*This article is published on CNN.* Roseanne Barr went too far. And after a ferocious wave of Twitter censure against Barr for a racist tweet — and writer Wanda Sykes’ announcement that she was quitting the show — ABC finally stepped up to do the obvious right thing: cancel its money-making sitcom. Perhaps Barr could […]
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*This post of mine is also published on Forbes Woman.* Despite seeing her face plastered on billboards across the country all summer, every Sunday evening when I tune into ABC’s hit show, Quantico, watching Bollywood star, Priyanka Chopra as the lead character still gives me goosebumps. After almost a decade in the US as a South Asian
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*This post of mine was also published on The New York Times/Women in the World.* Artists trying to break into the American market would do well to study how Priyanka Chopra made it happen. The Bollywood icon’s U.S. TV drama, Quantico, debuted last week on ABC to strong reviews across the board, becoming the network’s
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