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SOURCE: Bloomberg CityLab
9/9/2021
In Slasher Film ‘Candyman,’ the Horror Is U.S. Housing Policy
by Brentin Mock
“Candyman isn't the only ghost in this show,” says Stanford Carpenter, a cultural anthropologist based in Chicago. “The other ghost is Cabrini-Green. In both cases, the thing that makes them scary is that they were made that way by white systemic racism.”
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
8/27/2021
The "Candyman" Reboot Subverts Cinematic Tropes of Black Suffering
Director Nia DaCosta, with co-writers Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld, has turned the problematic racial framing of its predecessor on its head, and casts critical light on the treatment of Black characters throughout the history of film.
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10-27-14
Classic Fright Fests and Old Movies Highlight Halloween
by Bruce Chadwick
Horror movies have had their fans since the 1920s. Frankenstein, Dracula and company have wandered over the earth and the silver screen with shivering majesty for generations.
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