American short story writer H.P. Lovecraft is more popular now than he was in his lifetime. Part of the modern popularity of Lovecraft is in reaction to his racism. IDEAS examines why his brand of ...

Though Black Widow has a long publication history in Marvel's comics, she was introduced to film audiences in 2010, as a "steely sexpot type of character" in Iron Man 2, said Bui.

Lamorne Morris says he sometimes struggled not to 'take it personal' when 'New Girl' stumbled with its only Black lead: 'I'm the one Black character on this show, and they don't know how to figure ...

As one of the only Black characters in the show, Numbuh Five was a multidimensional representation of a strong, capable young Black girl who didn’t need to fight to stand out.

The Simpsons voice star Harry Shearer says he gets told that the animated program is “woke” after he was recast as one of the Black characters on the show. Shearer has voiced a variety of ...

It was Uzo Aduba's idea to make her “Orange Is the New Black” character a 'slam poet': 'They liked it' "I didn't know what I was doing," Aduba tells EW of taking that chance at the time.

Instead, the Black characters’ speech is the dialect the way it was commonly depicted in 19th and early 20th century culture. This is the speech of minstrel shows and characters like Topsy and ...

Jenny Slate leaves ‘Big Mouth,’ says Black characters ‘should be played by Black people’ By Katie Scott Global News Posted June 25, 2020 1:01 pm Updated January 16, 2025 1:49 pm ...