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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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Looky-looky, we’ve got Hooky!
For this episode, Morgan takes Tom back to 1991 and the history of the classic Peter Pan movie Hook, starring the late great Robin Williams.
In the episode, we drunkenly discuss:
- Our genuine surprise at the movie's bad reviews
- How Michael Jackson could have been Peter Pan
- Was Rufio cool or lame?
- The underrated brilliance of Bob Hoskins
- Why Thudbutt was the greatest cinema character of all time
- The incredible food scene
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