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We Need To Talk About SNL’s Sexist Double-Standard
We Need To Talk About SNL’s Sexist Double-Standard
We Need To Talk About SNL’s Sexist Double-Standard
Last week, SNL writer Kate Rich shared a tasteless joke on social media; within hours, the writer was suspended indefinitely (fired). What makes this case different from prior controversies involving the show’s writers and performers? Rich is a woman, and on SNL (as in many real life circumstances), women are not afforded the opportunity to screw up
10 Essential Films and TV Shows To Get You Through Inauguration Day
10 Essential Films and TV Shows To Get You Through Inauguration Day
10 Essential Films and TV Shows To Get You Through Inauguration Day
Let’s be honest, 2016 was a garbage year, but 2017 and the years ahead don’t look all that bright either. The current state of American politics is part chaos, part circus, part something right out of a dystopian novel. Regardless of who you voted for last November, the truth is we’re about to enter a new era of American politics, one that’s already concerning for many, and especially terrifying for American minorities. But as film lovers and critics, we often look to the screen to help us through the struggles we’re faced with outside the movie theater. Beyond entertainment, art has the power to lend us strength, hope, and inspiration. It can educate us, give us a vessel for catharsis, and enable us to build empathy for those we identify with on screen, as well as those we may not. In many ways, art’s impact is vital now more than ever.
Would ‘Passengers’ Work Better As a Horror Movie?
Would ‘Passengers’ Work Better As a Horror Movie?
Would ‘Passengers’ Work Better As a Horror Movie?
We need to talk about Passengers. The new Sony film from director Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) and screenwriter Jon Spaihts (Prometheus, Doctor Strange) stars Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence as two people who fall in love in space. But this space romance isn’t as innocent as it sounds.
How Hollywood Can Improve Asian Representation in Hollywood
How Hollywood Can Improve Asian Representation in Hollywood
How Hollywood Can Improve Asian Representation in Hollywood
From Tilda Swinton in Doctor Strange to Scarlet Johansson in Ghost in the Shell, 2016 has seen a handful of white actors get cast in roles originally depicted as Asian. Whitewashing reached a new high these year, with multiple film and TV projects failing to represent Asian characters, and fans aren’t happy. Social media campaigns and online petitions have sprung up in response calling out Hollywood for continuing to erase Asian faces from screens.