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Luke Cage’s Focus On Families Gives Season Two A Big Upgrade
In the first season of Luke Cage, the nigh-indestructible man was, essentially, an island. He was a stranger living on Harlem’s fringes, butting up against enemies with strong ties to the historic neighbourhood. Season two tells us more about the families that spawned Luke, Mariah and new villain Bushmaster, and does so in ways that…
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A Black Female Astrophysicist Explains Why Hidden Figures Isn’t Just About History
First, it beat Star Wars: Rogue One. Now, for the second weekend since its wide-release debut in the US, Hidden Figures — the true story of three black female mathematicians at NASA — is number one at the US box office. It’s raked in roughly $US60 million ($79 million) so far, and counting — and…
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Real Talk About How Luke Cage Uses Blackness
The Luke Cage TV show is undeniably black. But that alone isn’t enough to satisfy every black comics fan who’s watching the show.
