ICYMI: ‘Game of Thrones’ meets ‘Hamilton’; Audi, Walmart offend
In a week when Millennium Tower tenants gained hope and Doctor Who lost a Y chromosome, this also happened:
An Audi commercial in China compared women to used cars, having the mother of a potential groom rush up the aisle to “inspect” his bride: pinching her nose, pulling back her ear, looking inside her mouth and later glancing at her breasts.
A few workplace news reports: A Florida high school principal was demoted after he had his math teachers do his son’s middle-school algebra assignments (Associated Press); an adjunct professor was fired from Brigham Young University-Idaho after a Facebook post in honor of Pride month (Washington Post); a former New York sergeant was convicted of throwing semen on a female co-worker at police headquarters (New York Daily News).
People accused the Chinese government of censoring Winnie-the-Pooh.
Rosie O’Donnell drew heavy criticism from President Trump’s supporters just because she promoted an online game.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are hoping to get $12 million a year for the naming rights to the baseball field at Dodger Stadium.