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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Austin Powers vs So I Married an Axe Murder
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It's Mike Myers week on the podcast for some unknown reason, and our two majestic co-hosts are joined by LA comedians Aviva Siegel and Land Smith to discuss the worst scene in 1997's Austin Powers, a film that ponders what the world would be like if James Bond was ugly and weird vs the best scene in 1993's So I Married an Axe Murderer, a movie that accurately depicts San Francisco's bottomless tolerance for bad poetry readings.
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It's Mike Myers week on the podcast for some unknown reason, and our two majestic co-hosts are joined by LA comedians Aviva Siegel and Land Smith to discuss the worst scene in 1997's Austin Powers, a film that ponders what the world would be like if James Bond was ugly and weird vs the best scene in 1993's So I Married an Axe Murderer, a movie that accurately depicts San Francisco's bottomless tolerance for bad poetry readings.
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