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Entertainment & Sports

Dec. 6, 2019

‘Queen and Slim’: Not the same as ‘Bonnie and Clyde’

The movie is provocative because they are believable. You cannot leave the theatre without wanting to discuss what has transpired.

Frank H. Wu

President Designate
Queens College

Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.

‘Queen and Slim’: Not the same as ‘Bonnie and Clyde’
The director Melina Matsoukas at her home in Los Angeles, Oct. 17, 2019. (New York Times News Service)

The just-opened movie "Queen and Slim" might have been controversial, but the frequency of African-Americans shot by law enforcement officers without justification in the headlines means it faces the opposite risk, of becoming cliché. Movies have long been a means by which we measure the spirit of the times. They remain a shared experience, these stories by which we attempt to make sense out of the world.

"Queen and Slim" is efficien...

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