‘Ted Lasso’ Celebrates Hollywood’s Awful Vision Of American Parenting

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Ted Lasso — protagonist of the eponymous Apple TV sitcom, played by Jason Sudeikis — kicks off the show’s first season by leaving his 7-year-old son back in America for a job coaching professional soccer (football!) in London. Ted and his then-wife, Michelle (Andrea Anders), have had long-term marital struggles, we’ll soon learn, and the aggressively boisterous American…