Everyone loves Marilyn Monroe. A 26 foot tall statue of her was created to honor her famous scene from The Seven-Year Itch. It is complete with gigantic, lacy, white panties. Countless tourists have had photographs taken of them nuzzling her enormous foot. This is questionable behavior. How many of those people have even seen The Seven-Year [...]
A few weeks ago, I found myself at Charlotte’s Regal Theater watching Marc Webb’s relaunch of the Spiderman series. There are good movies, there are bad movies, and then there are movies so miserably misguided that they cause you to question major facets of the universe. “If there was a God, why would She let [...]
It’s that time of year again, folks. That glorious time where we wait in anticipation to see which one of our favorite shows has made it through the brutal critic showdown. It’s that time of year that makes me feel a bit warm inside. However, if you’re not a nerd, like me, you just refer [...]
The Emmy Nominations were recently announced. As expected, the nominees are looking mighty pale. Among the shows nominated for outstanding comedy (30 Rock, Veep, Girls, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Big Bang Theory), we only see four token people of color combined in their casts, and Don Cheadle and Sophia Vergara are the only non-passing [...]
Fantastic Fandom: Superheroes, Film Casting, Racism, and You
By Julian Galette on May 19, 2013
A few weeks ago a rumor hit the web that Chronicle star Michael B. Jordan was the frontrunner to play Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, in Fox’s Fantastic 4 reboot. As I’ve come to expect, the internet went berserk and the racism began immediately – from cries of PC liberalism and it somehow being Obama’s [...]
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