Hey Hey Hey Hey, it’s that time again, people!  Kick up your feet and listen to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio’s Grindhouse show, airing this Sunday at 6pm eastern-courtesy of the good folks at BTalk 100.  Join your favorite AFROnerdist hosts, Dburt and Claire Lanay (The Resident, Legacies) as they wax the night fantastic analyzing the following issues: finalizing our thoughts about last week’s first virtual SDCC (San Diego Comic Con) “@Home” convention spurred on by our current national COVID-19 crisis; longtime friend of the show, Laina Dawes (What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal) stops by to discuss her current doctoral candidacy at Columbia University in Ethnomusicology and perhaps her thoughts about the urban (and urban alternative) music scene post COVID-19 and the George Floyd protests; President Trump threatens to ban the popular teen social media platform, TikTok over concerns about its connection with China; Dburt is enthralled (thus far) with Netflix’ Umbrella Academy S2;   

           

A Hollywood Reporter article brings analysis to Bryan Singer’s BTS tumultuous stewardship of  FOX’ X-Men franchise (including Michael Jackson vying for the Professor X role…hee hee); a new Business Insider piece reports on Marvel Comics’ prior (and renewed) efforts to address its pledge to address diversity in the company in light of only hiring two black editorial staffers in five years;  Beyonce’s Black is King hits the Disney plus streaming platform this weekend; Interesting….we see you, Sir Tony Todd!  A trailer for SYFY’s Tales From The Hood 3 makes it to the internets:

   

And then there’s the Fearless Netflix animated trailer showcasing some familiar voices from the Hip Hop and sports  entertainment community (i.e. Fat Joe, Angie Martinez, Dwyane Wade, Jadakiss and more):

The BGR.com website is reporting some fairly credible MCU plans involving the Hawkeye character as well as new/younger heroes coming into the fold for the franchise’s impending phases; hey….one of the original blerds makes a return to form, Kadeem Hardison (A Different World), courtesy of Netflix’ (again) Teenage Bounty Hunters:

  

Lastly, more real life “retconning” news pieces are starting to emerge-just when Dburt had a conversation about postbellum human zoo stories, NYC’s Bronx Zoo apologies for its treatment of African Mbuti tribesman, Ota Benga more than a century ago….I guess better late than never (sigh). Call in LIVE at 508-645-0100.

“My eyes cross water to the gift of a symbol.  It is a statue which represents freedom won at the cost of death…and while my studies in philosophy render such a concept false, my experience with the nature of man dictates that fallacy is often truth”-Shang Chi, The Master of Kung Fu.