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...world, which sets up enough roadblocks for women and minorities independently, focusing on how successful professional women of color have overcome these double barriers is a phenomenon worth closer scrutiny. For black women, it seems that in a hidden and unprofessed way, we often choose being ‘black?? over being ‘women’; to choose otherwise would be some sort of tacit betrayal of our race. We therefore find ourselves denying the ways in which our identities both as minorities and as women are both deeply important to our experience...
...pull off a one-liner, and he brightly sustains the Chris Farley torch of manic physical clowning, but it’s clear that his comedic range is inversely related to his girth. Fortunately, the producers of School of Rock have forged an ideal vehicle for Black??s brand of mischief, and with a sturdy cast and script behind him, he manages to whip up some of the biggest laughs of the year. Black plays Dewey Finn, a guitarist thrown out of his band, rendering him even less capable of paying the rent that he owes his substitute...
Fortunately, the producers of The School of Rock have forged an ideal vehicle for Black??s brand of mischief, and with a sturdy cast and script behind him, he manages to whip up some of the biggest laughs of the year...
...Five, and Summer (Miranda Cosgrove), whose tireless moralizing as “class fac-TO-tum” and eventual band manager provides a wonderful foil to the wayward Finn. In fact, the students are so endearing and so memorable that their presence becomes ultimately more welcome than Black??s. Quite often—and especially during the film’s climax—the movie is content showcasing Black??s irreverent behavior when it should have been spotlighting the more appealing tween performances...
Others cited allegations that Blair’s race—he is black??contributed to his swift rise and to the failure of his editors to punish him for his mistakes...