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Category Archives: Everyone’s a Critic
F8: Why I love the Fast and Furious Franchise
F8: Better than Furious Seven, still not as good as Fast Five. But #Letty and #Ramsey are my new favorite #dynamicduo. Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Movies
Tagged Culture, Family, Globalization, Identity, Movies, Youth
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16th Annual Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media: Donny Jackson
Check out pictures, tweets, and video at Storify. Clips coming soon! Donny Jackson, executive producer and show runner for CNN’s “United Shades of America with Kamau Bell,” will visit the Newhouse School on MONDAY April 3 for the 16th Annual … Continue reading
Posted in Charisse is Cool, Classes, Intersectional Identities, Satire, Television
Tagged Culture, Journalism, Media, Psychology, Race, Social Justice
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WTF is Real Fake News?: The Mashup of Reality and Satire
We lack a shared reality thereby making it impossible to ridicule the absurdity of reality. Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Charisse is Cool, Everyone's a Critic, Satire, Television
Tagged Art, Culture, Media, Politics, Psychology
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Mary Tyler Moore: The Exemplary Disruption of the Single City Girl now available at flowjournal.org
https://www.flowjournal.org/2017/02/disruption-of-the-single-city-girl-archetype/ This weekend, I met Jay Sandrich, director/producer on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show, A Different World, SOAP, Benson, Empty Nest, It Takes Two, The Tony Randall Show, Golden Girls, and more. He liked my essay, but thought … Continue reading
Posted in Classes, Media and identity Construction, Research, Television
Tagged Beauty, Culture, Gender, Identity, Media, Social Justice
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Using Satire to Teach Diversity
In this changing media and cultural environment, satire is emerging in new and innovative spaces outside of traditional media is a double edged sword: we can access and consume marginalized satire (e.g., Black Twitter, Reductress) but this conversation is increasingly … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Classes, Consulting, Satire, Television
Tagged Art, Civic Engagement, Culture, Education, Gender, Identity, Media, Race
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My Bob Dylan Experience #TBT
In 2005, I was working at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. As I was walking down the hall, late for work, this man was walking towards me. He was about 20 feet away. He was scruffy, wearing an oversized coat … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Music
Tagged Art, Autobiography, Culture, Education, Music, Politics, Social Justice, Youth
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Inside the Label on BET
Last night, I made my national television debut as an expert on BET’s Inside the Label: “Grand Hustle.” I was tapped to talk about the intersection of race, gender, technology, and business. It was an honor to be part of such … Continue reading
Posted in Charisse is Cool, Consulting, Media and identity Construction, Music
Tagged Culture, Gender, Identity, Media, Music, New Media, Race
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