In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Episode 64 - Cult Following (Cobra)
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We're a witness to another of Sylvester Stallone's films here on the Arms Race podcast, as we testify to the relative merits of the 1986 action-thriller, Cobra! On this episode, Mike and Kevin discuss a thoroughly food-obsessed screenplay, a police sketch artist more suited for the funny pages, an orange grove whose produce is unlikely to pass government inspection, a photographer whose amorous advances tick all the wrong boxes, and a cargo van capable of sending well-meaning security guards into the nearest convenient parallel dimension.
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We're a witness to another of Sylvester Stallone's films here on the Arms Race podcast, as we testify to the relative merits of the 1986 action-thriller, Cobra! On this episode, Mike and Kevin discuss a thoroughly food-obsessed screenplay, a police sketch artist more suited for the funny pages, an orange grove whose produce is unlikely to pass government inspection, a photographer whose amorous advances tick all the wrong boxes, and a cargo van capable of sending well-meaning security guards into the nearest convenient parallel dimension.
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