I’ll be brief. There are, possibly, two larger ways in which to understand and make sense of entertainer, part-time genius and iconoclast, Kanye West. The first and most popular way to see him is as a troubled individual who suffered a mental breakdown following the death of his mother. This resulted in him being a […]
Read more "“Wake Up Mr. West!” – The Culture of Kanye"A week later, ABC’s last week #1 comedy, “black-ish” dropped from that position, losing 24% of their audience from last week (however ABC is quick to point out that this is still the strongest showing of a show in the slot immediately following the Emmy Award winning “Modern Family”). Also, while dropping in the number of […]
Read more "The Continuing Blackness of “Black-ish”"UPDATE: President Obama in a press conference this morning said “We fumbled the roll out” and is offering a plan that will allow individuals to keep their insurance for another year. However, this plan can only be regulated by insurance commissioners of each state. This plan will go to Congress for passage. I have to be […]
Read more "Slavery, Sarah Palin and Senator Mary Landrieu: Conspiracists United!"One of the most hits from posts I’ve written have come from a series of character case studies I did on “The Boondocks,” the Cartoon Network show. Now I’m not sure if it’s because of the pictures that I’m getting hits or whether it really is people stumbling upon them and reading them. I […]
Read more "A Character Case Study of “Django Unchained”"I remember seeing the trailer for Quentin’s Tarantino “Django’s Unchained” a few months back and I groaned with the rest of the black members of the audience. Honestly, it wasn’t at the casting choice of Jamie Foxx, or even seeing Leonardo DiCaprio as a slave owner, but really it was the issue of slavery. We, […]
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Joshua Lawrence Lazard 