A Word: Black Horror is Killing It
b'For decades, it has a running joke that Black characters were the first to die in horror movies. But movies like Nia DaCosta\\u2019s Candyman and Jordan Peele\\u2019s Get Out are rewriting the script, and creating horror villains and heroes who represent the real Black experience. On today\\u2019s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by Tananarive Due, an award-winning author and producer who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA, to discuss the past and future of Black horror.\\xa0\\xa0\\nGuest: Tananarive Due, award-winning author, and producer who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA\\n\\nPodcast production by Jasmine Ellis\\n\\nYou can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'