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may8chan · 2 years

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Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

#Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story #Paris Barclay #Carl Franklin #Janet Mock #Evan Peters #Karen Malina White

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loveboatinsanity · 4 months

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#karen malina white

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thenerdsofcolor · 7 months

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A Los Angeles Theatre Review: 'SHE'

A Los Angeles Theatre Review: 'SHE' at the Antaeus Theatre Company

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#Andi Chapman #Antaeus Theatre Company #Camille Ariana Spirlin #Gerard Joseph #Jon Chaffin #Karen Malina White #Lorenz Arnell #Marlow Wyatt #SHE #Veronica Thompson

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nunesbytko · 2 years

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Netflix - Dahmer - Monster -The Jeff Dahmer Story- “Episode 6- Silenced”

Baby Tony is a cutie Pie!

Manny is an asshole, why does being deaf change anything.

I love Tony's friends

His poor worried Mother!

Tony's getting discriminated against while job searching. Is it because he's black or deaf or both? Even the assistant at the record store was like WTF/ It's horrible seeing the look of distain on their faces. Just give this guy a chance! Finally a break! A clothing store hires him!

Tony's smile is gorgeous, he lights up the room with that smile! Tony modelling!!!

Go Tony Go!!!

I hope this photographer is not a creep! - Edit he's a creep.

Family dinner! His family are lovely. His Sister is having a girl. She wants to name it after him. Tony goes to the clubs later.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shit. The devil is staring at him.

What is Jeff doing??? Is he on drugs???? Is he taking his shirt off to impress Tony

He decides not to drug Tony. They dance the night away. Jeff is giving him dreamy eyes, telling him that he likes him, which is obviously bad fucking news! RUN TONY!!!

Tony and Jeff are they....a thing????

Tony's taking Jeff to work and everything

Jeff trying to clean himself up? Is Tony making him a better person???

Infinity land is that with bones??? Human bones???

Jeff is losing his temper with this game.

Run Tony!!!

He's leaning over the board RUN TONY RUN!!!!

They spend the night together and Tony Jumps out of bed for work. Of course Jeff is all over him. He doesn't want him to go obviously.

Tony goes missing and his mother goes to the police. She's so reluctant to tell the police that he's gay. Police instantly bring up drugs and gang violence, because obviously all black people are into that [sarcasm] Officers in this show are trash. Complete trash.

They still are, but that's for another review!

His poor mother.

Jeff has a fucking nerve showing up to his family's PSA

Flashback- Tony goes back for his keys, and Jeff.....does what Jeff does......

His now calling the victim familes and telling them not to look for them.

Jeff is now I assume eating Tony's flesh.

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Notes one of the best Episodes, Heartbreaking, but it gave you and glimpse of how special Tony was.

How the police didn’t give a shit because Tony was black

His poor Mother, I felt for her so much, because she knew, she just knew something terrible had happened.

Shout out to Karen Malina White who played Tony’s mother. She was amazing.

#The casting is excellent!#Dahmer on Netflix #Episode 6 #Silenced #Tony Hughes #Shirley Hughes #Karen Malina White #Jeff now's gone to the point of no return #He killed someone he really liked!!!!#Ryan Murphy Production

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somosorigen · 2 years

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Trailer Oficial: Dahmer

Llega a Netflix esta cinta que narra la historia de del monstruo de Milwaukee contada desde la perspectiva de las víctimas y la incompetencia policial que permitió al nativo de Wisconsin emprender una matanza de varios años (more…)

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#Colin Ford #Dahmer #David Barrera #Evan Peters #Josh Braaten #Karen Malina White #Niecy Nash #Penelope Ann Miller #Richard Jenkins #Ryan Murphy #Shaun J. Brown #Troy Blendell

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disneytva · 1 year

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The Walt Disney Company Scores 12 Show Nominations Across All Animation Units For 50th Annie Awards.

ASIFA-Hollywood has just released nominations for its 50th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. This year, the ceremony is scheduled to be held live, in-person on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

The Walt Disney Company has earned 12 Nominations for 9 series from it’s 4 animation studios (Walt Disney Animation Studios,Pixar Animation Studios,Disney Television Animation and 20th Television Animation).

Best Voice Acting - TV/Media - Episode:

-The Proud Family Louder And Prouder - "'New Kids on the Block'" - Karen Malina White as Dijonay Jones.

- Zootopia+ - "'Godfather of the Bride"' for Maurice LaMarche as the voice of Mr. Big

Best TV/Media - Limited Series

-Baymax! - "Sofia"

Best Direction - TV/Media

-Baymax! - "Sofia"

Best Writing - TV/Media

-Baymax! - "Sofia"

Best FX-TV/Media

-Cars On The Run - 'Road Rumblers'.

Best Character Design - TV/Media

- Amphibia - 'The Hardest Thing' - Joe Sparrow

Best Editorial - TV/Media

Amphibia - 'All In' - Andrew Sorcini, Yoonah Yim, Jennifer Calbi, Julie Anne Lau, Louis Russell1518

Best TV/Media-Children

-The Owl House - King's Tide

Best TV/Media - Preschool

-Rise Up, Sing Out - Episode: Name Tag

Best TV/Media - Adult Animation

-The Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror XXXIII

-Bob's Burgers - Some Like it Bot Part 1: Eighth Grade Runner

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historyhermann · 1 year

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The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Season 2 Review

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is a coming-of-age animated sitcom and adventure by Bruce W. Smith and Ralph Farquhar, two well-known producers. It is a revival and soft reboot of The Proud Family, a classic Disney series by Smith which aired in the early 2000s. This review will have spoilers.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs and Wayback Machine. This was the twenty-third article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on February 13, 2023.

This animated series centers on Penny Proud (voiced by Kyla Pratt), a 16-year-old Black girl in the town of Smithville. She attempts to navigates her home life, filled the antics off her father, Oscar (voiced by Tommy Davidson), who owns a failing snack business, her mother, Trudy (voiced by Paula Jai Parker), a well-off veterinarian, her grandmother, Suga Mama (voiced by Jo Marie Payton), and her two siblings, Bebe and Cece. At high school, she has four friends-of-sorts: Michael Collins, Dijonay Jones, Zoey Howser, and LaCienega Boulevardez. They are voiced by EJ Johnson, Karen Malina White, Soleil Moon Frye, and Alisa Reyes respectfully. All the while, two new kids, Maya and KG, raised by two dads (Barry and Randall), try to adapt to their new life in Smithville.

The show's first season broke ground for featuring openly gay characters, unlike in the original series, such as Michael, who is also gender non-conforming. His voice actor even considered gender transition. This character is joined by an interracial couple: Barry and Randall Leibowitz-Jenkins, who voiced by two gay actors (Zachary Quinto and Billy Porter). They are the adopted fathers of Maya and Francis "KG", voiced by Keke Palmer and "A Boogie" Dubose. Palmer previously voiced Izzy Hawthorne in Lightyear, a lesbian character who has a wife named Alisha. She has also stated that she does not want her sexuality to be defined by labels and that people should be fluid when giving themselves labels.

The series has been swept in the culture wars, with claims it is promoting the "gay agenda" or is "anti-White". In reality, there are various White characters, including Zoey and Barry, and often promotes themes of racial togetherness, rather than division. Additionally, Michael is the only protagonist in the series who is part of the LGBTQ community. Barry, Randall, and Makeup Boy (voiced by Bretman Rock), with the latter beginning to date Michael later in the second season, are only recurring characters. In fact, Penny and Dijonay both have boyfriends, Darrius St. Vil (voiced by Chance the Rapper) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Brown (voiced by Asante Blackk), by the end of the season. Furthermore, Zoey is sweet on Myron (voiced by Marcus T. Paulk), and Maya romantically connects with one of the Chang Triplets, Billy.

Like the original The Proud Family, the series is not neutral when it comes to politics. It often focuses on racial injustice, whether noting past bans on interracial marriage, reparations, prejudice of Black people toward White people, anti-Black racism, sexism, or White skin privilege. This is interwoven with an emphasis on the importance of Black history, friendship, family, indigenous rights, harmonious neighbors, paying people fairly, respecting people for who they are, going beyond the color of their skin, and the folly of celebrity worship. Many books are name-dropped throughout the series, like Africans and Native Americans, as are the names of intellectuals such as Michelle Alexander, Robin DiAngelo, Elizabeth Acevedo, Leslie T. Chang, Saeed Jones, and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Many of these names are displayed during the English class taught by Kwame (voiced by Leslie Odom, Jr.).

Similar to season one, the second season of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder provides more background about the characters, whether about Suga Mama's short-lived romance with an indigenous cowboy named Quanah (voiced by Wes Studi), and how Barry and Randall met, or the history of the Soul Vibrations band composed of Oscar and his brothers, and Giselle. As Penny says, in one episode, "you can't know yourself unless you know where you come from". This interconnected with the meaningful, and well-done, episode in which Bebe is diagnosed with autism, with the Proud family trying to figure out what to do with him, and coming to accept him, even if he requires more attention from them.

Other episodes focus on family conflict and fissures between friends, and neighbors, all of which are resolved before the end of each episode. This includes an episode when everyone is enamored with LaCienega's uncanny athletic ability (because of her big feet) and realize they have gone into a frenzy, another about Oscar, Felix, Puff, and Suga Mama fighting one another in an absurd parody of TV court shows, and one in which animals protest the awful Proud Snacks created by Oscar Proud. One of my favorite episodes in Season 2 featured a Princess Ball, with references to other Disney princesses: Penny dressed up as Princess Tiana, Dijonay as Cinderella, LaCienega as Princess Elena, Michael as Pocahontas, Maya as Beyonce, and Zoey as Princess Merida.

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There are many notable characters in The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder like the Principal Hightower (voiced by Patricia Belcher), who insults and demans the students, reporter Vanessa Vue (voiced by Brenda Song) or incredibly wealthy Wizard Kelly (voiced by Aries Spears) who is shown as too tall to fit on the screen. However, in this season, Maya comes into her own, especially in the season two finale. In the episode, the ghost of Emily (voiced by Storm Reid), a Black girl enslaved by the town's founder, Christian A. Smith, guides her, revealing her diary which proves that Smith is a slaveowner, contradicting the common town myth.

In an interesting depiction of wealth-as-power, Wizard Kelly orders the police, clad in riot gear, to stop Maya, and her friends, who are protesting a ceremony dedicating Smith, with chants and placards. As a result, all of them, and their parents, are thrown in the city jail, despite the efforts of Barry to protect his children. His detective badge shown to mean nothing, as the police, who are serving as Kelly's goons, step over it with their boots.

Although Maya is just as determined as Wednesday Addams, in Wednesday, she does nothing equivalent to her. The latter, with the help of Thing, lights the statue of Joseph Crackstone, the Pilgrim founder of Jericho, on fire, causing it to melt. In fact, Kwame counsels his students to not pull down Smith's statue. This makes it ironic, then, that some reactionary media and personalities are all up-in-arms about the series, acting like it either "ruins" the original, or is "causing" division. Where were these people when Wednesday came out? They could have said some of the same things about that series, but they did not.

In many ways, the Season Two finale of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder sets the series apart from methods of police control over the citizenry depicted in Velma or the incompetent police force shown in The Simpsons. That is because this series emphasizes how some can control and distort history to their benefit, covering up what they don't want others to see. There is no acceptance of the town myth which Lisa Simpson conceded to in The Simpsons. Instead, the town's name is changed to Emilyville and a new statue is erected. In a possible indication of the long-standing nature of the existing economic system, Kelly becomes the mayor of the town, and faces no consequences for cracking down on Maya, her friends, family, or other town residents.

This series features many guest stars like Jane Lynch, Gabrielle Union, Al Roker, Ceelo Green, and Andre Jamal Kinney, along with other lesser-known ones like Forrest Goodluck, and sports stars Laurie Hernandez, Gabby Douglas, and Dominque Dawes. Of the guest characters, I liked Dr. Lord (voiced by Holly Robinson Peete) best as she gives Penny a chance to talk about her experiences as the oldest child in the family, in which she is given additional responsibilities.

All of the episodes of the second season of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder all aired on February 1st, unlike the previous season, which aired over a two month time period. There's strong animation and backgrounds which make the show stand out, as does the voice acting and music selection, which fit with stories and characters. It is unfortunate this 10-episode season isn't spread out across two months, because it would be easier to watch the series and take in all that happens. Even so, this season is much less glitzy than season 1 and that is to the show's benefit.

Furthermore, I appreciate that the series did an episode based on the little-remembered, or regarded, but wild, The Proud Family Movie, which seemed like an episode from Milo Murphy's Law, especially when they are fighting the Pistachions. In some ways, the episode reminded me of the annual Treehouse of Horror episodes of The Simpsons.

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It is hard to know where The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder goes from here. If it follows the recent pattern of Disney series, such as Amphibia and The Owl House, it will have at least one more season. If that was the case, it would have one more season than the original series. However, it would need another 32 episodes to match the original, which aired from 2001 to 2005. This revival is different because the episodes range from 27 to 30 minutes, similar to the first season.

This series comes at the time that Disney is producing and airing series with diverse casts, like The Ghost and Molly McGee. In fact, this year, Iwájú, Kiff, Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Primos, and Hailey's On It! are set to air. Disney has also contracted to produce series such as Cookies & Milk, Moana, and Tiana. On the other hand, Disney series with similar casts such as Mira, Royal Detective and Amphibia ended last year, while The Owl House is set to end this spring.

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is more unique, incorporating perspectives of Black creators, unlike Hamster & Gretel, Phineas and Ferb, Kim Possible, and Star Wars: The Bad Batch, which likely have mostly White writers rooms and have casts largely composed of White characters. As production coordinator, Breana Navickas, recently wrote, the show's writer's room is Black, and much of the staff is Black and "a mix of asian folks, latine folks, white folks". This shows in this season even more strongly than in the first season, with the series establishing itself more, and putting the original into the dustbin.

This series is not alone. Craig of the Creek, Victor and Valentino, Carmen Sandiego, Arcane, and Glitch Techs are all recent series with diverse stories and characters. As such, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, comes at an opportune time, when some executives are cutting back resources dedicated toward animated series, or squeezing workers in tough working conditions.

All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed the second season even more than the first, and hope that Disney orders another season sometime this year, considering the amount of people watching it. There are so many more stories to tell with these characters. This could include Penny getting new, and non-toxic friends. Even so, I doubt this will happen because the plot of the series depends too much on their existence to bring in new friends, just as Futurama would fall apart without the antics of the Planet Express crew keeping its current members. In addition, considering the issues with colorism in the original The Proud Family, and somewhat replicated in the first season, it was good to see that the Gross Sisters (Nubia, Olei, and Gina), all by Raquel Lee, only had a small part in this season. The fact that Maya had a bigger part in the season, instead of the Gross Sisters, is a welcome development.

One of the series' downfalls is repeating elements of narrative set-up in the original series. Although I still believe the series could be stronger if it focused on older versions of the cast, the second season made the characters, at their current age, workable. It didn't fall into simple tropes used in Kim Possible and Totally Spies!, both animated series centered in school environments.

Seasons 1 and 2 of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is currently airing on Disney+. While you are at it, you can watch The Proud Family and The Proud Family Movie on Disney+ too!

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sistahscifi · 2 years

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Loved these signed paperback editions of Wake. Each copy comes with a QR code to a complimentary audiodrama adaption of the book! We are in stock! Link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com. Reposted from @wilsonmoralesfilm Check out audiodrama adaption of Wake by Dr. Rebecca Hall and written by Tyler English-Beckwith @tyleronline Starring DeWanda Wise @dewandawise, WAKE is an imaginative tour-de-force that tells the powerful story of women-led slave revolts, and chronicles scholar Dr. Rebecca Hall’s efforts to uncover the truth about these women warriors who, until now, have been left out of the historical record. Originally published as part graphic novel and part memoir, Podium Audio (@podiumaudio) acquired the exclusive global audio rights to WAKE, the graphic novel named one of the Best Books of 2021 by NPR (@npr). Over the last year, Podium Audio has developed this work into a feature-length audio play in partnership with critically acclaimed playwright and television writer Tyler English-Beckwith. Full cast includes DeWanda Wise, Chanté Adams (@chante_adams), Jerrie Johnson (@TheJerrieJohnson), Fọlákẹ́ Olówófôyekù (@thefolake), Katherine McNamara (@Kat.McNamara), Bahni Turpin (@prospertunia), Rhian Rees, Karen Malina White, Román Zaragoza (@RománZaragoza), Alex Ubokudom (@AlexUbokudom), John Clarence Stewart, Blake Cooper Griffin, Tim DeKay, Kate Steele, André Sogliuzzo and Matthew Wolf. Original music composed by Jace Clayton (AKA DJ / Rupture @DJRupture) Reposted from @comfycozyup Day 4 #readsoullit unexpected fave #wake surprise me last year. This was an amazing graphic Novel #bookstagram #BlackAugust #graphicnovel #history #nonfiction #reading #WakeGraphicNovel #RebeccaHall #sistahscifi @wakecomicbook @simonandschuster (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg8DlSPpPpc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#readsoullit #wake #bookstagram #blackaugust #graphicnovel #history #nonfiction #reading #wakegraphicnovel #rebeccahall #sistahscifi

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biographyonair · 1 year

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Who is Karen Malina White?

#biographyonair #KarenMalinaWhite #actress

Karen Malina White is a well-recognized television and film actress. Karen Malina White gained enormous recognition for her amazing work on a drama film named Lean on Me.

#biographyonair #KarenMalinaWhite #actress

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sheniq · 2 years

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Most of you know her as Tony Hughes Mother Shirley Hughes “The Jefferey Dahmer Story” but I know her as Kaneesha Carter on Lean on Me or Charmaine Brown on The Cosby Show & A Different World or the voice of Penny Proud's bestfriend Dijonay Jones or Nicolette on Malcom & Eddie. Her real name is Karen Malina White. #KarenMalinaWhite #ShirleyHughes #TonyHughes #Netflix #monster #JeffreyDahmer #LeanOnMe #MalcolmandEddie #RyanMurphy #EvanPeters https://www.instagram.com/p/CjYd9u0J40_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#karenmalinawhite #shirleyhughes #tonyhughes #netflix #monster #jeffreydahmer #leanonme #malcolmandeddie #ryanmurphy #evanpeters

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lboogie1906 · 2 years

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Karen Malina White (born July 7, 1965) is a film and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Kaneesha Carter, in Lean on Me, as Charmaine Brown during the two final seasons of The Cosby Show and A Different World; Nicolette Vandross on Malcolm & Eddie, and the voice of Dijonay Jones on The Proud Family. After graduating high school, she continued her studies at Howard University, where she graduated cum laude with a BFA. During her senior year, she won the title of "Miss Howard University" and landed her first role as an actress. She starred in Lean on Me. She was nominated for the 1990 Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for her performance in the film. She made many guest appearances on various television shows. She guest-starred as Jewel, Jazz's wife in two episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CftZIHLrEN7XDAeo4mkB-5mOI-U-_NszYkWKsg0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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flyandfamousblackgirls · 3 years

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