Hoodlum Review

October 5, 2024Leave a comment

It’s the Great Depression and Bumpy doesn’t wanna shine shoes or carry bags for white men. According to Johnson the numbers provide jobs to 2000 black Harlemites and Gordon says the odds of a dime to $6 can provide groceries for a month. Francine encourages Bumby that there are colored accountants, doctors and lawyers, at first she makes fun of his street name ‘Bumpy’ and instead calls him Ellsworth. He’s not going to change but we see his charisma when he recites a poem about her eyes. When Bumpy and Gordon rob Schultz's men they go to the UNIA soup line and give all the money they stole directly to the people.

Posthumous Review

September 17, 2019April 1, 2020Leave a comment

Posthumous is the first feature written and produced by The Farewell’s Lulu Wang. When I really like a movie I go and try and found out everything I can about the project and the creators who made it. So after watching The Farewell I ended up watching a video interview where Wang mentions her first … Continue reading Posthumous Review

Chef’s Review

September 2, 2019April 1, 2020Leave a comment

I just finished watching Jon Favreau’s Chef. I heard about this film a lot but I never was able to see the film whether because I couldn’t afford to rent or subscribe to a streaming site. First of all, I love food. One of my favorite things to do is to eat food that … Continue reading Chef’s Review

500 Days of Ruby Sparks

January 19, 2018September 22, 2019Leave a comment

I feel there needs to be separate distinction with the MPDG trope.

I feel in film there are two categories with Manic Pixie Dream Girls, those who fit the trope and those who turn it on its head.

Though often lumped in with works like Elizabethtown and Garden State I believe that 500 Days of Summer is actually the later.

Summer is a reflection of Tom's thoughts and with Ruby Sparks the protagonist is literally a writer creating the one he loves.

The Resurgence: A look at Black Hollywood from Stepin Fetchit to ShondaLand

May 28, 2016September 22, 2019Leave a comment

Blacks have been portrayed in media since cinema has begun.

Starting from minstrel shows, complete with blackface, working actors like Mantan Moreland & Stepin Fetchit kept working by taking the only roles available but even with the degrading roles their talent shone throughout.

Decades after the groundbreaking Beulah & controversial Amos & Andy the birth of The Jeffersons, spinning off from All In The Family, was arguably one of the first examples of a black American family prospering on television. This Emmy award winning show is one of the longest running shows in American television history.

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