How do Aisha and Grandma Lucille experience and process loss? Use at least TWO examples of loss for each character.

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Option 1

Nia DaCosta’s new Candyman (2021) is designed to update the original 1992 version.
Describe THREE ways that the original Candyman was problematic racially. USE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES for each.
Describe THREE ways the new Candyman seeks to update the original. USE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
Does the update succeed in addressing the problematic aspects of the original? Why or why not? BE SPECIFIC.

Option 2

The Keeper examines the cost of LOSS through a horror lens.
Discuss:

• How do Aisha and Grandma Lucille experience and process loss? Use at least TWO examples of loss for each character.
• What are their actions as a result of their loss?
• And what is the personal COST to them?

Option 3

MAGIC IS RELATED TO RACISM in many of the works we have discussed, particularly “Wet Pain” (Terence Taylor), The Keeper and Tales from the Hood.

In TWO of these three works, discuss how:

• How the racism triggers or is tied to the magic/horror. Use at least two detailed examples from each work.
• Is racism defeated in each example? Why or why not?

Option 4

Compare and contrast the use of ZOMBIES in The Night of the Living Dead, Ouanga and/or The Girl with All the Gifts. (TWO of the three works.)
Discuss:

• How are the zombies similar? (At least 2 examples)
• How are they different? (At least 2 examples)
• How is Blackness used in the film to portray and/or amplify social struggles?

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