The Tuesday Edition - May 22, 2018
Fresh from your pals at themarysue.com
TV, Big Mouth, David Thewlis, Gina Rodriguez

Gina Rodriguez and David Thewlis Join Netflix’s Big Mouth as “Gina” and “Shame Wizard”

Gina Rodriguez and David Thewlis join the Netflix show which currently stars Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Maya Rudolph, Jason Mantzoukas, Jordan Peele, Jenny Slate, and Jessi Klein.
AMP Featured, Movies, fathers, Star Wars Episode V, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back Changed Star Wars & Evil Fatherhood Forever

David Prowse in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The thing that I think about when I rewatch Empire as an adult is the traumatic experience within its big reveal and how that affected Luke and Leia. Or more so ... didn't affect them. 
Movies, Lando Calrissian, solo: a star wars story, Star Wars (franchise)

Donald Glover Is on Board for Pansexual Lando in Star Wars Movies

donald glover solo movie interivew
Solo: A Star Wars Story isn't even out yet (though there are only days left to wait), and we've already learned a lot about one of the film's main characters: Lando Calrissian.
TV, Amazon Studios, Syfy, The Expanse

Amazon in Talks to Save The Expanse

Image of "The Expanse," featuring Dominique Tipper as Naomi Nagata, Wes Chatham as Amos Burton, Cas Anvar as Alex Kamal, and Steven Strait as James Holden (Photo credit: Kurt Iswarienko / Syfy)
When the SYFY show The Expanse was cancelled, fans rallied to try and save it. Now, Amazon is in talks to revive it.
Movies, Donald Glover, Lando Calrissian, solo: a star wars story

Donald Glover Says a “Frasier in Space” Lando Film Would Be “Fun to Write”

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly Radio about Solo: A Star Wars Story, Donald Glover responded to the public cry for a Lando Calrissian movie full of capes and action. 
TV, Ava DuVernay, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Queen Sugar

Ava DuVernay: Showing the Realities of Being Formerly Incarcerated Is a “Big Part” of Queen Sugar

Fresh from Cannes Film Festival, Ava DuVernay explains how Queen Sugar shows the realities of being formerly incarcerated in the United States.
Big on the Internet, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Netflix

Things We Saw Today: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Netflix Producers Now

Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, netflix, producing
This is a super exciting deal, but there's one aspect in particular that has Twitter extra fired up. It may be petty, but given Trump's obsession with ratings, the idea of the Obamas beating him to an Emmy is a pretty delicious concept.
News, Aziz Ansari, Retta, sexual misconduct

Retta Doesn’t Understand Why the Aziz Ansari Thing was Even a Story. We’ll Explain.

Retta on NBC's 'Good Girls'
It's hard when someone you care about has done something wrong. No one wants to believe or think too hard about someone they know and love doing something terrible. I understand that. But wanting something to not be true doesn't make it untrue. In a recent moderated discussion, Retta talked about her friend and former co-star, Aziz Ansari, and didn't seem to understand what the big deal was. Let me see if I can explain.
News, Immigration, racism

Trump’s White House Doubled Down on His Racist Rhetoric Conflating Immigrants With Criminals

daca, immigration, animals, trump, racism, ms-13
No one is defending MS-13. We are objecting to the fact that Trump has turned the conversation about immigration and immigrants into a conversation about MS-13. We object to the racism and xenophobia behind that manipulation of a narrative.
TV, LGBTQ Representation, nostalgia

What Standard Are We Holding Our Nostalgia Shows To?

Edward Herrmann, Liz Torres, Keiko Agena, Kelly Bishop, Alexis Bledel, Lauren Graham, Sean Gunn, Melissa McCarthy, Jared Padalecki, Scott Patterson, Yanic Truesdale, Milo Ventimiglia, and Liza Weil in Gilmore Girls (2000)
Do we lower the bar when we examine shows we love from our past?
Big on the Internet, meghan markle, The Royal Wedding, The Sussexes

The Duchess of Sussex, A.K.A. Meghan Markle’s Past Is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of. So, Why Is it Being Treated as Such?

WINDSOR, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 19: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and The Duchess of Sussex share a kiss after their wedding at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018 in Windsor, England.
There's been a lot of talk about what the newlywed Dutchess of Sussex, a.k.a. Meghan Markle, will be giving up as she joins one of the most famous and powerful families in the world, like much of her privacy, her career as an actor, and the ability to express herself without her every word needing to be filtered through an entire team first.
Comics, comic books, Comixology, review

Review: Assassinistas #5 Tackles the Needless Limitations Our Society Puts on Moms

Assassinistas issue 5 cover
With the passing of Mother’s Day, I found myself thinking a lot about moms and comics. My mom got a “non-compliant” tattoo with me a few years ago, the iconic “NC” logo from the comic book Bitch Planet. My mom reads comics. She’s seen every comic book movie, but sometimes it’s frustrating how little she sees herself represented in comics. Maybe I need to send her Assassinistas, the Black Crown Quarterly book by Tini Howard and Gilbert Hernandez.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, cultural appropriation, Kendrick Lamar, micro-aggressions

Kendrick Lamar Invites White Fan to the Stage, She Drops 3 N-Bombs, Asks, “Am I Not Cool Enough for You?”

Kendrick
While performing on stage in Alabama, Kendrick Lamar brought a white fan on stage who proceeded to rap the "N-word" three times.
News, Justin Trudeau, poverty, sexism

150 Celebrity Influencers Have Put Global Leaders “On Notice” With an Open Letter Demanding Gender Equality

trudeau one poverty is sexist g7
The letter is addressed to the world's leaders, but there's a specific campaign targeting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as he's a few weeks out from hosting the G7 summit, where gender equality is already listed as a planned subject of discussion.
AMP Featured, TV, Charmed, Charmed Reboot, latinx representation

Response to the Charmed Reboot Trailer Has Been Mixed At Best

The CW's Charmed Reboot starring Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery, and Madeleine Mantock has gotten a lot of pushback from fans of the original 90s-2000s series online following the trailer released last week.
Movies, TV, cannibalism, Raw, Santa Clarita Diet

A Girl Has to Eat: When Cannibalism Meets Female Sexual Empowerment On-Screen

raw and santa clarita diet
One taste is all it takes. So goes the tagline for Chocolat, but does that apply to human flesh as well? It does, at least according to a new wave of TV shows and movies focusing on women and their unusual cravings.
Like what we're doing? Become a subscriber and support the site! Subscribing to The Mary Sue costs only $4.99/mo or less, depending on your billing plan, and gets you great bonuses including an exclusive newsletter with insight into the stories our team is following, an ad-free version of the site, and live chats with the editorial staff.
Like what we're doing? Follow us everywhere to get even more of that good stuff.
Facebook
Twitter
Tumblr
YouTube
© 2018 The Mary Sue, © 2018 Abrams Media
 
Questions? Concerns? Just wanna say 'hi'?
Abrams Media, 1261 Broadway Rm 508
New York, NY 10001-3546

Want to change how you get these emails?