Television
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Issa Rae Says Insecure Would Not Work With a Predominantly White Staff
Insecure is now in its third season, and the show’s success lies in its unapologetic blackness—something that the black people who watch it can relate to. In a recent interview, Issa Rae said the show’s magic is rooted in its predominantly minority crew and the fact that it doesn’t try to explain blackness to nonblack…
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The VSB Group Chat: Insecure Season 3, Episode 4, 'Fresh-Like' Recap
Ain’t no need for an intro, we in this and we are finally, finally (FINALLY!!!) getting somewhere! So let’s jump into this weekly discussion with Jouelzy and Panama on season 3 of Insecure. Jouelzy: Molly is so indifferent to Daniel, it’s like, damn, is she that unable to cut the poor boy some slack? I…
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Wendell Pierce Is a Black Man
Everybody knows Wendell Pierce. Even if you never saw him play the hard-drinking, cigar-smoking, laissez-faire “Bunk” Moreland on The Wire, the greatest television show that ever aired on television, you have met him before. While nothing or no one (not even Pierce himself) could ever tell me that he doesn’t really play the trombone like…
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The First Mystery in Season 3 of True Detective Is WTF Is Up With Mahershala Ali’s Wig?
I did not watch the previous iterations of True Detective. Not for any particular reason, really. I generally like dark and deliberate murder mysteries—I had to resuscitate myself to write this after Sharp Objects killed me last night—but there just wasn’t any room for True Detective on the plate of shows I actively watch. This…
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Dear Everybody Involved With Creating Last Night’s Episode of Power, THANK YOU! Here’s My Night in GIFs
I was going to write a whole-ass, spoiler-free post to share my glee at last night’s episode of Power. If you’ll remember, way back yonder, I wrote an article explaining why I was watching the show this season: Basically, I’m just waiting for everybody to die. I won’t say that anybody died last night. But…
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The VSB Group Chat: Insecure Season 3, Episode 3, 'Backwards-Like' Recap
Are we getting anywhere with Issa and Daniel as we putt-putt along into episode 3? Welcome back to the shenanigans as we keep the debate and discussion that Insecure inspires going with our weekly chat between Jouelzy and Panama Jackson. Salut. Jouelzy: They’re rolling HBO’s requirement for explicit sex into dream montages and I don’t…
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Cardi B Will Be Off the Rip in New Sketch Comedy Series
While your fave is having temper tantrums on Twitter all day long, Cardi B is out here minding her business and continuing to flourish. After making a stunning post-baby debut on the MTV Video Music Awards Monday night, the new mom is ready to bounce back into her ever-growing stardom, and it looks like she…
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#MeToo: Michaela Coel Reveals She Was Sexually Assaulted While Writing Chewing Gum
Actress Michaela Coel—known for her appearances on the sci-fi series Black Mirror as well as for her own BAFTA-winning comedy series Chewing Gum—is the latest woman to come forward and speak out about being sexually assaulted while working in the entertainment industry. Coel was delivering the prestigious James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV…
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In a ’90s Kind of World, I’m Glad I Had My Girls: Living Single at 25 and Me
Growing up 55 shades of gay in the ’90s, there were not a lot of places for a young whippersnapper like me to draw inspiration from what life could be like as an adult. Friends? Too unseasoned. Seinfeld? I don’t know her. Fraiser? Cute, but for a six-year-old with a serious Princess Ariel obsession, not…