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Hannah Giorgis

Hannah Giorgis

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What Do We Owe Child Actors?

A new series about the “dark underbelly” of kids’ TV raises crucial questions about abuse in Hollywood. But it doesn’t go far enough. During...

18.04.2024 6

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Hannah Giorgis

Before Facebook, There Was BlackPlanet

An alternative history of the social web A few years ago, Stephanie Williams and her husband fielded a question from their son: How had they met? So...

12.04.2024 10

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Hannah Giorgis

There’s a Reason Why Fan-Fiction is Popular

The Idea Of You is a modern spin on a Hollywood staple: someone famous falling for someone who’s not. As far back as 1953’s Roman Holiday, when...

10.04.2024 6

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A Saturday Night Live Monologue That Felt More Like Prayer

Ramy Youssef brought a politics of care to his first time hosting the show. Ramy Youssef has spent much of his career mining heartfelt humor from...

31.03.2024 7

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Family Ties

LaToya Ruby Frazier’s intimate, intergenerational portraits The steel industry was already collapsing by the time the photographer and visual artist...

27.03.2024 3

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The Most Public Weight-Loss Journey in History

Like much of America, Oprah Winfrey is feeling the cultural impact of the Ozempic era. Nearly 13 years after the final episode of The Oprah Winfrey...

21.03.2024 3

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Why Does Romance Now Feel Like Work?

Two recent books dig into the crisis of modern love—and how we might forge more meaningful connections. Complaints about the current state of dating...

12.03.2024 10

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Hannah Giorgis

Why That Big Abbott Elementary Cameo Made So Much Sense

As the show has gotten more popular, it hasn’t abandoned its distinct regional humor. Last night, Bradley Cooper basked in the warmth of an adoring...

12.03.2024 6

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Hannah Giorgis

The Missing Piece of the Bob Marley Biopic

A new film about the reggae legend sanitizes his commitment to social justice—and loses what made him so magnetic. Nearly 20 years ago, during one...

17.02.2024 9

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Hannah Giorgis

The Remarkable Showmanship of Usher’s Halftime Show

Roller skates and all, the R&B veteran’s performance underscored the value of showmanship. Designing a Super Bowl halftime performance is, in many...

12.02.2024 10

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Hannah Giorgis

The Most Truthful Moment of the Emmys

A rare appearance by the actor Christina Applegate, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021, brought heart and humor to the ceremony’s...

16.01.2024 20

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Hannah Giorgis

The New Mean Girls Forgets That Teenagers Are … Mean

The reboot of the classic teen comedy sands off its edges, to mixed results. Raise your hand if you’ve ever been personally victimized by a...

12.01.2024 10

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Hannah Giorgis

American Fiction Is More Than a Racial Satire

The film dramatizes the quotidian absurdities that many Black writers face during their career. Who decides what qualifies as a “masterpiece of...

04.01.2024 7

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Hannah Giorgis

The Final Word on a Notorious Killing

Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning, a new docuseries about the 1989 murder of Carol Stuart, revisits the case with an eye toward...

14.12.2023 9

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Norman Lear’s Many American Families

The legendary TV producer transformed the medium by listening to creators whose lives differed greatly from his own. The renowned television producer...

06.12.2023 3

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Hannah Giorgis

Who’s Afraid of Women’s Pleasure?

A new documentary about the pioneering sex researcher Shere Hite points to the barriers that women face when writing candidly about intimacy and...

05.12.2023 2

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Hannah Giorgis

The Year of the Second-Chance Romance

Pop culture of late has been curious about—and insightful on—love after 50 in a way that feels new and honest. Before the final reveal of any...

16.11.2023 2

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Hannah Giorgis

A Show About the Secrets Parents Keep From Their Children

Hulu’s Black Cake explores how marriage, migration, and motherhood can shift one’s sense of self. One of the most important aspects of any family...

09.11.2023 2

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Hannah Giorgis

Six Books That Will Scare You—And Make You Think

Black writers have long used science fiction, fantasy, and horror to dramatize the terrors of racism or to tell frightening tales. In 1920, W. E. B....

30.10.2023 9

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Hannah Giorgis

‘Sometimes Comedy Is Really the Only Way Forward Through Tragedy’

The SNL alum Pete Davidson returned to host the show’s much-anticipated return—and was somehow the perfect choice for it. The first Saturday Night...

15.10.2023 7

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Hannah Giorgis

A Poet Reckons With Her Past

In a striking new memoir, the Jamaican writer Safiya Sinclair attempts to make peace with her Rastafari childhood and the island that shaped her....

14.10.2023 7

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Hannah Giorgis

When Black Hair Becomes a Horror Story

The Hulu series The Other Black Girl dramatizes the pains of managing Afro-textured hair—and other people’s perceptions of it. In the 1989...

26.09.2023 8

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Hannah Giorgis

The Problems That Marriage Can’t Fix

Rather than explore the complexities of building a life together, Netflix’s The Ultimatum too often touts matrimony for matrimony’s sake. As a...

12.09.2023 10

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