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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Wuthering Heights is at its heart a story of class and race. Emerald Fennell has got it all wrong | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Admittedly, this one came with a fair few red flags, from the casting of Margot Robbie (simply too old, Cathy is a teenager) and Jacob Elordi (simply too white, Heathcliff, while his origins are uncertain, is described as darker skinned) to the unhinged marketing and crass brand tie-ins. Nevertheless, I was still excited to see it. So why did I leave the cinema not only bored, but feeling a little bit sad?
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fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Author, film director Sayles to appear Jan. 20 in Berkeley for new book

Crucible traces Ford Motor Company's evolution from the 1920s through World War II, mixing historical figures and fictional workers to explore industrial, racial, and political dynamics.
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fromRoger Ebert
4 months ago

The 11 Best Body-Swap Movies, Ranked | Features | Roger Ebert

Life-switch and body-switch stories appear across genres, using comedic and satirical swaps to examine family, romance, race, gender, class, and economic disparity.
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fromwww.bustle.com
4 months ago

For Caissie Levy, Ragtime Feels More Relevant Than Ever

A Broadway revival of Ragtime spotlights early-20th-century America's racial, class, and immigrant tensions while showing one woman's conscience and potential audience transformation.
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fromAnOther
5 months ago

"Literature Belongs to the Past and the Present": Hilton Als on Jean Rhys

Hilton Als stages an experimental exhibition inspired by Jean Rhys that explores exile, racial and class complexities, and fraught female relationships through visual art.
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fromVulture
5 months ago

'I'm Not Answering That Question'

Spike Lee reinterprets Kurosawa's High and Low as a lively morality play starring Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky that provokes readings about class and race.
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fromwww.npr.org
8 months ago

5 dark tales hit shelves this week

Literature's darker themes provide a counterbalance to the brightness of summer, as shown in this week's highlighted works.
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fromAnOther
9 months ago

Sunstruck Is the Saltburn-Esque Novel Poised to Be Book of the Summer

The novel explores themes of power dynamics in societal structures through the lens of a mixed-race student's experiences.
It intertwines social commentary with engaging storytelling, focusing on a privileged family's internal and external conflicts.
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