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Author Archives: Princess McDowell
Posted inArts & Culture
A seat at the table with Janelle Monaé
What happens when you bring 80 Chicago creatives, artists, change makers—and a Reader reporter—to late-night brunch at the MCA.
Posted inFilm
Demolition Man’s a black movie and here’s why
Simon Phoenix is brought back as an assassin and gets conscripted into becoming a catalyst for chaos. That’s the blackest story they could have written.
Posted inFilm
Money Talks is the Friday sequel we all deserved
Now we know what really happened to Smokey: he befriended Charlie Sheen to make a bad buddy movie.