Brothers From Another Mother: Ben and Skin (Sort Of) In Their Own Words
Ben Rogers and Jeff Skin Wade have had the most unlikely rise to radio fame in Dallas history. Now they re ready for their next challenge: to overthrow Prestige Worldwide.
Any full account of the spectacular rise of Ben “Kenobi” Rogers and Skinny “Skin” Wade to North Texas radio dominance during the weekday hours of 2 pm to 5 pm in the demographic of men aged 25 to 54 must necessarily begin on the storied hardwood of Richardson’s Huffhines Recreation Center.
It was there, in the early ’80s, that the two middle schoolers met and formed a friendship not unlike that of Ben and Jerry, or Mac Daddy and Daddy Mac, or Cagney and Lacey, a friendship that would take them to great heights, some of which were achieved, truth be told, with the aid of dank weed supplied by their friend Erykah Badu. But it all began with pickup basketball games at Huffhines Rec. Ben’s game was predicated on his sinewy thighs
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In 2018, Blumhouse took us back to the early days of The Purge with
The First Purge, a prequel that depicted the origins of the annual lawless evening and how an experiment in Staten Island resulted in the most ruthless and deadly night of the year. While the horror movie received a mixed reception from critics and audiences alike, it didn t have any trouble scaring up an audience. To date, it remains the highest-grossing installment in the franchise, grossing nearly $140 million worldwide. It s certainly not the last we ll see of The Purge, as
If you re wondering where you ve seen
The First Purge cast, including Marisa Tomei and Y lan Noel, in the nearly three years since this movie s release, we re here to help. Here s what the actors behind in this top-grossing horror prequel are doing now.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Klaus and Dave in
The Umbrella Academy, Raymond and Kevin in
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Yorkie and Kelly in
Black Mirror’s ‘San Junipero’ and the list goes on. But what about the LGBT relationships that were never meant to be?
Queerbaiting, a technique deployed by creators in entertainment to tease the development of a queer relationship between two characters without ever actually confirming it, has been used for decades to attract the support of LGBT audiences and increase viewer ratings. The suggestion of certain characters having an LGBT identity can be an exciting prospect for an audience in need of representation and its momentum can be sustained for a long time. It’s only when the creators or the characters themselves speak to the contrary that these illusions of queer representation are shattered, and a show’s reputation for inclusivity is taken away as quickly as it was gained.
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