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 130 - This Is What Happened To The Rom-Com
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Your three favorite millennials are joined by guest Krystala Skordalos to talk about the revival of a genre once thought to be dead: the rom-com. With Crazy Rich Asians, Juliet Naked, Destination Wedding, and Netflix's slate of rom-coms, it looks like the genre is making a comeback! Or is it? Plus: Krystala is helping out with a celebrity live-reading of The Goonies, Anya takes a bloody trip down memory lane with True Blood, Willoughby is watching Buzzfeed Unsolved, and HT caps off Asian August with Searching.
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Your three favorite millennials are joined by guest Krystala Skordalos to talk about the revival of a genre once thought to be dead: the rom-com. With Crazy Rich Asians, Juliet Naked, Destination Wedding, and Netflix's slate of rom-coms, it looks like the genre is making a comeback! Or is it? Plus: Krystala is helping out with a celebrity live-reading of The Goonies, Anya takes a bloody trip down memory lane with True Blood, Willoughby is watching Buzzfeed Unsolved, and HT caps off Asian August with Searching.
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