I think a great deal of it is the reaction of the victim/beloved/whatever.

Leslie's behavior toward Ben in that period absolutely falls into that trope, and, thank goodness, all the characters on the show treated her like an inappropriate creepy madwoman during that time.

When you put it that way, Terry sounds like Cathy.

I'm holding out hope for a Jennifer Aniston comedic renaissance in the 2020s.

No, no, no. Frank Lapidus just LOOKS 35 because of that beautiful head of hair. I assure you, he's quite experienced.

Yes, and the nameplate necklace is a very 2005 touch. Well done as always, HIMYM art department.

3:27 gives us the most majestic key change since My Heart Will Go On.

I assumed Cecily Strong was Latino. Was I wrong? I guess I never gave it much thought.

Rebel Alley as Ginger for sure. Or whatever Rebel Alley's real name is.

What are we calling Nasim Pedrad?

I have long been a fan of St. Lucy’s Home For Girls Raised By Wolves, and I am so happy to see Russel's books getting spotlighted here at the AV Club.

I really hope I don't sound like an ass, but I thought Laura Benanti was too old to play Louise when they cast her on Broadway, and she's certainly too old now. I mean, she's amazing, but Louise is a teenager for much of the show. And Laura Benanti is too young for Mama Rose.

When Rolf made his first appearance, I thought for a breathtaking moment that he was played by Mad Men and Broadway's Bryan Batt.

I mean… fictional characters Harry and Ginny Potter named their kids James and Lily, right? I thought that was gross.

"It's very common in sci-fi and fantasy to have all the "normal humans" be white and then the "cultural diversity" comes from aliens or Norns or what have you."

He can't really sing, but he sure loves to. I think he sees himself as an old-timey song-and-dance man, and he's so affable and hard-working that people just let him do what he wants. I don't mind.

I think it's funny for the same reason that the Amy Poehler/Adam Scott shot-for-shot remake of the Hart to Hart opening credits was funny.

Khan Singh wasn't Hispanic, he was just cast in the 1960s, when Hispanic actors were deployed to play any non-white non-black ethnicity like, say, a Sikh Indian. Kind of shitty that they just decided to make him white in the reboot.

Her father's a Spanish Sephardic Jew. How I know that I'll tell you freely and gladly: I wikipedia'd it just now.

Lea Michele's character on Glee is quite possibly a Sephardic Jew- Lea Michele (birth name Lea Sefarti) certainly is.