Chris Rock, Jennifer Saunders and more have argued that ‘wokeness’ is stifling comedy. But the idea of the joke police is actually nonsenseIs cancel culture destroying comedy? A lot of comedians seem to think so. John Cleese has fretted that “wokeness”…
Untold review – gripping doc series delivers an irresistible sports fix
Missing the Olympics? Netflix’s thrilling new show will fill the gap with its deep dives into astonishing moments from sports history, starting with the ‘Malice at the Palace’ basketball brawlFrom Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles to Tyrone Mings, there has…
‘It was like: people from Aberdeen shouldn’t rap!’ Scotland’s hidden hip-hop scene
At Hang, Scotland’s first hip-hop conference, the country’s MCs are given a hero’s welcome – but there’s also important discussion about the prejudices they face“Here’s a golden oldie,” Nova laughs, breaking into her 2019 single 3am. The crowd scream l…
Midnight in the Switchgrass review – Bruce Willis and Megan Fox firmly in 90s mode
The flashy editing and schlock-by-numbers plot leave not much to like here, including an uncomfortably exploitative element Everything about this tawdry thriller feels dated, from the serial-killer premise that was all the rage back in the 1990s, to th…
‘We’re the weirdos – the joke’s on us’: on the set of the People Just Do Nothing movie
The Kurupt FM crew are back in a big screen, fish-out-of-water adventure set in Japan, complete with lots of eye-wateringly tight DayGlo LycraOn an Uxbridge film set, the cast of People Just Do Nothing are clad from neck to ankle in DayGlo Lycra. Frank…
Ghosts series three review – does the fearsome fright club need new blood?
Hard-drinking toff Barclay Beg-Chetwynde seems set to be the next member of the phantom troop, in the only TV show that would benefit from bumping more people offHell is other people. Bad enough to spend lockdown finding out if your nearest really are …
牧師でYouTuberのレズビアンカップルが、ドイツの小さな村から伝えるメッセージ
ドイツ発の人気YouTubeチャンネル「アンダース・アーメン（ちょっと違うアーメン）」。配信の主は、北ドイツの小さな村で牧師を務めるレズビアンカップルだ。さまざまな悩みを抱える人々に「あなたたちはひとりじゃない」と配信を通じて伝え続けるふたりに、YouTubeを始めたきっかけや、出産を通じて感じた社会の遅れ、そして「オンライン教区」の夢について訊いた。
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Junglist by Two Fingas and James T Kirk review – when jungle was massive
A stream-of-consciousness novel capturing the 1990s jungle music scene over one weekend marks a defining moment in British multiculturalismRalph Ellison, in his 1952 classic Invisible Man, may have best captured a sense of blackness not as a racial abs…
Edinburgh Festival kicks off – in pictures
Photographer Murdo MacLeod has been photographing rehearsals and preparations for this year’s much-reduced programme of the Edinburgh festival, which opened on Saturday Continue reading…
米国でバズらなかった東京オリンピックと、拡散しなかったスヌープ・ドッグの五輪番組
このほど閉幕した東京オリンピック。米国では視聴率の低迷が伝えられ、ソーシャルメディアでバズるような現象もそこまで起きていない。それはいったいなぜなのか？ 理由の一端が、スヌープ・ドッグが共同ホストを務めた米国のオンライン番組から浮き彫りになってきた。
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