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Teen Titans Go! To The Movies? Do y’all really want to go down that route? At first when the series premiered I was jealous, because my steamy adolescent crush for Robin was tarnished by the show. Teen Titans Go! ‘Robin’ wasn’t the same. My teenage angst was not as understood by Raven. My deep appreciation for Starfire was warped. Then when it came down to it, they hit Cyborg and Beast Boy. Where were my serious yet completely lovable Titans?! Then all of a sudden it started to change Their low-key jokes started to hit me in my special spots. From Cyborg “beating his meat” to Raven’s legs…
Raven’s extremely “evil” plan on how to control the world (the famous Illuminati reference)… A whole episode dedicated to growing wealth and investments. (That episode was actually extremely insightful because I never learned about that in high school.)… And of course that time Beast Boy dropped the most fire beat in Teen Titan history.
All of this to say… Yeah they improved, but a movie? Y’all just started getting decent enough to stretch out a decent plot for 20 minutes. This is a jump. I’m genuinely scared, but also interested for all of the wrong reasons. Teen Titans Go! has proven to be good enough for short bursts. The show is more, “Wow I’m sad. I need something that will temporarily take me out of this existential crisis really fast. Oh look! Teen Titans Go! is on”. I want it to succeed, but I don’t want it to fall into the trap of becoming the movie where people only go t…
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Khadjiah Johnson
Khadjiah Johnson is a Caribbean-American writer and humor advocate who uses poetry and comedy as a leverage to empathize and uplift. Her work has taken her to Madison Square Garden, Lincoln Center, Apollo Theater, BET,…
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