They Cloned Tyrone (2023): Subverting Stereotypes & Government Conspiracies

Published: Feb. 14, 2024, 4 p.m.

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.

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Sources in this Episode:

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They Cloned Tyrone Director Juel Taylor Uncovers the Easter Eggs in They Cloned Tyrone | Netflixed Tyrone\u2019 Ending Explained: What Do the Clones Represent? - Decider

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What Is Blaxploitation: The Essential Guide To The Subgenre

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Food Deserts

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The INFAMOUS \u201cBlack\u201d McDonald\u2019s commercials

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Director Juel Taylor Uncovers the Easter Eggs in They Cloned Tyrone | Netflix

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The Truths and Symbolisms in \u201cThey Cloned Tyrone\u201d | by ASUS BUTTERFLY

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They Cloned Tyrone' Director Juel Taylor on His Favorite Conspiracies and Winning Over Erykah Badu

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How \u2018They Cloned Tyrone\u2019 Transforms Racial Archetypes into Unlikely Heroes

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A Tangled Web: A History of CIA Complicity in Drug International Trafficking -- Institute for Policy Studies

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The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia

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What We Really Know About the CIA and Crack

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THE CIA-CONTRA-CRACK COCAINE CONTROVERSY: A REVIEW OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS

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MANAGING A NIGHTMARE - How the CIA Watched Over the Destruction of Gary Webb | The Intercept | By Ryan Devereaux

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Reaganomics and Its Implications for African-American Family Life

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Reaganomics: The Impact On Black Economic Mobility

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