Black Kids in Space: Afrofuturism and Mainstream Comedy
We have to lead with our imagination, not with preconceived limitations.
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...moreSissy Spacek still radiates youth and innocence when she enters a room.
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...moreI didn’t want to criticize her, or demand explanations from her. I just wanted to hear her speak.
...moreIf there is no distinction between show and commercial, ethics and entertainment, what kind of distinctions, if any, exists between her imaginary play, her consumer life, and our reality?
...moreCritics have noted how The Keepers is similar to other prestige documentaries but with a significant difference—its focus on the victims and their stories.
...moreWhat I’m saying is I was a fucking wreck and it’s not my dad’s fault.
...moreThis show’s true strength is its diverse portrayal of African-American subjectivity and morality, amongst both the male and female characters.
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...moreWhen those in power stifle the voices of survivors, they find other ways of expressing their truths.
...moreDirector Mark Osborne describes to Vulture how he adapted Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince into an animated film: “When you’re reading the book, you’re told over and over again in the text, ‘These drawings aren’t very good,’ and you’re actually being tricked into imagining the reality Saint-Exupéry was trying to depict,” says Osborne.“There’s a charm to those […]
...moreBecause Cooked samples from all of its predecessors in style and topic, it becomes a show that can’t be pigeonholed into the tired and dry mechanisms of foodie-media.
...moreBBC One and Netflix are joining forces to produce a four-part miniseries of Watership Down. The new series intends to give the female rabbits a more prevalent role: On the bright side, Aitken did announce the miniseries’ intent to strengthen the roles of the female rabbits, an element of Adams’ original novel that often garners […]
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...moreVickie Stringer talks about her first novel Let That Be the Reason, her Triple Crown Publishing venture, life in prison, and making hip-hop literature.
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...moreI’m a comfort watcher… I retreat into the worlds I know well, with characters that are friends, with outcomes I already understand.
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...moreLibraries are not “Netflix for books,” Kelly Jensen argues over at BookRiot, but serve as centers of their communities. Corporations like Netflix are driven by profits, while libraries, at least in North America, are free for their users. The real danger is in training people to think of libraries not as essential public services, but […]
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