Who Is the Intended Audience for Dear White People?

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Oct. 17 2014 4:27 PM

Spoiler Special: Dear White People

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Dear White People.

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On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies—and the occasional TV show—in full, spoiler-filled detail. Below, staff writer Aisha Harris chats with Tanner Colby, about Dear White People, the hard-hitting feature debut of Justin Simien. Who, exactly, is the film meant to speak to? Does the film’s ambitious, multi-protagonist approach succeed? Does Simien show promise as a filmmaker?

Listen to them discuss these and other questions below. You can also check out past Spoiler Specials in our archive, and you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Note: As the title indicates, each installment contains spoilers galore.

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Gone Girl
Transparent
The Boxtrolls
Love Is Strange
Boyhood

Aisha Harris is a Slate staff writer.

Tanner Colby, a co-author of Remember the Time, is also the author of Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America. 

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