9 things to make Black Lives Matter in our public schools The disparity in funding education--even within a single state, much less across the nation--is a form of racism. American schools are notoriously underfunded, but nowhere more so than in schools that have a large population of students of color.
The Race-Hustler-in-Chief. Ten years ago President Obama tweeted in the mildest of terms about racism when Cornell West was arrested on the front porch of his own home. This opinion piece examines the difference in reactions then and now from right-wing demagogues.
REALLY changing the subject: What Happened to Finn’s Arc in TROS? (I’ve been saying for months that there was a big change in Boyega’s level of enthusiasm for episode IX from before the cast screening to after; the conclusion that much was left on the cutting room floor is unavoidable, even if you don’t find some of the production leaks plausible.)
Interesting link re: Finn's arc. For one thing, this seems a good example of where a lot of fandom meta has gone! On independent blogs, that is, rather than in fandom communities. But the example of the score seems extremely telling:
"The amount of music written for The Rise of Skywalker, however, was 226 minutes (3 hours and 46 minutes)! That’s 51 minutes longer than the amount of music written for the Force Awakens for a movie that is only 7 minutes longer! That’s enough extra music to re-score nearly two thirds of the final movie!"
Oh, definitely. I had seen that detail elsewhere, too--a YouTube video which points out that the scoring doesn't really match what's happening onscreen, and it appears that they've just grabbed random bits of Williams' music to accompany their hastily edited Frankenstein's monster of a movie.
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"The amount of music written for The Rise of Skywalker, however, was 226 minutes (3 hours and 46 minutes)! That’s 51 minutes longer than the amount of music written for the Force Awakens for a movie that is only 7 minutes longer! That’s enough extra music to re-score nearly two thirds of the final movie!"
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