There's just not much we don't like about Barry Jenkins' adaptation of James Baldwins' novel IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK. It's a layered, lush, beautiful depiction of black love that really touched us all. But if you know the Spoilers you know we are always going to have something contentious to talk about. This episode is no exception. We spend a lot of time talking about Tish, about the depiction of Christianity, about the lack of Oscar love for this movie. Along the way, Todd mansplains and Anita interrupts -- and then something falls off the table. Chaos reigns! But it's all good. We think you're going to love this thoughtful and lively episode.
Episode 47 -- A Plot-Full of BLACK CAKE: Charmaine Wilkerson Serves It Up Thick
Episode 46 --It May Be a Man’s World, But Esi’s Got a Car: Ama Ata Aidoo’s CHANGES
Episode 45 -- Trains, Pains, and Barnacles: Suzette Mayr’s THE SLEEPING CAR PORTER
Driplet #4 -- ”It Must Be the Gas”: A Journey Inside Todd’s Broken Brain
Episode 44 -- Profound Sentences: James Baldwin’s GIOVANNI’S ROOM
Episode 43 -- Hold the Pum Pum Jokes: Learning to Love Leone Ross’s POPISHO
Episode 42 -- A Touch of Grey: Attica Locke’s THE CUTTING SEASON
Episode 41 -- Don’t Say It: Language, Teaching, and Community
Episode 40 -- Easy Does It: Walter Mosley’s DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
Episode 39 -- Apparently, We Love Her: Toni Morrison’s SULA
Episode 38 -- Eloghosa Osunde’s VAGABONDS!: We Are the Majority!
Episode 37 -- Around the World, Around the Corner: Discombobulated Migrations in Namrata Poddar’s BORDER LESS
Episode 36 -- Ghostly Reverberations: Louise Erdrich’s THE SENTENCE
Episode 35 -- Genre, Critique, and Relaxing Hair Grease: Zakiya Dalila Harris’ THE OTHER BLACK GIRL
Episode 34 -- Seams of Subjection: Afia Atakora’s CONJURE WOMEN
Episode 33 -- No More Crumbs: Deesha Philyaw's THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES
Episode 32 --A Sister Souljah Seminar, or The Coldest Episode Ever
Episode 31 -- Chaste Heat and Sweet Potato Pie: Beverly Jenkins' JOSEPHINE
Episode 30 -- There is a Balm: Robert Jones Jr.'s THE PROPHETS
Episode 29 -- Black and White and Misread All Over: Nella Larsen's PASSING
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