The Monday Edition - May 7, 2018
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TV, Dear White People, Justin Simien, Netflix

Dear White People Tackles the Alt-Right and the Multilayered Realities of Blackness in Its Sophomore Season

Logan Browning, Ashley Blaine Featherson
Dear White People volume two doubles down on the things that make it excellent, in a thoughtful and engaging second season.
Movies, Avengers: Infinity War, Guardians of the Galaxy

We’re Learning More Than We Can Process About Young Groot Right Now

teen groot in avengers: infinity war
Guardians of the Galaxy's Groot has been a fan favorite in all of his iterations so far—adult, baby, child, teen—but he's also been a bit mysterious, and not only because he speaks a language the audience can't understand.
AMP Featured, TV, HBO, Westworld, Westworld recaps

Westworld Goes East in “Virtù e Fortuna,” Because Rich White People Love Them Some Colonization

A scene from 'Virtu e Fortuna' on HBO's Westworld
This week's Westworld shows us just how much fun rich white people seem to think colonizing is, even during whatever future this show takes place in. Ooh! Honey! Let's go pretend to be colonizers in Asia! What fun! It'll be a nice change from pretending to steal land in the Old West! [**SPOILERS WILL ABOUND IN THIS POST AND THE COMMENTS! BEWARE!**]
Big on the Internet, dogs, drones, Monday Cute

Monday Cute: Adorable Puppy Rescued from Storm Drain by Drone with Robotic Arm

drone
Rescued animal videos always hit us right in the feels, but this one has a high tech twist. An engineer in Lucknow, India came up with an ingenious solution to rescue a puppy trapped in a storm drain. Milind Raj saw the puppy was in trouble but was unable to reach him himself, so he ran back to his lab to build a drone with an attached robotic arm, which he then used to fly in and grasp the puppy, bringing him to safety.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Bill Hader, Conan O'Brien, God of War, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Conan O’Brien and Bill Hader Try to Play God of War

Conan O'Brien and Bill Hader
Conan O'Brien is back with his popular segment "Clueless Gamer", where he tries his hand at playing popular video games. In the latest episode, Conan teams up with Bill Hader to play God of War, and the results are predictably hilarious.
News, #MeToo Movement, Nobel Prize, sexual misconduct

Swedish Academy Postpones Nobel Prize for Literature in Wake of Sexual Assault Scandal

Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2017
The Swedish Academy has announced that it will not be awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2018 due to fallout from a sexual abuse scandal that has shaken the esteemed organization. In a press release posted on Friday, the Academy stated that a "crisis" in the Swedish Academy has adversely affected the Nobel Prize.
TV, donald trump, Saturday Night Live, Stormy Daniels

Stormy Daniels Crashes Saturday Night Live‘s Cold Open in Epic Cameo

Stormy Daniels
Last night's episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Donald Glover, was so damn strong that by the end of the show we had almost forgotten about it's star-studded political cold open...almost.
TV, Childish Gambino, Donald Glover, Saturday Night Live

Donald Glover Delivers Outstanding Performance as Saturday Night Live Host and Musical Guest Childish Gambino

Donald Glover SNL Host
Donald Glover pulled double duty on Saturday Night Live last night, appearing as both host and musical guest in one of best episodes of the show in recent memory. His opening monologue featured him goofing on his multi-hyphenate status, as he fails his way through a series of cast interactions that include falling off a skateboard and drinking garbage water while singing the line, "I really can do anything".
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