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Heeeere’s Janet! The “For Colored Girls…” Movie Posters Debut

Here’s one of the series of character publicity posters for Tyler Perry’s upcoming film adaptation of Ntozake Shange‘s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf… You can see the rest of them by clicking here … Continue reading

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The SPB Q: Barry Michael Cooper

{I remember seeing New Jack City the first time and thinking, Damn, my friend wrote that! I also remember tearing up at the end of Sugar Hill and thinking the same thing. Both viewings were in small New York screening … Continue reading

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Race, Fandom, and The Years of Living Mel-lessly

{I know the right way to approach the Mel Gibson story (if you don’t know about his racist, misogynistic outbursts caught on tape you  might wanna read this first) is to be either hiply cynical (y’all sure he didn’t say … Continue reading

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Catching Up…

Quote of the Day: “The freaks are rising up through the floor …” Oasis, “Bag It Up” Getting Updated:  The year’s almost over and I’ve heard a bunch of new records but the only one I’ve been playing over and … Continue reading

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