Hollywood has long attempted to make racism towards white people not only acceptable but also humorous. The award for the most amount of derogatory “white people” lines, however, just might go to Peacock’s newest streaming comedy Rutherford Falls.
The Peacock series' star and writer is a UO Duck who grew up in Canby, Oregon. She talks to KLCC about "Rutherford Falls' new season and her personal fascination with Stevie Nicks and spooky podcasts.
As viewers have come to expect from co-creator Michael Schur,
Rutherford Falls uses sly humor and flawed, lovable characters to tackle serious issues.
Rutherford Falls
Peacock
2021- (US)
The Library of Congress holds one collection with an odd assortment of items that one might evaluate as junk. A button. A pocket knife. A handkerchief. A few newspaper clippings. But the pocket knife is made of silver and ivory, the button bears the initial “L”, and the handkerchief is embroidered with “A. Lincoln”.
These were among the items found in the pockets of Abraham Lincoln on the night he died. Archivists, museum curators, and family historians know that provenance an object’s origin and/or chain of ownership can make even the most ordinary item an important historical artifact.