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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Side Quest: Three Things The Hexer Does Better Than Netflix’s Witcher
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We’re not going to say that The Hexer is a good show. (We’re nowhere near drunk enough for that.) But the 2002 Polish production isn’t entirely without merit. In fact, for all its why-is-Ciri-wearing-a-gimp-mask strangeness, there are some things The Hexer does quite well. Perhaps even better than Netflix’s Witcher series. In our latest bonus episode, which doubles as our official goodbye to our Hexer season, we reveal what those things are, as each of us lists off three things that The Hexer does better than its Cavill-clad counterpart. Plus, for the first time in the history of our podcast, Producer Sean has a Segment of Surprise! And no, it’s not randomly revealing that he knows how to make himself disappear.
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We’re not going to say that The Hexer is a good show. (We’re nowhere near drunk enough for that.) But the 2002 Polish production isn’t entirely without merit. In fact, for all its why-is-Ciri-wearing-a-gimp-mask strangeness, there are some things The Hexer does quite well. Perhaps even better than Netflix’s Witcher series. In our latest bonus episode, which doubles as our official goodbye to our Hexer season, we reveal what those things are, as each of us lists off three things that The Hexer does better than its Cavill-clad counterpart. Plus, for the first time in the history of our podcast, Producer Sean has a Segment of Surprise! And no, it’s not randomly revealing that he knows how to make himself disappear.
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