We Have Concerns About The Next Met Gala

We took our summer break at a surprisingly inconvenient time, missing the breaking news about some Heated Rivalry casting — which we briefly covered on Tuesday — and the announcement of the Met Gala exhibit theme. I was worried that would feel like old news by now, but also, sometimes things don’t feel actualized until we’ve discussed them here, and thus: If you missed it, the Met will be honoring… John Galliano.

Yes, that John Galliano, the only John Galliano, the half-pirate who was caught on video slurring antisemitic remarks I don’t want to repeat, but you can read them right at the top of the dedicated section of his Wikipedia. And there is no way that’s the first or only time; merely the first time anyone had evidence that made it impossible for everyone else to pretend it wasn’t happening. His ensuing apology was… careful, not exactly expressing remorse for the remarks themselves, but for the distress it all caused. But the output of the industry’…