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#YourBigBreak: NHMC TV Writers Program & the WIF Black List Episodic Lab

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You might have heard me speak on the latest Black Girl Nerds podcast about the horrific Sleepy Hollow ending (which resulted in the much controversial death of Abbie Mills). I said in the podcast that the entire trajectory of Sleepy Hollow and its fan interaction is a masterclass in what not to do when creating a show, and…

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“Sleepy Hollow” Post-Mortem: The Death of Abbie and the Painful Erasure of Black Women

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“Sleepy Hollow” Post-Mortem: The Death of Abbie and the Painful Erasure of Black Women JUST ADD COLOR’s Ghost in the Shell/Dr. Strange Roundtable Featuring Keith Chow and Claire Lanay

Mr. Robot & the Highly Sensitive: Elliot’s Complicated HSP Life

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Elliot Anderson is a fidgety, nervous, highly intelligent, strange, closed-off individual, yet he’s also the hero in the fight against debilitating capitalism. I’ve written for Entertainment Weekly how Mr. Robot‘s Elliot  (Rami Malek) is the Superman of the post-post-modern age, but in that article, I wrote about his superheroism from a costume history point of view….

Three Ways “Scalped” Could Be a Game-Changer (If It’s Careful)

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Have you heard of the DC/Vertigo comic book Scalped? If you’ve been a fan of the comic book, it’s now been greenlit as an upcoming show on WGN America! The Hollywood Reporter has described Scalped as such: “‘Scalped’ is described as a modern-day crime story set in the world of a Native American Indian reservation. It explores…

4 Reasons the All Nations Network Will Be What American Television Needs

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Guess what, everyone? Canada’s Aboriginal People’s Television Network (APTN) is launching a sister channel in the United States! APTN is launching All Nations Network sometime this year. The 24-hour channel will be, as the press release states, “the first network to bring both native and non-native audiences in the U.S.”,  providing “native news, sports, scripted,…

3 Reasons Why #Richonne is a Black History Month Gift

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Hip hop hooray, Richonne (Rick and Michonne) is now officially canon in The Walking Dead! And, as luck would have it, such a development has happened in one of the most hallowed of months, Black History Month. This didn’t go unnoticed by many on Twitter: And they dropped this during #BlackHistoryMonth too #TheWalkingDead #Richonne —…

The NAACP Image Awards Does What the Oscars Couldn’t

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The NAACP Image Awards was what non-white Hollywood needed to release pent-up aggression and, to paraphrase NAACP President Cornell William Brooks, to honor themselves. Even though the Oscars is seen as the highest form of award in the film world, it technically functions like what Chris Rock called it—a white BET Awards. The NAACP Image…

Changes Coming to COLOR

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As you might have noticed, COLOR’s been a bit stagnant as of late. There’s a reason for that. There are some changes coming.

COLOR’s Revised Recap List (aka Monique Bit Off More Than She Could Chew)

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Earlier this year, I put out my COLOR recap list, which included lots of things. But I honestly underestimated the sheer amount of recapping I’d have to do this year, coupled with the amount of TV work I do for other companies. (I work many different jobs aside from running this site.) I’ve found myself…