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Abbott Elementary Recap: Family Matters
If only all our problematic family members would just drop dead.
I remember in 2016, after the election, a college professor of mine wished my class a happy holiday break and added a snide joke about tolerating our problematic uncles this year because we “love them anyway.” To me, it seemed like a way to brush racism and bigotry under the rug, and I was thankful I don’t have family members like that, but it did make me wonder how I would react to having to deal with such a situation. Barbara cares as much about the homophobic, racist white man as is socially acceptable (she doesn’t give a fuck), saying that “a nap is a nice way to go,” plus “Gerald is hungry.” They spend the rest of the night trying to keep anyone from going upstairs as Melissa serves a flawless dinner — her mom says her cooking is almost as good as Nonna’s, which is the best endorsement from an Italian mother you can get. But it’s still not enough; Melissa says she’s not calling the police until “everyone has scarfed down the last bite of cannoli and cry their eyes out over how delicately the shell complements the ricotta.” She tells Jacob she wants her family “to be so full and happy that when they’re looking in the bathroom mirror and gulping down Brioschi, they think, ‘You know what?
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