by Dino-Ray Ramos | Sep 22, 2023 | Featured, Film
NOTE: This article is a combination of a two-part article released earlier this week via the DIASPORA Newsletter. To gain advance access to DIASPORA features, subscribe to the newsletter by clicking here. After many films, events, parties, reconnecting with industry...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Sep 1, 2023 | Featured, Podcasts, Problematic Fave
Before there were flames on the side of Madeline Kahn’s face in Clue, Peter Sellers was doing full-on yellowface in the Robert Moore’s whodunit? Murder By Death — and we talked to singer, dancer, actor, and RuPaul’s Drag Race icon Peppermint...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Aug 25, 2023 | Commentary, Culture, Theatre
When it was announced that Here Lies Love was making its Broadway debut, I went from celebratory to awkward to questioning to “Now wait a goddamn minute here…” all within 60 seconds. Part of me wanted to go to the premiere of Here Lies Love in New...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Aug 10, 2023 | Film, Podcasts, Problematic Fave
If anything, the biggest takeaway from this episode of Problematic Fave with stand-up comedian and writer Dylan Adler (The Late Late Show with James Corden) it’s that Tai Lung, the villain in Kung Fu Panda, is giving masc top energy and is a queer icon. In this...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Aug 4, 2023 | Culture, Film, Interviews
EDITORS NOTE: With the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes in full effect, DIASPORA is totally in solidarity and support of everyone who is just fighting for a living wage. I am bummed that I am not able to do have an episode of Problematic Fave or have a Merienda With…...
TIFF: ‘Dicks: The Musical’, ‘Origin’, ‘Sing Sing’ ‘Expats’, And Zendaya & Anne Hathaway’s Bulgari Ad Among Standouts At Toronto Fest
Problematic Fave Podcast: Peppermint Talks Whodunit Comedy ‘Murder By Death’ And The Yellowface Of It All
The Great ‘Here Lies Love’ Divide: Filipino-Fronted Broadway Show Causes Mirrorball Rift In Culture
Problematic Fave Podcast: Dylan Adler Talks The Queerness Of ‘Kung Fu Panda’
DIASPORA RERUN: Randall Park Talks His Feature Directorial Debut, Adapting To Change And The ‘Shortcomings’ Of It All