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Uncovering Stand-Up Comedy’s Feminist Media History
Feb 22 2025
Hattie Noel was a trailblazer of the stand-up comedy form. While the visual archive shows her constrained in the controlling images of Disney’s hippo and Hollywood’s maid, her comedy albums tell a different story of Black representation.
The Unexpected Success of the Eclectic New Line Cinema
Mar 12 2024
By Daniel Herbert, author of Maverick Movies: New Line Cinema and the Transformation of American FilmMost members of the public probably don’t know anything about New Line Cinema, the movie studio and subject of my recent book Maverick Movies: New Line Cinema and the Transformation of American F