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It would take just over a year, it would turn out, for the absurdity of Megyn Kelly Today’s founding proposition to come to its full fruition.
“I think it’s so important to see a confident, outspoken, man bun-sporting Asian man on screen,” says actor Alexander Hodge.
Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs teamed up with lifelong friend Rafael Casal for a rhythmic, funny, earnest take on their native Oakland.
Through the characters, The Purge explores the issues of the day, whether it’s race or class or the reality of a really small percentage of people getting all the power.
Prison Strike; Superdelegates and Race; Star-crossed Platonics; New Patriotism; Pinterest Meets 8chan; Animal Crackers
The US is getting more diverse. As more Americans realize this new future, it is changing how cultural and political divides take shape.
Representation alone isn’t enough to make a show political. You have to do something with it. Claws finds a way to tie its characters to a broader political narrative in almost every episode.
Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, and Armie Hammer star in the exhilarating directorial debut from rapper Boots Riley.
Bourdain engaged without fetishizing, touristed with ease, in the way of a person who’s been toggling between identities so long, the act of meeting a stranger from a strange land is the only familiar feeling.
The Starz adaptation of Stephanie Danler’s novel immerses us in the sexual, racial and personal politics of the kitchen.
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