Aisha Harris
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New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Aisha:
The 75 Greatest Movies by Black Directors
As chosen by critics and filmmakers—and including four from 2022. → Read More
A Brief Guide to 21st-Century Blackface
Twenty years ago, Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled” skewered America’s love of minstrelsy. Has Hollywood learned anything about blackface since? → Read More
In Netflix’s ‘Hollywood,’ One Movie Fixes Racism. Hooray!
Ryan Murphy’s revisionist series is laughably self-satisfied and willfully naïve about complex real-world problems. I also kind of enjoyed it. → Read More
Stop Blaming History for Your All-White, All-Male Movie
Movies like “1917,” “The Irishman,” and “Ford v Ferrari” have all used their historical settings as a shield to deflect diversity critiques. But the past had people of color and women, too. → Read More
My Inbox Is a Cluttered Mess, and I Love It
For years, I allowed my email to pile up. A trip down the rabbit hole was surprisingly emotional. → Read More
The Cultural Canon Is Better Than Ever
Has Beyoncé finally replaced Shakespeare? Not exactly. → Read More
The Superhero Satire of The Boys Indulges in Its Own Excess
The Culture Gabfest discusses Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale, Amazon’s The Boys, and the work of Toni Morrison. → Read More
Homecoming Anchors Beychella in Black History
The Slate Culture Gabfest also discusses The Twilight Zone and the Mueller report as literature. → Read More
Down the ‘Fosse/Verdon’ Rabbit Hole
A new FX series recreates the professional and personal relationship between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. Here are some of the onscreen highlights from their careers. → Read More
‘Us’ Reflects a Mirror Image of ‘The Twilight Zone’
For his latest horror hit, Jordan Peele appears to draw inspiration from Rod Serling’s classic series in more ways than one. → Read More
What It’s Like to Be Black on Campus When White People Assume You Don’t Deserve to Be There
“People use your success as proof of your unworthiness. It’s very insane in the way that racism is.” → Read More
‘Leaving Neverland’ Deepens Shadow Over 2003 Michael Jackson Interview
The pop star’s interview with the British journalist Martin Bashir eerily echoes the stories of his “Leaving Neverland” accusers in surprising ways. → Read More
Watch the ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Trailer
The show returns in a little more than a month. Here’s a taste. → Read More
In ‘After Neverland,’ Oprah Winfrey Processes Michael Jackson Allegations
The talk-show host sought to educate and commiserate with her audience during an interview with the Jackson accusers from “Leaving Neverland.” → Read More
In ‘After Neverland,’ Oprah Winfrey Processes Michael Jackson Allegations
The talk-show host sought to educate and commiserate with her audience during an interview with the Jackson accusers from “Leaving Neverland.” → Read More
The Key to ‘Russian Doll’ Might Be Tompkins Square Park
Natasha Lyonne’s new Netflix series wrestles with “cultural guilt” over the East Village riots of the late ’80s and early ’90s, a Times critic suggested. → Read More
Let’s Fix Black History Month
If you must commercialize Black History Month, at least be thoughtful about it. → Read More
Mary Poppins Returns Lives in the Shadow of the Original
Dan Kois and Aisha Harris discuss Mary Poppins Returns in spoiler-filled detail. → Read More
How #MeToo Changes ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
In 2018, the rape accusation at the center of Barry Jenkins’s film became more complicated than James Baldwin could have imagined. → Read More
‘Bird Box’ Review: The End of the World Is Riveting. Sometimes.
Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson and a strong cast appear in this sci-fi thriller adapted from a novel by Josh Malerman. → Read More