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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 157 is here! We kick off our Horror Parodies Month with a look at Scary Movie from 2000. How well has this film stood up? How does it work as a parody and how well does it lampoon the films its poking fun at? How subjective is comedy and how do we hold this film now to the standards of the past? We also discuss the sequels and spinoffs this film helped to spawn and whether or not that was a good or bad thing. We also get into what makes a good parody and if the art of the parody is now dead. All of this and lots more in this new episode
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