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But I’m not.I just watched Sex and the City 2 to refresh my memory of where we left the ladies (it was a bumpy ride, thanks for asking). When Mr.

“Looks like she’s not photogenic, but she’s smart and she carries well.”“She’s tall, slim, trim, educated, and from a good family. I can give her...95 marks out of 100.”These are just a few of the staggering lines audiences around the world heard while watching Netflix’s latest reality dating show, Indian Matchmaking.For South Asians and the South Asian diaspora, Indian Matchmaking is a mirror held before us.

This is a beloved hobby of mine at any juncture, but particularly when, for the first time, we're all sharing the same reality of social distancing. Sure, we sometimes peek into stars' houses in architecture magazines or reality TV shows, but those are highly produced or staged and hardly reflect the intimate life of a real human being. (Unless you’re Drake, because I firmly believe that he would absolutely choose to live in a .)

Suddenly I was watching back-to-back episodes, obsessing over blowout fights in the Hamptons and abhorrent name-calling in Beverly Hills. The over-the-top-ness of their manufactured, rich-people probs was somehow exactly what I needed to wind down and put my own angst in perspective. No matter how crappy I felt—or how many hours I spent dissecting my boss’s cryptic emails—at least I wasn’t dating someone who .

To be fair, last year's host-less ceremony wasn't a disaster. The to see Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and Maya Rudolph crush the opening monologue. Unfortunately, their super-brief appearance was the award show version of a Costco free sample you know you won't buy, and the rest of the ceremony paled in comparison. Twitter couldn't understand why the three couldn't just host the whole thing, and honestly...that's a solid point.

I’m not often one for silence, but what else is there to do but sit agape when a living goddess fearlessly offers her bounty and grace? That's exactly what Lizzo did when she with a tribute to Kobe Bryant, and then launched into a guttural version of "Cuz I Love You."