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 22: Wild Things (with Alisha Grauso)
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It's been twenty years since Neve Campbell and Denise Richard jumped into a pool together, and Chris and Drew wonder if Wild Things was a legit thriller masquerading as softcore or just lurid trash. This John McNaughton-directed feature co-stars Matt Dillon, Teresa Russell and Kevin Bacon's penis, and this discussion of the film co-stars Alisha Grauso and multiple references to what was okay in 1998 but seems super awkward today.
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It's been twenty years since Neve Campbell and Denise Richard jumped into a pool together, and Chris and Drew wonder if Wild Things was a legit thriller masquerading as softcore or just lurid trash. This John McNaughton-directed feature co-stars Matt Dillon, Teresa Russell and Kevin Bacon's penis, and this discussion of the film co-stars Alisha Grauso and multiple references to what was okay in 1998 but seems super awkward today.
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