St. Petersburg Times columnist Robyn Blumner on the recently reinstated California harassment case over the alleged bandying of sexually oriented jokes around the studio/office where TV scriptwriters worked on the series Friends (Jul. 18). For more on the case, see Apr. 23. Update: Jul. 31.
“Keep your laws off my sex jokes”
St. Petersburg Times columnist Robyn Blumner on the recently reinstated California harassment case over the alleged bandying of sexually oriented jokes around the studio/office where TV scriptwriters worked on the series Friends (Jul. 18). For more on the case, see Apr. 23. Update: Jul. 31.
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Hey, Randy! Pick this one!
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