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Jordan Calhoun
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Jordan Calhoun is a writer in New York City. His forthcoming debut book “Piccolo Is Black” is a celebration of the common adaptations we made while non-diverse pop culture helped us form identities. He holds a B.A. in Sociology and Criminal Justice, B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Japanese, and an M.P.A. in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy. He might solve a mystery, or rewrite history. Find him on Instagram and Twitter @JordanMCalhoun
latest ARTICLES by jordan
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Editorials, Features, Media, Review, TV Shows‘Genius’ Isn’t Your Parents’ National Geographic
The scene begins in the 1920s with a chauffeured automobile, the driver having picked up a well-dressed man who kisses…
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Jordan Calhoun
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Media, Movies, Review‘Fate of the Furious’ Is the Greatest [Furious] Movie of All Time
Not for its cast, which includes some of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood in an alchemistic ensemble that had Oscar-winning…
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Jordan Calhoun
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Media, Movies, Review‘Life’ Is Entertaining While Woefully Unoriginal
Each year Hollywood fills the empty space of weekend Box Offices with fillers of the uninspired, formulaic variety; movies so…
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Jordan Calhoun
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UncategorizedGotham Academy Second Semester #7 Review
Writers: Brenden Fletcher, Becky Cloonan, Karl Kerschl / Artist: Adam Archer, MSASSYK / DC Comics Gotham Academy Second Semester has…
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Jordan Calhoun
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Media, Movies, ReviewIs ‘Collateral Beauty’ That Bad?
To say Collateral Beauty, Hollywood’s latest star-studded holiday-season film, isn’t a good movie is to give the film the benefit…
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Jordan Calhoun
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Features, Media, Movies, TrailersThe ‘Furious 8’ Trailer Dropped and I KNEW THEY’D TAKE THIS SHIT TO THE OCEAN!
AHHHHHHHH! The eighth installment of Fast and Furious proves yet again that this franchise is the best at delivering exactly…
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Jordan Calhoun
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Editorials, FeaturesWhy I Dance on the Bankrupt Grave of Blockbuster Video
[divider type=”space_thin”][title type=”h2″]Omar Holmon[/title]There will come a day when I have children. Then those children will have kids of their…
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Jordan Calhoun
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Media, Movies, ReviewStrong Performances Save Political Drama ‘Miss Sloane’ from a Confounding Script
As a political thriller meant to capture the underhanded dealings of lobbying and, in larger scale, offer sensationalized commentary on…
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Jordan Calhoun
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Editorials, FeaturesLeave This Earth and Follow National Geographic to Mars
It seems a hell of a risk, what the newly-branded, newly majority-FOX owned National Geographic is doing in television. A…
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Jordan Calhoun