A warning, this episode contains explicit language.

For decades, it's been a cliche to kill off the sole black character first in horror movies.

But the very funny new spoof, The Blackening, turns that hackney trope on its head by asking,

what happens when all the main characters are black?

The movie is about a group of college friends who reunite for a weekend at a house in the woods only to find themselves dodging a crossbow-wielding maniac.

It's silly, smart, and even a little bit deep.

I'm Aisha Harris Harris and today we're talking

about the blackening on Popquarter Happy Hour from NPR. Joining me today is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday Aisha Roscoe.

My fellow Aisha, hello.

Hi, glad to be here.

Great to have you here.

And also with us is one of the co-host of the podcast, Fan Thai, journalist, writer, and producer

Jarrett Hill.

You can be an honorary aisha, if you'd like, Jarrett.

I was going to say, do I get to be an honorary aisha?

I have to figure out how I would spell mine since y'all two are different.

My best friend's name is also Jarrett, so like it's a weird thing happening here.

It's I have to figure out another spelling here.

Well it's great to have you here as well. So in the blackening, an eclectic

bunch of old college friends head to a house in the woods for the Juneteenth

holiday weekend. There's exes Lisa and Namdi played by Antoinette Robertson and Sinkwa

Walls. They broke up because Namdi was trash, but they're now secretly hooking up again to

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