Ashunda Norris
6 posts
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Film Review: ‘The Invisible War’ by Ashunda Norris
The U.S. military’s stance on sexual assault prevention is a joke. The shot of a poster that reads, “Don’t risk it. Ask her when she’s sober.” flashes across the screen. I chuckle then nearly choke on...
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Film Review: ‘Children of Paradise’ (Les enfants du paradis) by Ashunda Norris
“All the love in the world for Baptiste is mine, mine. No room for others. It is fate. It is written,” sobs his heart-broken lover, Nathalie (María Casarès). This scene appears more than halfway...
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Film Review: ‘Crooked Arrows’ by Ashunda Norris
Did you know, dear reader, that the sport of lacrosse was created by Native Americans? Well, I sure didn’t until I watched the film Crooked Arrows, which is an educational force as much as it is a...
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‘Six Degrees of Separation’ at Vpstart Crow Productions by Ashunda Norris
According to an unproven theory, all of us mere mortals are connected to anyone else on the planet through a chain of acquaintances separated by no more than five other people; six degrees of...
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‘God of Carnage’ at Signature Theatre by Ashunda Norris
I absolutely loathe the fact that people must pretend to like one another for the sake of appearances and are deemed socially inept if they don’t go along with the status quo. Most people only unravel...
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‘Passing Strange’ at Howard University by Ashunda Norris
To be marginalized for being Black is one thing. To be marginalized for being different and Black is another. Stew and Heidi’s semi-autobiographical rock musical Passing Strange directed by Eric...