From John Marzulli at the Daily News:<\/p>\n
They ‘View’ed me as too old: lawsuit<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n A 63-year-old former producer for ABC’s “The View” claims in an age discrimination lawsuit the show ordered her to relocate to Los Angeles as a pretext to get rid of her.<\/em><\/p>\n Bernadette Piccolomini, who had been producing daytime promotions for the gabfest, says in a Brooklyn Federal Court suit that her job is now being performed by younger and less-experienced employees.<\/em><\/p>\n Piccolomini also claims she was subjected to screaming tirades by her supervisor before she left the show last November.<\/em><\/p>\n What drew me to this item was the plaintiff’s last name. The Piccolominis were the dominant family in Renaissance Siena. I sort of know them well, because one of them became a pope (Pius II), who wrote a marvelous autobiography couched in the third person (so he could brag endlessly about himself and relate his randy, pre-papal adventures) and razed a hilltop Tuscan town in order to rebuild it as Pienza<\/a> (named after him). It was meant to be and still is the ideal Renaissance city and is full of innovative architecture. That is, “innovative” to a Renaissance person, yet still wondrous to us.<\/p>\n Pienza is also full of great, great cheese. One such cheese, Corsignano, is occasionally available here, in the top cheese markets. Its name is the pre-Pienza name of the town.<\/p>\n Pienza is so gorgeous, it has starred in movies \u2212 “The English Patient” and “Midsummer Night’s Dream” both used it as a location.<\/p>\n Moreover, it was a Piccolomini, a former student, who, despite being a churchman himself, gave sanctuary and succor to Galileo after his heresy trial.<\/p>\n I am very fond of the radical Piccolominis, of their private town, of women’s rights, and of such lawsuits, so I wish Ms. Bernadette very well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From John Marzulli at the Daily News: They ‘View’ed me as too old: lawsuit A 63-year-old former producer for ABC’s “The View” claims in an age discrimination lawsuit the show ordered her to relocate to Los Angeles as a pretext … Continue reading