Critical Hits & Misses #250

• While Dunkirk, the grim war movie, has received plenty of critical acclaim, including in India, the Hollywood Reporter has a story about how the debate has been sparked about the film neglecting to include the contribution of Indian soldiers at the real battle of Dunkirk. 


• Vulture has an interview with the amazing Jessica Williams, formerly of the The Daily Show, and discusses her new Netflix movie, The Incredible Jessica James. Even better, the reporter interviewing Williams is also black, so there is some nice discussion of race and black feminism in there. 

For today's musical hit, time for some Queen Bey. Here's Beyonce and "Pretty Hurts"

Today's critical rolls: It's Choose Your Own Adventure Friday! Talk about what you want! Have a great weekend!


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Critical Hits & Misses #155

• This BBC article wonders if food bloggers are fueling racist stereotypes, with the "cultural misrepresentation" of food when presented by white bloggers. An interesting discussion of cultural recipes and their misuse by food bloggers. 


• Dan Stevens, who plays The Beast in Disney's upcoming live action adaptation of Beauty & the Beast, discusses how Emma Watson's feminism modernized a problematic fairy tale. 

For today's musical hit, we have Jessie Reyez's "Figures."

Today's critical rolls: Let's talk about food! What are some of your favorite ethnic dishes... and have you actually eaten authentic versions of them, made by people from that culture?


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