Richard Pryor’s Best Stand-up Bits
The stand-ups of today are still feeling the shockwaves of Richard Pryor’s impact on the artform
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Rebirth Below the Waves in Leslye Penelope’s Daughter of the Merciful Deep
Daughter of the Merciful Deep is a fantasy about the power of community and the strength inherent in remembering where you came from.
The MVP: Walton Goggins Was The Shield’s Secret Weapon
In The Shield’s seven-season run, relative unknown Walton Goggins made a name for himself through his powerful work as crooked cop Shane.
Studio Ponoc Outdoes John Krasinski in the Sweet Anime The Imaginary
It doesn’t often reach the dreamlike beauty of Studio Ghibli, but it beats the hell out of many American fantasies. Our The Imaginary review:
Romancing the Plum of Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A.
An ode to Cleveland, Ohio—the city at the beating, beloved heart of the Boss’s tome certified Platinum 65 times over—the lives entangled in its history, and the lives left just outside it.