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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Review of S11 E02 — Ghost Monument
- Segun Akinola’s theme sampled Delia Derbyshire’s original arrangement
- Which was also used for The Day of the Doctor
- The YW hasn’t seen much Three but was already familiar with Venusian Aikido
- We refer to Watsonian vs. Doylist perspectives
- The Stenza first appeared in The Woman Who Fell to Earth
- Andrew Cartmel was interviewed on New to Who
- How do you know it’s a duck pond?
- The self-lighting cigar was an example of Chekov’s Gun
We are also at handwavium.net & on Twitter @handwavium
59 episodes
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Review of S11 E02 — Ghost Monument
- Segun Akinola’s theme sampled Delia Derbyshire’s original arrangement
- Which was also used for The Day of the Doctor
- The YW hasn’t seen much Three but was already familiar with Venusian Aikido
- We refer to Watsonian vs. Doylist perspectives
- The Stenza first appeared in The Woman Who Fell to Earth
- Andrew Cartmel was interviewed on New to Who
- How do you know it’s a duck pond?
- The self-lighting cigar was an example of Chekov’s Gun
We are also at handwavium.net & on Twitter @handwavium
59 episodes
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