October 17, 2019August 22, 2021 ‘Candyman’: A Survey of America’s Historical Aversion to Urban Blackness The lore of Bernard Rose's 1992 film, Candyman, explores the exploitation of Black tragedy into white, middle-class urban legend.… « read »
October 31, 2018November 19, 2018 Candyman Advertisements “I am the writing on the wall, the whisper in the classroom. Without these things, I am nothing. So now, I must shed innocent blood.” The purpose of urban legends is often to evoke what scares us most. Children grow up… « read »