All the clocks are striking thirteen.
Author: Lloyd Billingsley (Lloyd Billingsley)
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Oscar Oversights
Black actors and authors are still ignored in Hollywood—including some with very revealing stories to tell.
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Clueless in Cuba
The Squad’s recent trip to Cuba shows what happens when the need for illusion is deep.
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A Black Panther Thing
Revelations of a surprise supporting cast emerge in the Fani Willis Show, also known as the Trump trial in Georgia.
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Blazing Brooks
Fifty years ago, a cry went out for a man with laughs. Mel Brooks answered the call.
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Fake News Has Always Been a Thing
In re-airing the classic Absence of Malice, Turner Classic Movies reminds us of the sort cinéma vérité about unscrupulous journalism we rarely see from a Hollywood devoted to political leftism.
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Great Fakes of 2023: Buffy, Cat, and the Composite Character
2023 was a year in which great fakery was revealed in show business, even as the fakes within America’s corridors of power continue their deceptions.
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Archie Bunker Back Stories
Carl Reiner’s son, Rob, takes part in a grand tradition on the left of demonizing normal, religious people after being advanced, personally, by powerful relationships. On the left, it’s all relative and “all in the family.”
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Great American Musical Artists in their Roaring Nineties
Great musical artists approach the coda, without the recognition they deserve. As the year closes, we’d do well to remember (or discover) their work.