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In “Triangle of Sadness,” the Crudity Is the Point

There have been several cultural texts recently that depict the coddled super-rich and the underclass that scrambles to serve them in exchange for crumbs of their plenty. On HBO, we’ve had Jesse Armstrong’s “Succession,” a romp about a Murdochian family,…

The Photographer Who Immortalized a Pan-African Pageant

In January, 1977, while most Americans were busy watching “Roots,” seventeen thousand people convened in Lagos, Nigeria, for the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC). A monthlong extravaganza that featured delegations from more than fifty…