Oumou Kanoute: Let My People Go
A racism scandal at Smith highlights how misunderstood the Northeastern establishment is. Has Oumou Kanoute doubled down in order to make herself right?...
A racism scandal at Smith highlights how misunderstood the Northeastern establishment is. Has Oumou Kanoute doubled down in order to make herself right?...
Mexico's official entry for the 2021 Oscar race underscores how Latin America is awash in racism and colorism. Is it worse than America?...
Ramin Bahrani's taut, confident feature 'The White Tiger', explores social injustices the way no other mainstream film has....
The Left should be less divisive over Jared Kushner's Coronavirus messaging, and put their indignation aside during a time of crisis...
As a man of Scottish descent, James Killough feels thoroughly represented after finally watching 'Outlander'. Why can't HBO's 'Watchmen' do the same?...
During my early years in India, back in the late 80s, when I was writing the first feature film of mine that would go into production, I was invited to dinner at the home of a charming socialite in the Juhu area of what was then called Bombay. Some people say Juhu is the Malibu of Mumbai, but that isn’t being fair to either California or India. The only things that make the comparison viable are the location on the beach, the presence of film folk, and the insane real-estate prices. To be honest, the strongest shared quality is that the two names rhyme.
A recent controversy surrounding the stand-up comedy group All-India Bakchod (‘fuck senseless’) caused them to take down an inflammatory video of a roast they did from YouTube. My Hindi is intermediate, not good enough to follow Indian stand-up comedy, which is a huge pity: it is a cultural phenomenon that is rising like a fire-breathing dragon in the New India, a welcome appropriation from what I am henceforth calling the American Raj, our unstoppable cultural hegemony that digs deeper,
After seeing Tim Minchin's viral video, Killough begs to differ on a rather important point: the point of existence itself....