Collectively Confused

There has been a noticeable increase in recent years of hyperaware and boundary-breaking media, whether that be in film, music, or television. As the stigma attached to mental health and the toll it takes on one's self begins to dissolve so does its lack of representation in mainstream media. However, no one expected to see this from the much-anticipated return to screen for comedian and director Bo Burnham. The most recent special from Bo Burnham released just last week on Netflix and has already received critical acclaim from countless news outlets for its 'Virtuousic Portrait of a Mediated Mind' - The New Yorker. 'Inside' is a unique and hilariously aware comedy set, that quickly descends into an artistic exploration of not only Bo's mental state but also a general zeitgeist of the publics' frame of mind through quarantine. The First Act In the opening sequences of the special, the viewer is led to believe the set will consist of the same cynical, expect...

Ebonics , otherwise known as 'British Black English' or 'African American Vernacular English' is a deviation of the standard English dialect and has come to be considered a language of its own rather than just a dialect. Ebonics is commonly considered to have originated in England following the integration of the Windrush generation: workers arriving in the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean allies of Britain, brought over to aid UK labor shortages. Having to adjust to the English language so quickly, led the Windrush communities to develop their own usage of the english language and therefore Britsh Black English was born. Where can we see ebonics used today? In western media, ebonics has been commonplace in almost every form of Black derived creation for many years, for example music genres like Hip Hop, Jazz, R&B or Rap often used the smoother flowing tonality of ebonics to creating smoother sounding or more easily rhyming songs. Ebonics has also been eve...