had her own man, a grounds keeper and knew how to manage the near enslavement relationship they had at the time. We only knew the man as John; no last name or where he lived or that he even had a family. Then one day, in my home town, during my grandmother's life, a white woman got mad at a black man and over the next few days, every black-owned building and home, about a thousand, was burned to the ground with nearly the same number dead.

As our main character was delivering her pie in appeasement to her master, she knew what the downside might be like and she was no fool. While the movie makes her out to be clever and brave, most of the black community of the day was deferential out of necessity for survival.

Try not to think of this movie as a real reflection of the time; had it tried to be so, it would never have been released, however, it was a good attempt at starting a conversation of the over-privileged nature, and outright cruelty of the white-woman of the day, which, actually, still persists.

Quite an attempt to paint a better picture of CPD, but nowhere near reality, based on personal 25yr experience of dealing with CPD and local youth. CPD's merit system is based on felony arrests, so these two lads were toast from the beginning, regardless of whether they actually did anything. Their likely inability to hire reasonable legal counsel simply makes them fodder in the eyes of CPD. Imho, I really wish this series would change their name to something other than Chicago. It feels like an attempt to humanize CPD and frankly, they are a grossly over-funded agency that has brought us over 700 shootings this last year alone, a major critique from the Justice Department and general shame all around.

This was so much better than 'Doubt' (I hope she fired whomever talked her into that one). As a strong actor, she does not need to participate in gender-wars on the screen. While this is a much different role, it had depth. Very true to life, as Julie was always winging it, this was a very kind rendition and tribute to an icon. Perhaps as a reflection of the times, her previous role was embarrassing although not unexpected. Can't say that my respect for her did anything other than drop as a result, which might explain the need to do Julie&Julia to make up for it. Perhaps it might take the public some time to get over the debacle 'Doubt', I hope she finds better and stronger roles in the future.