R Kelly and the art of the male meltdown | Arwa Mahdawi
Whether it’s R Kelly or Brett Kavanaugh, the male breakdown is real. Let’s (calmly) break this phenomenon down together, shall we?
by Arwa Mahdawi
Mar 08, 2019
3 minutes
I’m sure you’ve seen the photo by now: Gayle King sitting serenely and staring calmly ahead, while R Kelly looms over her, gesticulating violently. The shot, taken during King’s interview with Kelly this week, quickly went viral.
It wasn’t just the striking juxtaposition of King’s professional calm and Kelly’s frenzied rage that made the photo an instant classic. It was the fact the juxtaposition was so familiar. As many people noted, the image
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