Underdogs Rolling with the punches: underdogs and losers in Rocky and Fat City 1 May 202130 Aug 2021 Let me tell you the condensed history of my relationship to my hometown team. Until a couple of years ago my hometown team had not won anything since the 1980s.…
Underdogs Refusing the Underdog: Blackness as Wayward Belonging in Shaft 1 May 202130 Aug 2021 What I admire about Shaft, the man himself, or the man who he was created to be, is his infectious confidence and wayward attitude—beholden to no one or any one…
Underdogs The Courage to Uncover and Reclaim Tradition 1 May 202130 Aug 2021 The Cultural Impact of Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos I must first begin by making a point to acknowledge that I am writing this essay as…
Underdogs Mockumentary in the Hands of Peter Watkins 1 May 20217 Feb 2022 Filmmaker and media theorist Peter Watkins was no stranger to political filmmaking and reconstructing actual events in a faux-documentary style by the time he made Punishment Park in 1971. His…
Underdogs Hip Hop as a lifestyle 1 May 202130 Aug 2021 I grew up listening to hip hop since I was a kid. It holds a special place in my heart. I’ve always viewed it as a powerful form of expression…
Underdogs The Road Warrior: the Mutt of the Wasteland 1 May 202130 Aug 2021 An underdog is defined by how the world treats them. How they are surrounded by characters that break them down, and see the character as nothing more than a nobody…
Underdogs “I’m not a real person yet”: Frances Ha versus the Promise of Adulthood 1 May 202130 Aug 2021 Frances Ha (2012) is a film that throughout the years, I often go back to for different reasons. When I first watched the movie as a teenager, I was struck…
Underdogs The Underdog Bites Back 1 May 20217 Feb 2022 “I said I’d die for you!” “No, you said you’d die with me. Cause you had nothing better to do.” Leaving a lasting impression on feminist horror – John Fawcett’s…
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