I do feel compelled to clarify my critique of McAlary’s character, however. It’s not that McAlary is an asshole that I find disturbing (Some of my favorite characters – and friends – are assholes). It’s how the series’ other characters (and by extesnion the series itself) has mostly acquiesced to his ridiculous demands and excused his most egregious behavior. Contrary to your reading, I don’t think that the series has alwyas signaled viewers to be horrified – or even humored – by Davis’ shenanigans.

While I joined your gleeful satisfaction with Lil Calliope’s strategic (even political) advocacy of “The Truth,” I still wondered about the series’ silence around the proliferation of post-Katrina bounce music that was both political and dance music. Lil Calliope (as well as McAlary) would have certainly been aware of – and probably influenced by – Fifth Ward Weebie, Mia X, Lil Wayne, Juvenile and others who fused New Orleans bounce music with scathing criticism (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,210845,00.html), highlighting, as this episode does, the pathos and humor of living in New Orleans.