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Slough House officially reopens on Wednesday, Sept. 16 when #SlowHorses resumes for its sixth season. Here are few first look photos, including Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) looking tired and irritating. Good times!
🧵More summer TV good news: One of my favorite & criminally underappreciated shows, Diarra From Detroit, returns for S2 Weds., July 29 on Paramount+. S1 first streamed on BET+ & didn't get much wide exposure. Now that it's available on Paramount+, more can watch. A couple of S2 first look pics (/1):
So ... this is happening on (to?) #TheView next week. The caliber and toughness of the host's questions will be quite telling.
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The Swell called it a couple of weeks ago: The Wu-Tang Clan is unstoppable. The Knicks have the 3-1 series lead to prove it after they performed at the half.
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But what I loved most about this show is the way Diarra Kilpatrick portrays & validates society's tendency to invalidate a Black woman's emotions & treat crimes against Black people as less worthy of investigating. (/3)
Lastly, while S1 has many great scenes, one of my faves made in my '24 end-of-year list of TV best moments: Pancakes with Danger. (IYKYK.) Anyway, if you haven't seen "Diarra From Detroit" yet, do yourself a favor & correct that situation ASAP! (/end) www.salon.com/2024/12/27/b...
"Diarra" is extraordinary for featuring a Black woman sleuth in a white-dominated mystery genre. It also joyfully takes the audience inside a community most TV shows portray as tragic & dangerous. Those of us raised in neighborhoods like Diarra's know differently. (/2) www.salon.com/2024/04/02/d...
