Description
They Cloned Tyrone is a loud, absurd, and charming sci-fi film that's equal parts blaxploitation, social commentary, and confirmed conspiracy theories. Following three unlikely heroes as they uncover a government conspiracy that weaponizes cultural staples and stereotypes against them. Gabe unpacks the harmful stereotypes and the power of Blaxploitation films. Kat gives an in-depth history lesson about the government and CIA's role in the role of drug trafficking around the world and how they use their power to oppress.
Sources in this Episode:
They Cloned Tyrone Director Juel Taylor Uncovers the Easter Eggs in They Cloned Tyrone | Netflixed Tyrone’ Ending Explained: What Do the Clones Represent? - Decider
What Is Blaxploitation: The Essential Guide To The Subgenre
Food Deserts
The INFAMOUS “Black” McDonald’s commercials
Director Juel Taylor Uncovers the Easter Eggs in They Cloned Tyrone | Netflix
The Truths and Symbolisms in “They Cloned Tyrone” | by ASUS BUTTERFLY
They Cloned Tyrone' Director Juel Taylor on His Favorite Conspiracies and Winning Over Erykah Badu
How ‘They Cloned Tyrone’ Transforms Racial Archetypes into Unlikely Heroes
A Tangled Web: A History of CIA Complicity in Drug International Trafficking -- Institute for Policy Studies
The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia
What We Really Know About the CIA and Crack
THE CIA-CONTRA-CRACK COCAINE CONTROVERSY: A REVIEW OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS
MANAGING A NIGHTMARE - How the CIA Watched Over the Destruction of Gary Webb | The Intercept | By Ryan Devereaux
Reaganomics and Its Implications for African-American Family Life
Reaganomics: The Impact On Black Economic Mobility
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