Decoder Ring: Why Are We Still Using Fat Suits?
A fat suit is a custom-made costume with one goal: to make an actor appear fat without them actually having to be fat. It’s typically a unitard filled with mattress foam and other wiggly, jiggly bits—but it’s also so much more than that, an embodiment of all our cultural hang-ups about fatness. In …
The Western
The Great American Western is having a resurgence - from Yellowstone and Bass Reeves on TV, to Beyoncé's acclaimed country album Cowboy Carter. Kevin Costner is back in the director’s saddle too, with his Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 - the first in a planned series of epic Westerns - recentl…
April 8th 2025 - Full Show
Black Authors Matter TV - April 8th Guests: Mia Mask, Chante Griffin, Emily Autenrieth and Shea Robinson, 2025 BAM TV Awards Finalists Announced
Mia Mask, Author and Professor of Film
Chante Griffin, Journalist and Author
Emily Autenrieth and Shea Robinson, Owner & Manager, A Seat at the Table Book…
3.69-Mia Mask Interview Replay
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Today's episode is a replay of the very first interview episode from back in June 2023. My guest was Mia Mask, a professor at Vassar College where she teaches African American cinema, Documentary History, and seminars on topics including horror film and auteurs like Spike Lee, Char…
Why Are We Still Using Fat Suits?
A fat suit is a custom-made costume with one goal: to make an actor appear fat without them actually having to be fat. It’s typically a unitard filled with mattress foam and other wiggly, jiggly bits—but it’s also so much more than that, an embodiment of all our cultural hang-ups about fatness. In …
Decoder Ring - Why Are We Still Using Fat Suits?
A fat suit is a custom-made costume with one goal: to make an actor appear fat without them actually having to be fat. It’s typically a unitard filled with mattress foam and other wiggly, jiggly bits—but it’s also so much more than that, an embodiment of all our cultural hang-ups about fatness. In …
Why Hollywood Feared Black Female Desire | Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne & Eartha Kitt
🔥 Black desire was never the problem — visibility was.
Hollywood likes to sell itself as progressive, but for decades it enforced an unspoken rule: Black women could be admired, but they could not be openly desired without consequence.This episode examines how that line was drawn — and defended — t…
Decoder Ring - Why Are We Still Using Fat Suits?
A fat suit is a custom-made costume with one goal: to make an actor appear fat without them actually having to be fat. It’s typically a unitard filled with mattress foam and other wiggly, jiggly bits—but it’s also so much more than that, an embodiment of all our cultural hang-ups about fatness. In …
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