- 6 minutes 37 secondsTalking Pictures: Genre Busters: Race Season 1 Wrapup
We talk about what we learned discussing race and movie genres and peak into what's coming up next!
19 August 2016, 5:07 pm - 29 minutes 27 secondsGenre Busters Ep. 5 Intermission: Race & Sci-Fi Movies
We conclude Season 1 of our series "Genre Busters" on race and film genres with a look at your submissions on our two questions
1. Name a science fiction movie where the main character is a person of color
and
2. Name a sciente fiction movie where the cast is muli-ethnic just because not intentionally so.
Also, previews of season 2!
10 August 2016, 4:41 pm - 27 minutes 5 secondsGenre Busters Ep. 5: Race & Sci Fi Movies
We end our Genre Busters series on race and movie genres looking at Science Fiction and cinematic visions of the future. Here on earth, the future, neigh the present, is multi-racial and multi-colored. Why doesn't it appear that way onscreen?
This week's challenge: A two parter. Name a science fiction movie where the cast is multi-ethnic and that fact is NOT crucial to the story. It's just because.
OR Name a Science Fiction movie where the lead character (must be human) is not white. Anything already mentioned in this episode (The Force Awakens, iRobot) is disqualified.
Have at it!
14 July 2016, 4:45 pm - 32 minutes 30 secondsGenre Busters Episode 4 Intermission. Race and Crime Movies
We look at the results of the question we posed to the Talking Pictures Community:
"Can you name the persuer (i.e. cop/FBI Agent etc.) in a crime movie who is played by a non-white actor?" "Crime Movies" = movie where the criminal is the main character. See "American Gangster," "New Jack City" etc.
27 June 2016, 4:27 pm - 31 minutes 7 secondsGenre Busters Episode No. 4: Race and Crime Movies.
We look at race and crime movies and issue the next listener challenge. Can you think of 3 crime movies where the persuer, the cop, the "good guy" isn't white? And you can only use one Denzel Washington, Will Smith or Wesley Snipes movie.
31 May 2016, 2:43 pm - 22 minutes 47 secondsGenre Busters: Race and the Period Movie (Intermission)
Two-Part Listener Challenge! We asked you to either name a movie set in the historical past where the main character isn't white or to recast your favorite period movie with non-white actors. Here are your answers...
16 May 2016, 5:04 pm - 35 minutes 52 secondsGenre Busters:
In this ep. Dave and Kevin discuss movies set in the historical past and what race means in your favorite movies with flowing dresses and best costume Oscar nominations.
16 April 2016, 3:00 am - 24 minutes 22 secondsGenre Busters: Race and the Romcom (Intermission)
Can you name a romantic comedy where the leads aren't white but live in a racially diverse world? Answers to our listener challenge in this episode!
9 April 2016, 12:14 am - 23 minutes 11 secondsTalking Pictures Gender Busters Intermission (Action Movie & Race Challenge)
We asked you to name 5 action movies where neither the hero nor villain are white.
We got some great answers from the Talking Pictures Community.
25 March 2016, 3:48 pm - 26 minutes 38 secondsTalking Pictures Genre Busters Ep. 2 (Romantic Comedy)
Wherein Dave and Kevin look at Hitch, Clueless, Top Five, My Best Friend's Wedding and other romantic comedies where everyone doesnt' need to be the same color.
This episode's challenge: "Can you name three romantic comedies where the lead character is not white but every other supporting character isn't also the same color as them?"
22 March 2016, 4:16 pm - 42 minutes 46 secondsGenre Busters (Race)
For our new series on Talking Pictures, Dave and Kevin discuss your favorite movie genres (Action, Romantic Comedy, Crime Movies etc.) through the lens of race.
For each genre we'll look at....
I. What are the moving parts of that genre
II. What are the expectations we movielovers have for that genre in terms of race
III. What movies upset those expectations?
We finish each episode with a challenge.: For action movies the challenge is...
"Can you name 5 action movies where neither the hero nor villain are white?" Only two may be from countries besides the US.
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