Show Notes for CS Episodes 221 and 222 on Harriet Tubman Movie (Patreon)
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These are the show notes for Champagne Sharks episodes 221 and 222 about the movie "Harriet." Below are things discussed in the episodes:
Michael K. Williams on Arsenio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JqVIjqSaAU
Kasi Lemmons giving signs she was sanitizing slavery for white comfort: https://twitter.com/Behembaba/status/1189305968179531776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1189305968179531776&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Ftherawness.com%2F
Cynthia Erivo discussing the comfort of her white co-star while filming "Harriet" https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/1171426385740599297?s=20
Wikipedia on Slave Patrols: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_patrol and Slave Catchers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_catcher
Thread from the white historian who worked on the movie "Harriet" where she lies about Thomas Otwell being a bounty hunter: https://twitter.com/KCliffLarson/status/1190268446845652992
The actual story of Thomas Otwell, and how he was a snitch but not an actual bounty hunter https://blackthen.com/dover-eight-fugitive-slaves-betrayed-black-underground-railroad-conductor/
James Baldwin's "Everybody's Protest Novel" http://faculty.gordonstate.edu/lsanders-senu/Everybody's%20Protest%20Novel%20by%20James%20Baldwin.pdf
Slave Patrols by Sally E. Hadden https://www.amazon.com/Slave-Patrols-Violence-Carolinas-Historical/dp/0674012348/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=slave+patrol&qid=1574651865&sr=8-1
Examples of articles constantly calling Harriet Tubman a superhero in reference to this movie:
- "‘Harriet’ Composer Terence Blanchard Crafts Sweeping Score In Celebration Of Real-Life Superhero Harriet Tubman" https://deadline.com/2019/10/harriet-composer-terence-blanchard-kasi-lemmons-interview-news-1202770483/
- "The 'Superhero Journey' Of Harriet Tubman, Now On Film" https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775148791/the-superhero-journey-of-harriet-tubman-now-on-film
- "'Harriet' Star Cynthia Erivo Explains Why Harriet Tubman Is a Superhero" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo0PxF9txyc
- "Inside Cynthia Erivo’s Journey to Making a ‘Badass’ Harriet Tubman Biopic" https://variety.com/2019/film/features/harriet-tubman-cynthia-erivo-kasi-lemmons-biopic-1203385680/
- "'Harriet' Costume Designer on Transforming Cynthia Erivo Into a Superhero (Exclusive)" https://www.etonline.com/harriet-costume-designer-on-transforming-cynthia-erivo-into-a-superhero-exclusive-136142
- Why all modern genre movies feel the same, the two formulas, The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler http://www.movieoutline.com/articles/the-hero-journey-mythic-structure-of-joseph-campbell-monomyth.html and Save that Cat by Blake Snyder, https://slate.com/culture/2013/07/hollywood-and-blake-snyders-screenwriting-book-save-the-cat.html
- "Russell Simmons Apologizes for Harriet Tubman ‘Sex Tape’" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/russell-simmons-apologizes-for-harriet-tubman-sex-tape-235814/
- "Was Gideon Brodess a Real Person?" https://www.bustle.com/p/was-gideon-brodess-a-real-person-joe-alwyns-harriet-character-is-relentlessly-evil-19221429
- "Cynthia Erivo Breaks Down Those Tense Scenes With Joe Alwyn In Harriet" https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/10/8622912/cynthia-erivo-harriet-movie-difficult-scenes
- The Delectable Negro book by Vincent Woodard https://www.amazon.com/Delectable-Negro-Consumption-Homoeroticism-Cultures/dp/0814794629/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=delectable+negro&qid=1574654025&sr=8-1
- Rethinking Rufus book by Thomas Foster https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Rufus-Violations-Enslaved-Slavery/dp/0820355224/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=rethinking+rufus&qid=1574654173&sr=8-1
- "Harriet Director Kasi Lemmons on the Source of Harriet Tubman’s “Spidey Sense”" https://slate.com/culture/2019/10/harriet-movie-kasi-lemmons-interview-religion-visions.html
- "Hyperreality" article on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperreality
- "Travels in Hyperreality" by Umberto Eco https://web.archive.org/web/20130521085018/http://public.callutheran.edu/~brint/American/Eco.pdf
- Cuck Philosophy on Jean Baudrillard and Hyperreality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf9J35yzM3E
- Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard https://www.amazon.com/Simulacra-Simulation-Body-Theory-Materialism/dp/0472065211/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=baudrillard+hyperreality&qid=1574654970&sr=8-4