Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another got the casting right, but did it get Latinos and Blacks right?

People are still talking about the film One Battle After Another. We breakdown how Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie handles Black and Latino characters in Hollywood. With Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro, and Chase Infinity starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, we ask: do these characters finally get the depth they deserve, or are they still written for white audiences? We also ask whether this three-hour film merits a rewatch.

Episode Summary

• Are Black & Latino roles evolving?
• Revolutionaries and redemption
• DiCaprio, Taylor & Del Toro on screen together
• Benicio's "Sensei" and immigrant storyline
• Black female portrayals under the microscope
• Representation vs. white gaze in Hollywood
• Why Lindelof's Watchmen and Coco got it right
• Teyana Taylor's rise from VH1 to PTA prestige
• Latino and Black artists entering prestige cinema
• The future of inclusive filmmaking
• Verdict: Entertaining but imperfect

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This week on Brown & Black, we drop an Off the Cuff episode on the breaking news that Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show.

This marks the first-ever Spanish-language halftime show on America's biggest stage.

We break down why this moment matters for Latino and Black culture, how it exposes the NFL's contradictions on race and protest, and what it reveals about the league's global ambitions.

We also ask:

Will this be the most-watched halftime ever?

Can Bad Bunny top Kendrick Lamar's historic performance?

What does the spotlight on Spanish language in America mean for culture and business?

And what might Bad Bunny choose to say—or not say—before an audience of 100 million?

Many white Americans face a contradiction: they love Black and Latino culture, but don't like Black and Latino people.

Dr. Barnor Hesse of Northwestern University calls this "White Voyeurism." It's part of his Eight White Identities framework that explains Jennifer Welch's viral rant against MAGA hypocrisy.

We revisit Hesse's revolutionary framework to show how whiteness has consumed Black and Latino culture for 500 years without any accountability.

Episode Summary

– Jennifer Welch's viral rant

– White voyeurism explained

– White hypocrisy and cultural hypocrisy

– Consuming culture without humanity

– Why studying whiteness is radical

– Why Welch's rant went viral

– Only white people can end racism

– Dr. Hesse explains Eight White Identities

– White people calling out whiteness

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