Dear Santa (2011): Yuletide Economics for the Terminally Confused
Like many holiday romances, Dear Santa treats grief, poverty, maturity, and financial solvency the way one treats snow in a snow globe: shake it vigorously, admire the temporary spectacle of swirli…
An important story told with baffling inconsistency. Greenwood Rising gestures at history but never quite grasps it—turning the rise of Black Wall Street into a collage of anachronisms, stock footage, and missed opportunities. The real Greenwood deserved more care, more clarity, and far more weight.
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Greenwood Rising: The Rise of Black Wall Street (2024)
Greenwood Rising: The Rise of Black Wall Street is a thought-provoking piece, though perhaps not in the way the filmmakers intended. When I first saw O.W. Gurley’s (Darius McCrary) wife, Emma (Fati…
A look at Gang of Roses and how its wild mix of mythology, consequence-free violence, and borrowed Western tropes leaves its big ideas stranded in the dust.
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Gang of Roses (2003)
According to Gang of Roses, “Between 1887 and 1892, Billy the Kid was responsible for the armed robbery of 19 banks.” Meanwhile, “The Rose Gang robbed 26,” and “No one ever got hurt.” Big deal. Nob…
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