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Directors and Yasuke, the African Samurai
"Yasuke was a slave, who came to Japan with the power of Jesus. The shogun asked him to grow cotton. It wouldn’t grow, so the Shogun made him a samurai instead.”  That is probably the narrative your favorite Hollywood director will try and spin when telling the story of Yasuke (pronounced Yash-kay), an African who came ventured... Read more
Every Action Movie Needs Theme Music, Sucker!
“Cool, guy, loud and quietIf your head's in the way, he'll FLY ITDon't try it, cause Jack of Spades doesn't BUY ITHe's a one-man riotCleaning the community, of all its debris – The C-R-I-M-E” -- KRS-1 – Jack of Spades As a child of the 1980s in the great... Read more