They Took Away "The Chair"

They are taking away "The Chair," or at least future versions of it. Blog readers may remember the streaming series on Netflix - The Chair - which satirized excesses in higher education at a fictional college.

Apparently, the viewing public was not sufficiently amused with the show which starred Sandra Oh as an English professor who became department chair. A report indicates that there is no season 2 in the works. Indeed, the report indicates that it has been "ghost-canceled," i.e., there is no official announcement that it won't be continued, and no evidence from the cast that anything in the future is being planned.*

It's the ultimate in "cancel culture"! Still, for potential writers of the now non-planned season 2, higher ed would seem to be writing the scripts, should there ever be a sequel. You may never have heard of Hamline University until recently. But over the last couple of weeks, you have probably heard of the Hamline University controversy. If not, links are below:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/01/17/hamline-reviews-policies-set-academic-freedom-dispute; https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/hamline-university-islam-prophet-muhammad.html.

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*https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/the-chair-season-2-has-netflix-renewed-or-canceled-01-2023/. 

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