I keep clicking with the remote, looking for something good. Something juicy. You know, it's by pure luck that I caught Dominique and Trina on channel nine. And I'm like, wow. I finally know real people on television. And to think, I was there when it all went down. I could have been on that news program being interviewed. I knew all about it from start to finish. I just look at the TV and I can't believe it. I just can't believe it. (35.18)
We can't believe it either, Leticia. But for totally different reasons.
Leticia is the one person who could have prevented the attack on Trina. She could have told Trina. She could have told her teacher who noticed her pen tapping. She could have told the secretary when talking to her about French class. She has a bunch of chances to make the situation right, and she chooses each time not to.
And then Trina is in the hospital for weeks. From the coma she's in to the reconstructive facial surgeries to the brain damage she suffers, her life will absolutely never be the same again. So while Dominique is the person who beats Trina up, it's Leticia who allows the beating to take place. She shares the blame.
So when Leticia feels no responsibility for what happens to Trina, when she only looks at Trina and Dominique through the lens of an entertainment consumer, we cringe a little—okay, a lot—because Dominique's fall and Trina's climb out of a coma are just dirt to Leticia. It's all just gossip, "Something juicy." Dominique and Trina aren't even real people to Leticia, even though she went to school with them, and instead just actors in the drama that Leticia seeks.
The worst part is that Leticia will continue to seek this drama. Because of her lack of empathy, she will continue to view people whose lives are destroyed as entertainment. But then, their lives aren't her business, unless she wants a front seat at the show.