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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We begin our loving journey into the abyss of overthinking Ernest P. Worrell. This week, laugh and scratch your head with us over the TV spots that started it all.
In this episode:
- What? Why even?
- WHO is Ernest? WHAT is Ernest? What?
- Remember all those commercials? No? It’s ok, we’ll remind you.
- The craft of Ernest TV spots
- Who is Vern? ????? ????????????????????? Question mark???
- Ernest’s wife Edna
- Ernest bloopers are hilarious
- *electrocution* *scream*
- Etc.
47 episodes
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We begin our loving journey into the abyss of overthinking Ernest P. Worrell. This week, laugh and scratch your head with us over the TV spots that started it all.
In this episode:
- What? Why even?
- WHO is Ernest? WHAT is Ernest? What?
- Remember all those commercials? No? It’s ok, we’ll remind you.
- The craft of Ernest TV spots
- Who is Vern? ????? ????????????????????? Question mark???
- Ernest’s wife Edna
- Ernest bloopers are hilarious
- *electrocution* *scream*
- Etc.
47 episodes
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