Fences features a Denzel Washington who is finally directing something I can’t criticize on any level. His previous efforts – Antwone Fisher and The Great Debaters – were fair, but Fences finds him on a mission. Well, technically, it’s not a new mission. All of his previous efforts have been mission based as well, but…
Dear Kanye, I hope this letter finds you…in a better place than you’ve been lately. We don’t know each other – or rather, you don’t know me, and I only know of you – so that might not mean much to you. All cards on the table: we probably wouldn’t be friends in real life. It’s…
The reason why identity politics are getting chucked around like a bad penny right now is because it won’t go quietly back into its coin purse. Politicians want to acquire minority voting blocs without actually working on the specific concerns of the social blocs behind the votes, vying for a generally representative, trickle-down reality. Some…
There is a silver lining during this phase of post-election Trump ascendancy (PETA): all bets for the job are officially off. We no longer have to pretend that the American political machine is anything more than a high school popularity contest on steroids fronting for every –ism in the book and Big Banks. Donald Trump…
Part of the fallout from a President-Elect Trump ascendancy is the rise in the word “racist”, which I find fascinating because most of the people using it above mean are white people. When the election was still unfurling, it wasn’t as common as it is now, a week after The Purge of 2016. It’s as…
Arguing with anyone from the newly formed Give Trump a Chance crew is pointless for a lot of reasons, but in great part because they’re going to blame you for everything wrong that goes whether you do anything or not. Whether or not you engage them, whether or not you talk to them, whether or…
If the curators had done nothing to Paisley Park it would still be an honor to be there. I know: I was there on day two. That they have modified the space – despite roundly and falsely claiming to have left some rooms on the tour “untouched” – but not amplified much about the experience…
