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Euphoria and Colman Domingo Delivered the Best Phone Call Scene I've Ever Seen, and I Still Can't Get It Out of My Head
So, during my conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates earlier this week, he mentioned that he wants his work to “haunt” those who read it, where (paraphrasing) it sticks in their heads and they can’t extract it. I’ve had similar conversations with other writers—and others across the creative spectrum—and this feeling is universal among them. Us, I…
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Issa Rae Is Producing a Comedy Series Based on a Podcast About Well-Meaning White Folks and School Integration
Issa Rae is continuing her “No Sleep” tour and has another project in the works! According to Variety, Issa has teamed up with writer-director-producer Adam McKay to produce a half-hour comedy series for HBO, adapted from the Serial Productions podcast Nice White Parents. Issa will executive produce with Montrel McKay under her new production company…
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20 Spoiler-Filled Questions After Finally Watching HBO's The Undoing
I watched HBO’s The Undoing, and I have questions. 1. Why would he try to burn the murder thing in a janky outdoor fire pit when the whole ass ocean is literally right there? 2. Do rich whites (“the wich”) just not have ceilings in their homes? 3. Is there a ceiling-less house level of…
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This Is Not a Drill: You Can Score Rare Cover Art From HBO's Lovecraft Country
If you’re still rewatching the first (and we hope not the last) season of HBO’s Lovecraft Country and finding new Easter eggs to intrigue and amaze, you’re not alone. The action-packed series spanned genres and eras, expanding our scope of what Black storytelling—and Black heroes—can look like, complete with gorgeous cinematography, costumes, and showstopping special…
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Trailer for HBO Adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me Promises a Gripping Production This November
The promised HBO adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ award-winning nonfiction work Between The World and Me is set to premiere in a matter of days, and the network has released a stunning trailer to further build anticipation. The trailer features a veritable who’s-who of Black Hollywood. As previously reported by The Root, the cast for the…
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Induction of Whitney Houston and Notorious B.I.G into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to Air on HBO This Weekend
After announcing in January that Whitney Houston and the Notorious B.I.G. are among the 2020 Inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Foundation behind the exhibit soon had to swerve from its planned live induction ceremony this May in Cleveland due to considerations of COVID-19. Luckily, fans of the powerhouse singer…
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The Safe Negro Guide to Lovecraft Country: 'Full Circle'
I have been telling y’all from the very beginning of our journey through HBO’s Lovecraft Country: Genre matters. So (major spoiler alert), Tic and Ruby are dead? Lies from the pit of hell! This is another reason why genre (and the knowledge of its tropes) is important. Ain’t nobody ever really dead in a horror…
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The Safe Negro Guide to Lovecraft Country: 'Rewind 1921'
Did you catch the fire? Sunday’s journey through Lovecraft Country was full of hope—as passed down to us by our ancestors and living elders. It might seem an odd takeaway that an episode beginning with a hexed Dee coming dangerously close to becoming a Topsy twin (uh, triplet? I’m still having nightmares about them damn…
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The Safe Negro Guide to Lovecraft Country: 'Jig-a-Bobo'
Multi-orgasmic sex while molting your white-woman skin? Running from creepy twin pickaninny caricatures? Saved from gunfire by a concrete shoggoth? It must be Episode 8 of HBO’s Lovecraft Country! Last Sunday was a welcome respite from watching The Masque of the Red Death play out in real-time on our nightly news, but you want to…
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The Safe Negro Guide to Lovecraft Country: 'I Am.'
Welcome back to Lovecraft Country! Wow! Talk about the Afrofuture! Talk about Black feminism! Episode 7, “I Am.” hit all of my academic erogenous zones and I can’t wait to dig into it with you. First, I want to address a critique of Lovecraft Country I haven’t addressed in this space, which came up while…