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A South Carolina State University professor who has authored a book about women in Blaxploitation movies says the late actor Richard Roundtree’s portrayal of “Shaft” was a pivotal heroic figure for young urban audiences in the 1970s. “John Shaft was so crucial to the development -- even though some would argue then and now that the character itself was stereotypical in terms of representations of Black masculinity -- of different kinds of African American heroes, especially for a young urban audience that wanted a change from the Sidney Poitier roles onscreen,” sa...

A South Carolina State University professor who has authored a book about women in Blaxploitation movies says the late actor Richard Roundtree’s portrayal of “Shaft” was a pivotal heroic figure for young urban audiences in the 1970s. “John Shaft was so crucial to the development -- even though some would argue then and now that the character itself was stereotypical in terms of representations of Black masculinity -- of different kinds of African American heroes, especially for a young urban audience that wanted a change from the Sidney Poitier roles onscreen,” sa...

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By 1984, hip-hop was in full force, but still in its infancy as far as narratives in cinema. Evolutionary movements in music have always moved more rapidly on the streets, where cultural gatekeeping erodes much faster than in either the film or music industries. Hip-hop’s origin story — DJ Kool Herc’s 1973 Bronx dance party […]

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