The Nutcracker and the Mouse King 

Poor Black characters are usually surrounded by crime and violence, while poor White characters are portrayed as noble and hard-working.

On the Road captures the bleak, hyper-masculine world of long-haul trucking in Northern Mexico, where anything can and will happen. A hard-boiled, neon-noir romantic thriller, it shows the gritty reality of roadside diners, truck stops, and truck cemeteries alongside the expansive, breathless beauty of the Mexican desert highways.

Gritty and bleak are the best words to describe this film. There’s nothing happy about it.

“Reboot” can be crass and has much room to improve, but with investments of time and care, could flower out of the seed of a vision. 

The thing is, people like Wahlberg will only apologize if they have something to lose, which he did. His glamorous life, his reputation, and his career were all at stake.

"First Day" is a trans kid slice-of-life tv show that brings desperately needed diversity to coming-of-age stories in mainstream media. Here's a show that get's it right by having a trans actress in a story centered on trans girlhood.