Raw America (@rawstory) THIS IS GREAT: Sir Ian McKellen destroys Trump on Colbert last night by performing a Shakespeare monologue from Sir Thomas More. Fits the historical moment exactly. Make sure this gets around!

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🎬 Episode 3 of Scripted Insights → My review of Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest.
Legacy vs. street cred — and what gets left out.

📺 Longer clip on IG: @scripted_insights_
📝 Full essay on Substack + Medium: Scripted Insights

#ScriptedInsights #FilmBreakdown

God Ain't a Vibe: Why Influencer Christianity Is Failing Us I'm an actor and content writer who is passionate about movies, mental health, effective leadership principles, and social and economic justice.

Influencer Christianity preaches deliverance but delivers nothing. No justice, no truth—just vibes.

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Marco Rubio: When the Son of Exiles Becomes the Authoritarian "Thou art a footlicker."—William Shakespeare

Marco Rubio, the son of exiles turned agent of repression. Masked agents. No due process. A student deported for an op-ed. This ain’t freedom—it’s fascism in disguise. I wrote this because I’m furious. Read it. Feel it. Share it. Let it burn. 🔥 open.substack.com/pub/scripted...

Broadway: Once for the People, Now for the Privileged Theater Changed My Life. What Happens When People Like Me Can No Longer Access It?

Broadway was built for everyone. Now it’s a luxury. I wrote about how sky-high ticket prices, celebrity culture, and lack of public funding are pushing working-class artists and audiences out of the theater. It’s time for a reckoning. #TheaterIsWork open.substack.com/pub/scripted...

“And How Are the Children?” “From the Maasai to America: What a Warrior Culture Understands That the World’s Richest Nation Refuses to Learn”

If the Maasai warriors, with fewer resources, put their children first, what’s America’s excuse?

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Tiffany S. on Substack 'You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.' Baldwin in Harlem, in 1963. Photograph by Steve Schapiro

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Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was a masterclass in subversion—an all-Black cast forming the American flag, each in red, white, and blue. Samuel L. Jackson as “Uncle Sam,” reclaiming Black autonomy in a country built on our culture. This was genius. #KendrickLamar #SuperBowlLVIII

‘Sing Sing’ Review: The Rehabilitative Power of Performance A Story of Black Male Humanity, Redemption, and Clarence Maclin’s Oscar-Worthy Performance

🎭 New Review Drop!

Sing Sing is a powerful testament to Black male humanity, vulnerability, and the power of art as survival.

I just dropped my full review—check it out below.

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Have you seen Sing Sing? Let's talk! ⬇️ #SingSingFilm #BlackStorytelling #ArtAsLiberation

💭 Should storytelling & creative rehabilitation be prioritized over punishment?

What role does art play in liberation and healing?

Drop your thoughts below. Let’s discuss. 👇🏾

#SingSingFilm #BlackHistoryMonth #StorytellingAsLiberation #BlackVoicesInFilm #ArtAsResistance

Our justice system prioritizes punishment over rehabilitation, but Sing Sing proves that storytelling can be a pathway to healing, dignity, and transformation.

Black & Brown men in prison aren’t just inmates—they are artists, storytellers, and human beings.

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📽️ Sing Sing made history as the first film to screen inside U.S. correctional facilities, including in my home state of Texas.

For nearly one million incarcerated people, this isn’t just a movie—it’s a reflection of what’s possible beyond confinement.

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🔥 One of those men is Clarence Maclin, who plays himself in the film.

He credits theater with changing his life:

"I'd probably still be in and out of prison, never would've changed my life, had it not been for this brother and his tenacity about getting me into the program."

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For Black History (and every) Month, we honor Black storytelling—not just as entertainment, but as liberation.

Sing Sing isn’t just a film—it’s a testament to how art can save lives.

Based on a real-life prison theater program, the film stars formerly incarcerated men who lived this experience. ⬇️

Lucy Parsons is on the shortlist of those I'd like to write a movie about. Her work as an activist leader and powerful galvanizer of the poor and marginalized was unparalleled during its time. She had the government so shaken that the FBI raided her library and personal writings after her death.