The word scabrous has appeared in 10 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 31 in “Ted Lasso, and the Fantasy of Soft Masculinity” by Elamin Abdelmahmoud:
But then again, “Ted Lasso,” now in its third (and ostensibly final) season, has never been about subtlety. The series follows Ted, an American football coach transplanted to Britain to coach AFC Richmond, a fictional Premier League team. Ted is played by the show’s co-creator Jason Sudeikis, who portrays the character with a steady mix of goofiness and pathos.
From the get-go, “Ted Lasso” has loudly proclaimed its values, almost always through big, sweeping speeches, and almost always through setting Ted’s earnestness as a counterweight to a pervasive cynicism that surrounds him. “For me, success is not about the wins and losses,” Ted contends in an early episode. “It’s about helping these young fellas be the best versions of themselves on and off the field.” The scabrous journalist Trent Crimm retorts that Ted is being “irresponsible.”
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