Culture
‘Neil Simon’s Musical Fools’: Everybody plays one sometime, right?
October 16, 2019It is so boisterously silly and good-hearted, and suitable for all audiences, that it is truly worth seeing in times that need a little comic relief.
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‘The Abuelas’ unpacks repercussions of child kidnapping in Argentina’s Dirty War
October 15, 2019“If you have doubts about your identity, contact Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo.” So read billboards across today’s Argentina.
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Chicago actors Theo Germaine and Daniel Kyri push boundaries of queer representation
October 11, 2019National Coming Out Day special interview: “It doesn't matter who or how you love; we need to see the humanity in all people."
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‘Emanuel’ recounts tragic 2015 murders in Charleston and radical Christian forgiveness
October 11, 2019The tragic incident on June 17, 2015, blazed to the top of the news: A 21-year-old white supremacist named Dylan Roof calmly entered the door to Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Netflix’s ‘Living Undocumented’ debunks Trump’s immigrant boogeyman myth
October 10, 2019It’s an important program to watch, especially as the nation marches towards the 2020 presidential election with immigration reform sure to be a main topic.
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