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Lovecraft Country | Season 1, Episode 7: “I Am.” ‒ The Timeless Hippolyta Freeman

Bishop August 21, 2021 0 Comment

Lovecraft’s seventh episode is titled “I Am.” Finally we get Hippolyta Freeman starring as the heroine of an episode, and her journey thru not-quite-time-travel is strange, magical and super inspiring. The final half hour...

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Watercooler Reviews | “The Boy from Medellín,” an apolitical aging millennial

Bishop June 27, 2021 0 Comment

In early June, I turned a year older and my hair grew a little greyer. This past year’s been challenging and scary, and it’s been revolutionary largely because of the youth who’ve taken to...

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Lovecraft Country | Season 1, Episode 6: “Meet Me in Daegu”

Bishop June 14, 2021 0 Comment

This sixth episode of Lovecraft takes a break from Chicago and heads back in time to Atticus’ tour in South Korea. Ji-Ah is a Korean nurse who treats wounded American soldiers, and this is...

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Watercooler Reviews | Concrete Cowboy – a story about humans and their horses

Bishop May 27, 2021 0 Comment

Our main character in Concrete Cowboy is Cole, a 15-year-old boul growing up in Detroit where he keeps getting into trouble at school, so his mother drives him to Philadelphia to live with his...

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Lovecraft Country | Season 1, Episode 5: “Strange Case” & Ruby’s Womanist Woes

Bishop May 21, 2021 0 Comment

Warning: This (very belated) article contains spoilers for Lovecraft Country in general. The series’ fifth episode “Strange Case” contains images of gore, as well as scenes of transphobia and rape. There are also scenes...

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Watercooler Reviews | Coming 2 America – Eddie Murphy’s evolution as a filmmaker

Bishop April 6, 2021 0 Comment

I got an email from an old friend, someone I have known for almost 20 years and whom I love as much as sunshine, but our life paths have diverged, and this email made...

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“Coming to America” | presenting an ambitious buffet of comedy genres

Bishop March 1, 2021 0 Comment

“Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Stop right there. Listen, stop right there a minute. A man goes into a restaurant…” This review is for you – of course – but it is especially...

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Lovecraft Country | Season 1, Episode 4: “A History of Violence”

Bishop February 25, 2021 0 Comment

After a six-week delay (sorry!), our fourth review of Lovecraft Country begins with a digression about a book, because this’ll be a comparative review. Twenty years ago I was in a group discussing the...

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Lovecraft Country | Season 1, Episode 3: “Holy Ghost”

Bishop January 12, 2021 0 Comment

* This review contains the word negro. Lovecraft Country is a series that kicks off with Atticus “Tic” Freeman traveling across 1950s America in search of his missing father, a journey that involves learning...

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Lovecraft Country | Season 1, Episode 2: “Whitey’s on the Moon”

Bishop January 1, 2021 0 Comment

*This review includes spoilers. The second episode of Lovecraft Country is titled “Whitey’s on the Moon“. It starts with William welcoming Atticus “Tic,” Leti, and George to a mansion, which William explains is Ardham Lodge. ...