Candyman

Published: June 8, 2020, 4 a.m.

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Audio clips from "Candyman" by Christina Aguilera and Candyman


Check out these works on Candyman from incredible Black writers, podcasters, etc.:
"Candyman (1992)" by Afro Horror Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/\\u2026/po\\u2026/candyman-1992/id1472713970\\u2026)
"Candyman: A Survey of America's Historical Aversion to Urban Blackness" by Peyton Danielle (https://filmdaze.net/candyman-a-survey-of-americas-histori\\u2026/)
"Candyman: Why This Racially Charged Horror Film is Scarier than Ever" by Evan Narcisse (https://www.rollingstone.com/\\u2026/why-candyman-is-scarier-tha\\u2026/)
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror streaming FREE on Shudder


Please follow these links for more information on how you can be involved in fighting with Black Lives Matter:
Ways to help! (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co)
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (https://www.naacpldf.org/naacp-mission/)

Resources for having meaningful conversations about White Privelege:
"How to Talk About Privilege to Someone Who Doesn't Know What That Is (https://everydayfeminism.com/2012/12/how-to-talk-to-someone-about-privilege/?utm_content=buffercbf53&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=Buffer
"How White People Silence Black Voices" (https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a25747603/silencing-black-voices/)
"Confronting Racism is Not About the Needs and Feelings of White People" (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/28/confronting-racism-is-not-about-the-needs-and-feelings-of-white-people)


Further reading:
Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos (2004)
Candyman: Breaking all the Rules of Horror
Interview with Bernard Rose (http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/72689)
Interview with Tony Todd (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/25/how-we-made-candyman-virginia-madsen-tony-todd-bee-sting)
Ruthie Mae McCoy and Candyman (https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/Content?oid=871084)
Cabrini Green and Candyman (https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2014/03/14/how-a-story-about-the-horrors-of-housing-projects-became-part-of-a-horror-movie)
Urban legends (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/200203/what-fuels-urban-legends)



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