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Monthly Archives: April 2011
A Progressive Racial and Political Message in “Fast Five”?
Wesley Morris, film critic for the Boston Globe has an interesting view about the newest film in the Fast and Furious franchise, “Fast Five.” He tells NPR in a story headlined “Fast Five”: A Progressive Force?” that “Basically it promotes … Continue reading
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Tagged car chases, fast and furious, fast five, hollywood, honest film, money, multi-ethnic, post-racial, progressive, race, race as normalcy, rio, the onion, vin diesel
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Artinfo’s 21 Questions for Artist Kara Walker
Name: Kara Elizabeth Walker Age: 41 Occupation: Artist City/Neighborhood: Wallabout, Brooklyn (soon) What project are you working on now? Just finished a bunch of drawings and a video, and I have two shows opening this month. What’s the last show … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, black artist, black woman, blue tale, fall frum grace, huckleberry finn, kara walker, miss pipis, video
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The Mo’Kelly Report: Thanks to You GOP, We’ll Vote ‘Obama’ in 2012
Guest blogger Mo Kelly on the 2012 election and the African-American vote *There’s a pearl of wisdom that’s been passed down in African-American households over the years. As to attribution, not quite sure. After a quick internet search, the inimitable … Continue reading
Sign o’ the Times – Glorifying the Gang Life
Guest Blogger Oscar Garza (Senior Editor at Los Angeles Public Media) on the L.A. Sign, Street Gangs and the Dodgers Major League Baseball has dealt with one problem at Dodger Stadium—the McCourts’ wayward ownership—and now someone else will have to … Continue reading
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Tagged cholos, dodger stadium, dodgers, fergie, george lopez, kobe bryant, l.a. gangs, l.a. sign, lapd, mob, nba, oscar garza, outrage, pseudo gang sign, snoop dogg, the godfather
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The American Show: Podcast Episode One
Take a journey with us. Participate, derive, and choose what directions we will take. There is something to be said for those who watch, and for those who want to be watched. Take the opportunity to be both. Or don’t. … Continue reading
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Tagged american as reality show, blog as collage, celebrity, culture, digital, itunes, journey, montage, new, podcast, print, radio, the american show, tv, watch
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Of Lupe Velez, Celebrity as Deity, and More: An Interview with Russell Brand | via Boingboing.net
Guest Blogger William Nericcio from The Tex[t]-Mex Gallery Blog In “the hardest to read”* chapter in Tex[t]-Mex, the fourth chapter on Lupe Vélez entitled, “Lupe Vélez Regurgitated; or, Jesus’s Kleenex: Cautionary, Indigestion-Inspiring Ruminations on “Mexicans” in “American” Toilets,” I play … Continue reading
Like Me, Please: Is Facebook High School Redux?
Guest Blogger Ophelia Chong on the “Like” button in our lives Whenever I get a missive to “Like” someone’s page, my memory goes back to high school. This was before the Internet, when the push button phone replaced the rotary, … Continue reading
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Tagged baby boomers, facebook, friendship, high school, like button, like me, ophelia chong, pew research center, social networks, sun-tzu
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Pearls on the Ocean Floor – Screening and Panel 4/26/11
We are in the middle of the Arab Spring and we’ve already seen Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria and other Middle Eastern countries erupt with massive protests calling for freedom and democracy yet the country that started it all in … Continue reading
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Tagged arab spring, displacement, documentary, eye for film, farzin vahdat, gohar dashti, iran, iranian women artists, islamic revolution, jennie kermode, life during wartime, nasrin rahimieh, pacific design center, pearls on the ocean floor, persians, robert adanto, sussan deyhim
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