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The Candyman Can Because Yes, Gentrification Deserves Its Own Horror Flick
Jordan Peele is pretty good at this whole horror thing. In 2017’s Get Out, he schooled us with a satirical take on the perils of benevolent racism, while 2019’s Us was a duplicitous mind fuck in itself. This time around, with Candyman—a spiritual successor to the 1992 original, helmed by the bold and brilliant Nia…
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'Feeling Grateful and Free': Tiffany Boone Makes Statement Regarding Exit From The Chi and Jason Mitchell Allegations
Tiffany Boone is reclaiming her narrative. The actress had exited The Chi in 2018, prior to the series’ second season premiere. The following year, in May, the former showrunner, Ayanna Floyd, gave a detailed statement to The Hollywood Reporter regarding allegations of misconduct against Jason Mitchell. Floyd said she and Boone had filed a complaint…
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The African American Film Critics Association Selects Jordan Peele’s Us as 2019 Film of the Year
The blackest group of critics are back with their picks for the best of the best during the 2019 movie season! That’s right, you don’t have to worry about our black excellence not being recognized (you know, since other folks have apparently lost their minds), because the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) is back…
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Beyond Us: Taking the Advice of Jordan Peele, 11-Year-Old Evan Alex Is Writing His Own Horror Script
It was March 2019 and we were all sitting in our respective local theaters, watching Jordan Peele’s Us. We subsequently became freaked out listening to Red’s (Lupita Nyong’o) cracked voice as she started her eerie backstory with, “Once upon a time, there was a girl and the girl had a shadow.” Well, it looks like…
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Jordan Peele Inks 5-Year Moviemaking Deal With Universal Pictures
Moviemaker Jordan Peele is obviously a hitmaker, with his blockbuster debut, Get Out, and his follow-up hit, Us. But with a new five-year production deal he’s inked with Universal Pictures, Peele is set to be a king (or queen) maker, too. The major studio announced Tuesday that it had entered into a five-year exclusive production…
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We Will Have It, Oh! In Rare Show of Unity, Internet Throws Draws at Winston Duke’s Squat Form
We have watched and listened for the human mountains! We have watched with lust as your thigh meat advancements have been overseen by The Root staff, who scoffs at having chill. And now you want to hand over this thirst trap to the world, which could not keep its own thirst contained. We will have…
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'America Supports Sheriff Clarke' Billboard Is the Horrifying Us Follow-Up Nobody Asked For
With his directorial debut Get Out and its record-breaking successor Us, Jordan Peele has reinvigorated a horror genre that was short on ingenuity and diverse representation. But on the south side of Milwaukee, another low-budget debut threatens to dethrone the Academy-Award winning filmmaker. “What the—?” an unnamed onlooker mutters in disbelief. “Why?” WISN 12 reports…
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How to Be a Strong Black Family Man: The World According to Gabriel Wilson in Jordan Peele’s Us
There is an old Negro saying: If you want to get a black woman to shut the F up, actually listen to her! (I swear I heard my grandmother say that to my grandfather once). I come from a long line of mouthy women married to strong black men who loved them fiercely—a dynamic I…