Review of Candyman (2021) by Angelica Jade Bastien for New York Magazine (Vulture) — 25 Aug 2021
In trying to reckon with the contradictions of the ’92 film, as well as carve out their own work, DaCosta and her collaborators have created a misfire that can’t make its tangle of politics — about gentrification, the Black body (horror), racism, white desire — feel either relevant or provocative.
When Blackness is whittled down, this is the kind of poor cultural product we are sold.
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This review of Candyman (2021) was written by Angelica Jade Bastien and published by New York Magazine (Vulture) on 25 Aug 2021.
Candyman has generally received mixed reviews.
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