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  1. spooky ip
    Rosario Dawson Joins Haunted Mansion’s Happy HauntsAt the rate they’re casting, they’re gonna need a bigger stretching room.
    By Rebecca Alter
  2. trailer mix
    Dear White People Is Closing Out With a Musical FinaleThe trailer features Salt-N-Pepa, En Vogue, Jamiroquai, and more.
    By Justin Curto
  3. hurry baaaaack
    Foolish Mortals LaKeith Stanfield and Tiffany Haddish in Haunted Mansion TalksDisney is hurrying baaaaack to the property.
    By Rebecca Alter
  4. movie review
    Bad Hair Fails the Very Audience It Seeks to ReflectIf this movie is the love letter to Black women that its director promises, it’s written with a poison pen.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  5. emmy insider
    Dear White People Creator Justin Simien on Netflix, Hollywood, and Black Art“A fire has started, but how long is it going to burn? How far is it going to reach?”
    By Ashley Ray-Harris
  6. sundance 2020
    The Cast and Creator of Bad Hair Decide Which Hair Is Definitely HauntedWe have bad news for Kim Zolciak.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  7. Dear White People Levels Up in Season TwoIt’s done this by embracing the drama’s essentially rhetorical nature.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  8. chat room
    Dear White People’s Logan Browning Used Criticisms of Sam to Prepare for S2“If you’re looking at my performance and not my character, then sometimes I feel like I’m doing you a disservice.”
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  9. castings
    Lena Waithe Joins Dear White People As Reality-Show RapperGet ready for P Ninny.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  10. the industry
    Justin Simien to Direct Horror Satire Called Bad Hair About Evil Autonomous HairThe story of a woman battling impossible beauty standards who ends up with an evil weave.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  11. Netflix Renews Justin Simien’s ‘Dear White People’ for a Second SeasonJustin Simien’s 2014 film-turned-Netflix series will return for another season. According to The Wrap, the streaming network has officially […]
    By Megh Wright
  12. tv review
    Netflix’s Dear White People Is a FeatIt’s superior in almost every way to Justin Simien’s 2014 same-named film.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  13. good one podcast
    The Story Behind Dear White People’s Perfect Scandal ParodyDear White People creator Justin Simien talks about loving Shonda Rhimes, writing satire, and his show’s timeliness.
    By Jesse David Fox
  14. dear white people
    Justin Simien and the Stars of Dear White People on Racism and Satire“There is nothing about this show that’s not a risk.”
    By Dee Lockett
  15. Check Out the Trailer for Netflix’s ‘Dear White People’ SeriesJustin Simien’s 2014 film Dear White People is headed to Netflix later this month in the form of a TV series adaptation, and today the network […]
    By Megh Wright
  16. Netflix Orders a TV Adaptation of Justin Simien’s ‘Dear White People’Justin Simien’s 2014 film Dear White People is getting a TV adaptation at Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network […]
    By Megh Wright
  17. netflix
    Dear White People Is Becoming a Netflix Series So You Can Get More WokeBecause they know you’re still appropriating.
    By Dee Lockett
  18. the toughest scene i wrote
    The Toughest Scene I Wrote: Dear White People’s Tricky Party-PlanningHow writer-director Justin Simien tackled the movie’s blackface party.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  19. movie reviews
    Movie Review: Dear White PeopleThe film is hilarious, and just about everyone will wince with recognition at some point.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  20. chat room
    Director Justin Simien on Dear White People“In the independent world, anything with a black cast has to be an epic, historical thing with one of the three black actors that mean something overseas.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  21. Director Justin Simien Explains Why His Movie Is Called ‘Dear White People’“We can talk about the myth of reverse racism all day, but I think ultimately I’m a black filmmaker making an independent black film. If I […]
    By Megh Wright
  22. Here’s the Official Trailer for Justin Simien’s ‘Dear White People’After making waves at Sundance, getting funded through Indiegogo, and releasing a teaser trailer last month, filmmaker newcomer Justin Simien’s […]
    By Megh Wright
  23. trailer mix
    Watch the Very Funny Dear White People Trailer It posits that The Gremlins is actually about the suburban white fear of black culture.
    By Jesse David Fox
  24. Here’s a Look at Justin Simien’s College Satire ‘Dear White People’Here’s the concept trailer for Dear White People, a satirical film by newcomer Justin Simien that’s been making waves since winning the Special […]
    By Megh Wright
  25. sundance 2014
    Sundance: Dear White People Gets Their Attention“For all the white people in the audience, on behalf of all the black people in the world, you most definitely have permission to laugh.”
    By Jada Yuan