DISCUSSIONS FROM THE OTHERHOOD

It's a New Year and time to assess your entertainment inventory. We've got precious few hours in a week and we don't want to waste them on shows that no longer do it for us. Join us tonight to discuss for the new year what shows or other entertainment you're leaving in the rearview mirror.

It's the New Year and there is a lot of content out there on TV or streaming but sometimes don't you wonder... "Why are they running this program and why, in the name of all things holy, are we watching it? Why does anyone watch political news programming? Why do we watch retrospectives on the lives of psychics? Why do we watch real crime fictionalizations? Why do we watch contest shows? Why do we watch the news? Why do we watch Reality TV? We are now into a new year making decisions about what is good entertainment and what they will eventually make more of for us to view. Join us tonight in the OTHERhood as we discuss why we watch what we watch.

It's time for the final countdown as we approach 2023! If you're like us you had dozens of works from 2022 on your To Watch list. Did you get through them all? Did you get to any of them? New Year's Day falls on a Sunday so we get Monday as the national holiday.. two days to binge watch! Join us tonight as we help you construct your 2-day list of the best of what to watch to start your New Year!

In 1843 Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol, a work shedding light on poverty, cruelty and income disparities all during the Yuletide season. One hundred seventy-nine years later, and many of these themes are still in existence. Through the years the Dickens tale has been satirized, parodied, and rebooted to extend its reach and relevance. Join us this Christmas Eve as we deconstruct the many retellings of A Christmas Carol and establish its continued importance as an expression of our Christmas aspirations.

We've discussed or favorites. So tonight join us as we reveal the Christmas films we can do without.

This week on the television talk show, The View, Whoopi Goldberg spoke about the iconic 48 year old comedy, Blazing Saddles the. Apparently some critics believe that the Cleavon Little/Gene Wilder tour de force is racist. What has happened to this world? The film by comedic genius Mel Brooks serves EVERYONE up from racism to sexism, stereotyping of women, Blacks, gays and whites. It unabashedly displays the ridiculousness of stereotypes and racism, so how in the world can it be considered racist? Join us tonight in the OTHERhood and explain it to me.

The holiday season is coming and we're all getting ready! As kids we didn't have too much control over whether we went to the movies but if we were lucky we had access to the television. From the Grinch to The Waltons: The Homecoming to the Star Wars Christmas Special, what TV shows and specials did you look to back then to get into the holiday spirit? What do you watch now? Join us tonight to share those childhood and adulthood holiday favorites!

It's that time of year! Deck the halls and mull the wine while we list our favorite unconventional Christmas films! No Miracle on 34th street for us. We're watching Gremlins and American Psycho! Join us Saturday night as we list our favorite unconventional films and look forward to seeing yours.

Thanksgiving is upon us and beyond football and a bounty of turkey, stuffing, mac & cheese, green beans, pies and cobbler how else will you entertain yourselves and your families during the Thanksgiving holiday? Harper's Bazaar has created a list of 55 films related (and sometimes REALLY LOOSELY related) to Thanksgiving. I'd serve up a few of these, but for the most part... Why? Join us as we attack the list from 55 to 1 to determine what of this entertainment fare goes best with the "Itis". https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/news/g8078/best-thanksgiving-movies/

Let's face it, almost no one ever gets the result they want from the polls. If you're anything like us here in the OTHERhood, you exercise your rights at the ballot box then run home, close your eyes and ears and hope for the best. But why do that when we can entertain ourselves by watching something optimistic (Our fabulous future), or something horrific (Oh well, I guess things could be worse)? Join us to discuss what you watched to keep you on even keel as the election returns came in?