by Team Diaspora | Aug 11, 2022 | Culture, Featured, Media, Podcasts, Problematic Fave, TV
I don’t remember Falling Down being this racist. Rutherford Falls co-creator Sierra Teller Ornelas (Twitter and Instagram) and Dino-Ray talked about the Joel Schumacher drama starring Michael Douglas and we went on one helluva journey unpacking this film about a...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Jul 28, 2022 | Featured, Podcasts, Problematic Fave, TV
Claudia Forestieri (who just signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television!) and Brigitte Munoz-Liebowitz of the HBO Max series Gordita Chronicles which is cut from the same cloth as this week’s film: Sixteen Candles! Well, it’s similar because...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Jul 7, 2022 | Culture, Media, Podcasts, Problematic Fave
We’re back with a new episode this week and our guest is kind…they are smart… and they are important. This week we talk to the illustrious Tre’vell Anderson (@rayzhon on IG; @TrevellAnderson on Twitter) and as you can tell from the intro, we...
by Team Diaspora | Jun 24, 2022 | Media, Podcasts, Problematic Fave
The movie Cloud Atlas directed by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer and based on the 2004 novel by David Mitchell was released in 2012 and boy oh boy does it have problems. From yellow face to bizarre storytelling choices, xoNecole EIC Brooke Obie chose...
by Team Diaspora | Jun 17, 2022 | Media, Podcasts, Problematic Fave
It’s without a doubt that Will & Grace broke ground for the LGBTQIA+ community as a mainstream sitcom on a network TV station. It definitely opened the doors for the gay community… or maybe just the white gay community… or maybe the white gay...
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