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An African American washerwoman rises from poverty to build a beauty empire and become the first female self-made millionaire. (Netflix, 4 episodes, adapted from the book 'On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker' by A’Lelia Bundles, Walker’s great-great-granddaughter) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Mar 20, 2020 - 2 comments

Tiffany Haddish has a new Netflix special. She hilariously discusses her Eritrean father, homelessness, life as a foster, yeast infections, and lazy strippers. As she puts it, "I know my purpose, I'm here to teach. Maybe it's not the proper way to teach, but fuck it, you're going to learn today."
posted by Stanczyk on Dec 4, 2019 - 1 comment

Zach Galifianakis and his oddball crew take a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews. Come for the cameos. Stay for the credits. [more inside]
posted by Stanczyk on Sep 21, 2019 - 17 comments

The wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Aug 11, 2019 - 9 comments

An ex-felon is shocked to see just how much the world has changed when he is released from prison for good behavior after a 15-year stint and returns to his newly gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Apr 7, 2018 - 1 comment

Paget Brewster tells the story of Deborah Sampson (Evan Rachel Wood), the first woman to take a bullet for America, Tiffany Haddish goes with Rose Valland (Busy Philipps), a museum curator who recorded the whereabouts of art plundered by the Nazis in Vichy France and Amber Ruffin selects Clara Barton (Mandy Moore), founder of the American Red Cross.
posted by lmfsilva on Jan 23, 2018 - 14 comments

Host: Tiffany Haddish, Musical Guest: Taylor Swift [more inside]
posted by DizzyOnBugSpray on Nov 11, 2017 - 21 comments