Refigure Check-in E55 The Assistant & The King

Published: Aug. 26, 2020, 6 a.m.

Chris and Rifa's weekly review of our adventures in the arts, diversity and culture.
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\nThis week we watch unsettling low key film The Assistant, starring Julia Garner, which shows the entertainment industry normalising abuse and suppressing dissent. We also watch Beyonc\xe9's vivid and arresting semi-abstract musical Black Is King on Disney+ made in response to her involvement with The Lion King reboot.
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\nFinally, we venture on our first post-corona trip to a physical exhibition, donning masks for the Prince's Treasure exhibition at Brighton's Royal Pavilion, where priceless items originally bought for the Pavilion by George IV have been loaned back to the building by The Royal Collection.
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\nRifa is reading Glennon Doyle's memoir Untamed, while Chris is reading Layla F Saad's anti-racism workbook Me And White Supremacy.
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