KindredRecap: Double Consciousness

Kindred Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Ive always related heavily to W.E.B Du Boiss concept ofdouble consciousness. For lack of a better word, I was born woke when many people were still asleep. Im the daughter of a radical. So when I first readKindred, I felt validated. And Im sitting here wondering,Where is all of this in the show? A quote fromKindredthat encompasses the books mission pops up if Dana witnesses her first whipping....

December 16, 2022 · 3 min · 570 words · Matthew Black

MerrilyRolls Along to Broadway

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The show opened on Broadway in 1981 and was considered a promisingly scored disaster. But the show that contains them is a shambles.Merrilyclosed after 16 performances. This version will be the shows first time on Broadway since 1981. Get ready, everybody, because itsMerrilys time. Related Tags:

December 16, 2022 · 1 min · 61 words · Alexander Jefferson

Netflix Has PutBlockbusterOut of Business After One Season

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The workplace sitcom fromBrooklyn Nine-NineandSuperstorewriter Vanessa Ramos putRandall ParkandMelissa Fumeroto work as employees at the lastBlockbustervideo storein the world. The show starred Park as Timmy, a manager who was determined to keep his dying business open. But hey, Timmy shouldnt feel too bad. Sources Related Tags:

December 16, 2022 · 1 min · 61 words · Margaret Mckenzie

Oscar Futures: CanAvatar: The Way of WaterGo the Way of Its Predecessor?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Im reminded ofLittle Women, another female-led contender that suffered some shocking snubs at the Globes. Can these debating Mennonites become enough of a Cause to rebound anyway? (At which point a million Oscar pundits cried out in unison, Sucha Globes pick. But those whod pegged Deadwyler as a sleeper for the win may want to reconsider....

December 16, 2022 · 1 min · 90 words · Nicole Wheeler

Putting the Unsaid at the Center:The Far CountryandDes Moines

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Whats in a name? In Lloyd SuhsThe Far Country, hell calculate the exact value for you in dollars and cents. The Far Countryhas an epic sweep, but the play breaks down into a series of long negotiations. Eventually hell earn far more than he could as a farmer, but not without years of indentured work....

December 16, 2022 · 1 min · 208 words · Samuel Craig

Slow HorsesRecap: Thumbs-Down

Slow Horses Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. So … about that meeting with Ilya Nevsky. (A medical examiner would have quite a puzzle to determine the cause of death here.) It turns out to be the code number for Lambs favorite Asian noodle dish. And he will stroll calmly into any space to get to the bottom of it. (Dont ask him to run, though....

December 16, 2022 · 1 min · 142 words · Mr. Edward Clark II

South SideRecap: Gotham Rises

South Side Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. DC Comics has milked material out of one of its greatest villains in theBatmanuniverse, the Joker. South Sidehas always played around with the comical realities of class antagonism. Turner eventually joins after getting her arrest to flip by threatening to delete his entire game history. Goodnight, reeling at this revelation, accuses his wife of emotional infidelity....

December 16, 2022 · 1 min · 123 words · Katherine Carlson

Stephen Lang on Quaritch’s Return From the Dead inAvatar: The Way of Water

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Cameron confirmed to Lang years ago that his hypermacho military baddie would be back. I was like, Thats great, Lang recalls. I believe he did me no favors in saying that Quaritch is the Darth Vader of this film. Its like, c’mon, dont put that on me! Darth Vader is Darth Vader. But inThe Way of Water, Quaritch is back kind of....

December 16, 2022 · 4 min · 794 words · Thomas Newman

The Best Animated TV Shows of 2022

Lets rewind time on a year ofPrimal,Undone, andLouder and Prouder. Best of 2022 The best entertainment of the year, as chosen by Vultures critics. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. 10.The Goodbye Family 10. The Goodbye Familyis pretty different from every other show on this list. 9.Lost Ollie 9. 8.Undone, season two 8. 7.Pantheon 7. 6.Harley Quinn, season three 6. Anytime you think the DC film and television universes lack joy, you might rely uponHarley Quinn....

December 16, 2022 · 2 min · 225 words · Matthew Lawrence

TheTwin PeaksSong That Was Threatened With a Rachmaninoff Lawsuit

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Here, Landrum reminisces about helping create the sonic landscape for that famed Pacific Northwest town. I was recommended to Angelo by the recording-studio owner named Art Polhemus. He had asked Art who could do this gig and he recommended me. Angelo gave me a call first. He wanted to see what I was able to accomplish with synthesizers....

December 16, 2022 · 3 min · 531 words · Megan Arnold

This Is the Live-actionBeauty and the BeastWe Always Deserved

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Until last night, I only knew H.E.R. The cast of this thing is stacked with H.E.R. does an electric-guitar solo in the middle of Beauty and the Beast, and it works). Shania Twain as Mrs. Potts? David Alan Grier as Cogsworth in giant hoop-pantaloons (like a hoop-skirt but pantaloons)? We havent had a live broadcast musical in a bit....

December 16, 2022 · 1 min · 76 words · Jennifer Riley

TV Abortions Seriously Underrepresent the Most Common Abortion Method

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Abortions on TVdo not look like abortions in real life (most of the time). The report noted that a typical abortion circumstance includes a parent struggling to make ends meet. This year is no different. Are they fetishizing it and using it because its gratuitous? What does it say? Since the Supreme Court overruledRoev.Wade, anti-choice organizations have a new target....

December 16, 2022 · 1 min · 77 words · Todd Brown

We’re HereRecap: Silos and Strip Malls

Were Here Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. It seems like a weird spot in general. Next up is Josh, a bisexual dad of two elementary-aged kids. People perceive my wife and I as a normal straight couple with two children, he says. But Im bisexual, and its part of who I am. Eureka meets Josh in a horse barn where he works helping people with their equine therapy....

December 16, 2022 · 2 min · 336 words · Elizabeth Dillon