Tagged: year: 2011

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How R&B Has Lost Its Soul

How is it that a form of music so integral to the individualization of Black Americans becomes something of a farce in their hands? While it’s a debate that’s been beaten like the proverbial dead horse, it’s one that still bears consideration.

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Julyssa’s Jukebox

I list five tracks that I’ve been listening to nonstop this week. It’s a mixture of genres and music from around the world. What is currently being played in my playlist? Read and find out!

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Seediq Bale

This historical epic — the most expensive Taiwanese movie ever made at $25M USD and directed by Wei Te-Sheng — depicts the Wushe Incident, in which the Taiwanese aborigines rose against the Japanese, killing over 130 of them.

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Hick Trailer

A Nebraska teen gets more than she bargained for when she sets out for the bright lights of Las Vegas.

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You Are the Apple of my Eye

Taiwan’s biggest surprise of 2011 — also being pretty popular in Hong Kong and Singapore — a romantic drama called You Are the Apple of my Eye. But what’s so amazingly appealing about a simple romantic drama involving teenagers, you say?