Whether the topic is John Galliano's fall from the high-fashion firmament or the media storm over actor Sydney Sweeney's provocative sports betting ad, modern outrage moves fast. Fifteen years after a bigoted tirade halted his career, the Metropolitan Museum of Art abruptly pulled the plug on Galliano's upcoming retrospective. Meanwhile, Sweeney’s campaign for a sports prediction platform has reignited debates over celebrity optics. Jim and JB revisit the optics of outrage.

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