Anyone who’s read and loved A Wrinkle in Time probably thought they knew exactly what was up when the book came on screen. In episode 3 of Ted Lasso, Coach Lasso gives each of his players a gift-wrapped book. “’There are some gifts up in y’all’s lockers.’ Like […]
Vanity Fair interviews the legendary James Hong. “My parents obviously wanted me to be something other than an actor. I said, ‘I’ll be an engineer,” because I like to build things.’ I went into the Army for the Korean War. After two years of that, I didn’t know […]
At Graveyard Shift Sisters, friend of the Gutter Ashlee Blackwell considers the horrific, Black horror, the white gaze and the Black subject among other things in her profile of Dianca London Potts. “Dianca’s exemplary analysis makes her an exciting, sobering voice in pop culture criticism. This Bucks County, Pennsylvania dropout […]
It’s a very special episode of Bitches On Comics! “We talk to special guest host Stephanie Williams about the Static Shock holiday special ‘Froze Out.’ We discuss how Virgil is the only hero who really seems to get the point of Christmas, how the series tackles homelessness and […]
It’s annual list time where I share things I liked in the last year. I usually try to write about things I haven’t written about before, but the world is not what it was and perhaps next year I will be back to that or perhaps on to […]
Though a good/evil distinction is present in most narratives, when it comes to professional wrestling the dynamic between babyfaces (good guys) and heels (bad guys) is uniquely important. In an entertainment medium that lives and dies based on the reactions and whims of the live audience, it’s critical […]