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Black Lightning – Lynn Needs A Life

High school principal by day, superhero by night, Jefferson Pierce is the caring, stoic leader of a safe haven of a school in a troubled area.  Plagued with gang violence, drugs, and sex trafficking, Freeland symbolizes the struggles faced by many communities in our contemporary society.  It is mainly through the leaders that we get […]

Rock Shakes It Up With New Special – Tamborine

Chris Rock remains the king of metaphor.  In his latest special, Tamborine, Rock immediately launches into masterfully dark, twisted, and absurd solutions to American injustices.  In one of his most notable bits, Rock tasks the alleged democracy of the United States to enact equality in all aspects of American life and extend state sanctioned murders […]

A Little Too Grown For ‘Grown-ish’?

The following review contains spoilers from season 1 of Grown-ish. Proceed at your own risk.  Just as its title suggests, Grown-ish is not for the fully grown.  So in order for me, a woman whose college days are a little over a decade behind her, to understand the significance of this show, I had to think […]

The Chi: Who You Know Is What You Know

The following recap contains spoilers from season one of The Chi. Proceed at your own risk. In Lena Waithe’s The Chi, relationships are the primary currency.  We watch them grow, invert, and blow up. We suck our teeth, laugh, and get straight up pissed at the results of each bond, as the most seemingly inconsequential […]

Equanimity: Chappelle’s New American Aesthetic

In his latest special Equanimity, Dave Chappelle takes on what feels like an arrogant tone to defend and explore the evolution of his relationship to fame, fortune, and Hollywood.  He cites class struggles and divisions, the 2016 election and the resulting president, and transgender issues to assert what he feels is the biggest problem plaguing […]