green book
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‘The Blind Side’ and Other Films That Use the White Savior Trope
Movies such as The Blind Side, The Help, and Green Book are prototypical White savior films.
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Shirley, You Must Be Playing: Green Book Writer Says He Didn't Know Musician's Family 'Existed' While Making Film
In a disappointing but not altogether surprising left-turn that soured one of the most inclusive, entertaining Oscar ceremonies in memory, Green Book, a racial reconciliation fantasy written for white people, by white people secured the Academy Award for Best Picture. Green Book also won awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor in Supporting Role,…
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Spike Lee Needed More Than Tea After Green Book Won the Oscar for Best Picture
After multiple Oscar nominations and an honorary award, Spike Lee finally won a competitive Oscar for co-writing the adapted screenplay for his film, BlacKkKlansman. However, he still had to take a backseat to Green Book, which won Best Picture of the year. Backstage, Spike channeled our best drunk uncle and had a few words to…
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom Documentary Provides a Guide to the Truth We Deserve
When Green Book premiered in theaters, one of the biggest complaints of the film was a simple and egregious oversight: Despite the title of the film, not one black person is seen actually touching the book which inspired the film’s title. On Sunday night, February 24, Green Book took home three major Academy Awards: Best…
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2019 Oscars: Regina BEEN King
There may not have been any Kevin Hart yelling “nooooo, I wasn’t ready!” to any of the nominees, but the 91st Academy Awards brought the blackness. February 2019 has provided us a horrible Black History Month so far, but queens such as Regina King and blackety-black films such as Black Panther swooped in to save…
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2019 BAFTAs: Letitia Wright Is Officially a Rising Star
While everyone in the music business took over Hollywood this past weekend, the silver screen squad descended upon London for the 2019 EE British Academy Film Awards. We usually refer to them (and their television counterpart) as the BAFTAs, as the awards are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The television…
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SAG Awards 2019: Sterling K. Brown Double-Fists Statuettes as This Is Us and Black Panther Take Home Ensemble Wins
And “The Actor” goes to… Blackness! On a warm and sunny January 27th evening in Los Angeles, the 25th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards shined at the Shrine Auditorium so thespians could celebrate their peers. While not as lauded as the Emmys or Oscars, award ceremonies by unions such as SAG-AFTRA and WGA always seems…
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Green Book Writer Nick Vallelonga Faces Stop Sign—Deletes Twitter Following Backlash Over 2015 Anti-Muslim Tweet
There’s no sugar-coated way to say it—Green Book is in deep shit. The film, based on the (supposed) friendship between Tony “Lip” Vallelonga and acclaimed pianist Dr. Don Shirley, is just what the white “I have black friends” audience ordered to soothe their souls for another year. Following its Golden Globe wins, many people took…
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2019 Golden Globes: Regina King Rightfully Takes Her Throne
We’ve all come (to our couches), seen and conquered the 76th Annual Golden Globes. Idris Elba introducing this year’s Golden Globe Ambassador (also known as “Miss Golden Globe”), his 17-year-old daughter Isan Elba, was unbelievably adorable—I definitely felt things. The statuettes Isan helped hand out were very much golden (with a new look!), but were…