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Contributor Yasmin Omar

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Opinion

Air erases Michael Jordan from his own narrative

by Yasmin Omar

In a dehu­man­is­ing cre­ative deci­sion, Ben Affleck excludes the icon­ic bas­ket­ball play­er from his Air Jor­dan ori­gin sto­ry. It’s not a good look.
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In Praise Of

The Old Rose scenes in Titanic are important, actually

by Yasmin Omar

As James Cameron’s gen­er­a­tion-defin­ing block­buster turns 25, it’s high time to recon­sid­er the nar­ra­tive val­ue of the film’s often-maligned fram­ing device.