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 58 - The Twilight Kingdom
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After visiting the 13th Doctor last week we return to the 8th this week and the Divergent Universe arc with the punishingly average The Twilight Kingdom. Just how excited can Kevin and JG get about a bunch of caves? How many interchangeable characters will they find it possible to care about? Plus, since there's simply no way to get three-quarters of an hour out of this play, there's time for a discussion of Big Finish at large, focussing on how things are going now and what's working and what's not. There's also a discussion of the writers Big Finish use, and whether they are now simply producing too much material, plus a notional and not-altogheter-convincing attempt to link it back to this week's episode. Yes, why not listen to two people struggling to find anything remotely interesting to say about this play!
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After visiting the 13th Doctor last week we return to the 8th this week and the Divergent Universe arc with the punishingly average The Twilight Kingdom. Just how excited can Kevin and JG get about a bunch of caves? How many interchangeable characters will they find it possible to care about? Plus, since there's simply no way to get three-quarters of an hour out of this play, there's time for a discussion of Big Finish at large, focussing on how things are going now and what's working and what's not. There's also a discussion of the writers Big Finish use, and whether they are now simply producing too much material, plus a notional and not-altogheter-convincing attempt to link it back to this week's episode. Yes, why not listen to two people struggling to find anything remotely interesting to say about this play!
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