NBC’s “Mr. Mayor” (premiering with back-to-back episodes Thursday starting at 8 p.m.) plays it safe and simple.
That strategy has worked for many a real-life politician.
For a phony one in prime time?
Not so much.
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Tina Fey has managed to have four episodes of her sitcom “30 Rock” pulled from syndication and streaming services because characters appear in blackface.
If you’re wondering how a major commercial network such as NBC would ever allow one of its prestige shows to depict characters in blackface, remember that “30 Rock” was filmed in a far simpler time, back in the 1940s –
—Wait.
(Checks notes.)
— in 2008.
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Far from Rome 