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ClareR (5603 KP) rated There There in Books

Mar 2, 2019  
There There
There There
Tommy Orange | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
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A fascinating insight
This novel is written to show us the reader that Native Americans don't all follow the stereotype that we have grown up with. Certainly, there are Native Americans on reservations, but they also live in cities and have lives that are more familiar to non-Native Americans.
This book is set in Oakland in the lead up to a pow wow. It's told from multiple points of view, tells of different lives, and the modern struggles of Indians living in cities (poverty, drug and alcohol addiction and finding their identity).
This book was so well written - it was very in depth, but was easy to read, meaning that I read it far too quickly. I really enjoyed the windows in to these peoples lives. The dramatic finale of the book had my heart in my mouth throughout.
Well worthy of all the praise it's had, in my opinion.
  
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Erika (17788 KP) rated Blindspotting (2018) in Movies

Sep 2, 2018  
Blindspotting (2018)
Blindspotting (2018)
2018 | Drama
10
8.3 (4 Ratings)
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I was lucky enough to catch a showing of this film before it left the Drafthouse. I hadn't really been sold by the trailers, but I was willing to give it a try.
This might be one of my favorite movies of this year. The movie follows two best friends, living in Oakland, which is being progressively gentrified (which reminds me of where I live). This film was written by the two leads, and was partially inspired by their own lives. Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal were both fantastic, and were foils of one another. Diggs' Collin is three days away from being released from probation after a stint in jail. Collin sees an officer shoot an unarmed guy, but can't report what he saw because he was late for his curfew.
The film was really effective, and you felt the sheer terror in some of the situations. I was actually exhausted after watching it, but in a good way.
  
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Chino Moreno recommended Born to Mack by Too $Hort in Music (curated)

 
Born to Mack by Too $Hort
Born to Mack by Too $Hort
1989 | Rock
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"I remember hearing this when I was a little kid, I probably shouldn't have because it's lyrically so dirty. In the neighbourhood I grew up in every car would be driving by playing that record. Too Short is from Oakland California which is pretty close to where I grew up in the Bay Area. It was a local rap record in a way. I wanted to put a rap record in there because rap was such a huge influence on my youth. That is one that's probably less well known. It's very minimal, it must have been made on 808 and then there's the rapping. The way that he builds his vocals, he pretty much rapped the whole thing twice and then made it stereo, so it's got this kind of cool sound. I think he was one of the first people to do that. The lyrical content is really vulgar, but super fun to listen to. When I listen to rap today, well it's hard for me to say I'm a fan of rap music, the majority of it I don't like."

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Colin Trevorrow recommended The Manchurian Candidate (1962) in Movies (curated)

 
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
1962 | Classics, Drama, Thriller
7.7 (20 Ratings)
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"In high school, I worked at The Video Room in Oakland, California. It had the largest selection of laser discs in the Bay Area. One guy owned all of them. I was smugly aware that most people were watching movies entirely wrong, and would tell them so. I’d explain aspect ratios and assure my friends they’ve never even really seen Jaws until they’d seen it at my house on the Pioneer, hooked up to my dad’s concert amplifier and massive stadium speakers, my own rig. I watched more movies during that time than I did in film school. The Manchurian Candidate was one of them, and it was just [on a] different level. I went in thinking it would be a masterfully directed political conspiracy thriller, which it was, but was also completely bananas. I couldn’t believe some of the choices made. That film gave me permission to get a little bit weird in my storytelling. Once you’ve seen an old lady execute a Korean POW while Frank Sinatra looks on in complacency, you know you can go to crazytown and the audience will stay with you. It’s not easy, but it’s possible."

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