‘The New York Times’ Just Accidentally Became An ‘Arrested Development Joke’
This morning, fashionistas across the country opened the New York Times app and wondered, “Across from where?”
There’s a not-so-new fashion trend that’s taking over America, but, sadly for the fashion reporters of the media world, writing the wrong headline about the most popular accessory in politics will get you crucified by snarky strangers on Twitter. According to The New York Times’ Styles desk, ornate cross necklaces are the hottest fashion statement in the White House, on Washington, D.C. public transit and on social media, where influencers set up TikTok shops to hawk overpriced jewelry to gullible Jesus-lovers.
In another world, Maeby Fünke would be all over this money-making fashion trend — if she could only remember the name of it.
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When The New York Times ran an article about the rising popularity of cross necklaces and the political and cultural implications of the trend, they went with the headline, “A Hot Accessory, at the Intersection of Faith and Culture,” a title that has Arrested Development fans asking if anyone at The New York Times has ever seen the show:
As Arrested Development fans know (and Christian jewelry experts don’t), in the Season Two episode “Motherboy XXX,” Michael Bluth tries to talk his son George-Michael out of attending a conservative Christian camping trip with his girlfriend Egg — or, uh, Ann — only for Maeby to decide to convert upon hearing that the campers get to miss school. Maeby then inquires about where she can purchase “one of those gold necklaces with the ‘t’ on it,” the joke being that Maeby does not read The New York Times.
Now, of course, the actual content of New York Times fashion writer Misty White Sidell’s article is about the rising popularity of Christian jewelry and the implications carried by an increase in Christian iconography adorning the cultural, political and economic elite. In “A Hot Accessory, at the Intersection of Faith and Culture,” Sidell doesn’t presuppose that New York Times readers have never seen a cross necklace, are unaware of the accessory’s existence or don’t know where to buy one, but burying the lede on the very word “cross” opens the door for commenters to revive one of the greatest memes that Arrested Development ever gifted to internet culture.
Hopefully, when we open up the Economics section tomorrow morning, we’ll learn about the financial stability of the banana sector — specifically, the chocolate-covered side of it.
