Time To Get Critical About Representation in “Shameless”
A decade since it aired, Shameless (U.S.) has always stuck to its guns (and baseball bats) about character diversity.

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A decade since it aired, Shameless (U.S.) has always stuck to its guns (and baseball bats) about character diversity.
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