Get On Up, White Washing and Black Films

If you loiter on the interwebs as I tend to do, you’ll often come across articles that have you perplexed. This occurred to me yesterday, during the longest day EVER, when I read a piece over on the site Shadow and Act, titled The Gentrification of Black Film. In said article, author Tanya Steele delivers

What Makes a Musical a Musical?

If you happen to listen to the Awards Circuit Power Hour or read that site, you know there’s been quite a discussion regarding determining what a musical is. I attempted to comment on the podcast and I just want to make sure that I could have my ideas somewhere they could be read in full