Episode 100: Shade Room Rivals

100 Episodes! Let's take a minute to celebrate this accomplishment. The show goes on with this week's guest Tearra Arrington a fellow podcaster, that's also a blogger and filmmaker pulls up to the Podcast to talk her latest project Vicious Cycles: Malik's Redemption. This film hits big topics like childhood trauma, infidelity, broken homes, interracial dating, and parents that lack accountability and we dive right into all these points evident in the production.  Timestamps/Topics: Introductions: You Got an Accent? (5:36) Shade Room Rivalry: Tearra doesn't follow anything related to The Shade Room because of a personal/professional beef, hear her side of things! (12:30) Vicious Cycles: Life Imitating Art - This short film hit close to home for our guest. We talk about behind the scenes work like casting and writing a script.  (16:20) No L's Just Lessons: Hear about some first-hand challenges a new filmmaker is likely to face (26:18) Vicious Cycles: A candid conversation about the cycles that tend to plague society (39:47) Interracial Dating: A scene in the movie made me wonder if black women are really bitter and the Goldchain Diva breaks down why black women have a problem with brand new tires (46:27) Is MJB corny? : The red carpet conversation went give and some people believe he's just getting his lick back. (53:45) The Boy is Mine: A man's nightmare would to be caught being unfaithful, your girl knowing, and then using the side chick to seek revenge on you.  (59:49) Parents Just Don't Understand: We know that childhood trauma permeates with you through adulthood is left unchecked. Would your parents be open to therapy to hash out all that baggage? (1:04:46) Cruel and Unusual Punishments (1:13:07) The Blackening - Trailer reaction