Ming is brought into the "Asian Mafia," and eventually becomes leader—then eventually becomes ousted. Netflix isn't wrong. And honestly, we can't believe we never noticed how weird it is that Mayor McCoy is constantly making time to meet with Jughead, Betty, and what seems like the entire population of Riverdale High. Come to think of it, the high-profile officials onRiverdale He also talked about how he prepared for those scenes, and how, "as an actor I felt a lot of responsibility to accurately portray the pain and humiliation that one can go through when they're assaulted in this way, especially with the stigma around sexual assault with men." It’s such a precarious platform to base your self-esteem on because it’s so unstable. There are instances in the first half of the book where Emma is rejected, where her sense of her own beauty is challenged, and she can’t cope with that because this is what she is basing her self-esteem on. She is really incapable of handling that rejection in a mature way without taking it personally. This is what she’s been told is the only thing that matters, and if that is challenged, she feels completely lost.TV