...and the timing for this thing rivals that of the introduction of the Edsel. Don't get me wrong; I love Whoopi, Terry & Bonnie Turner are tops in their craft and the rest of the ensemble are aces. But to premiere this show, with a character of middle eastern descent (I know; he's not an Arab...he's Persian!) spouting lines about working on Iranian missile systems "[they] don't have", holding a pipe like it was a rifle, telling his co-workers his people are "everywhere" might have been just a tad insensitive in the same week as the anniversary of 9/11. And then they repeated it! I'm sure there are many in New York City, as well as the various communities of persons of middle eastern descent, not to mention families of service men and women stationed in Iraq who would just as soon seen repeats of "Will & Grace" in those time slots. Maybe this kind of thing seemed funny when they wrote it in January or whenever, but not right now...
