'The Underground Railroad' Is the Cinematic Event of the Year

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( Devour pop culture with us: [Subscribe now.]( What to Read Today [The Underground Railroad Is the Cinematic Event of the Year This is a series not witnessed but felt.]( By Angelica Jade Bastién [How a Bookstore Became the Unlikely Birthplace of Alt-Comedy In the 1990s, a group of misfit comedians who didn’t fit in at clubs created their own.]( [Sandra Bernhard Reflects on Her Friendship With Paul Mooney “When he walked onstage, no matter where you were in the club — in the hallway smoking, drinking — you’d stop and walk in and watch Paul.”]( By Jesse David Fox [It Took Coming Home for CHAI to Go Global “We realized … you don’t really have to go push yourself onto somebody to tell them that you’re fun.”]( By Justin Curto [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [All the Olivia Rodrigo Lyrics From Sour You Could’ve Used in High School “Screw you.”]( By Zoe Haylock [Writing Love Notes to the Archive of Black Performance Books by Hanif Abdurraqib and Daphne A. Brooks are devoted to performers of the past and present—and their adoring fans.]( By Danielle A. Jackson [Downtown Theater Comes Back, Slowly and Then All at Once The current New York performance jamborees, though, aren’t catering primarily to newcomers or out-of-towners.]( [Who Will Win Eurovision 2021? We’re heading back to Rotterdam — with a trillion percent more Flo Rida.]( By Lindsey Weber [The Turning, Our Love Song, and 4 More Podcasts Worth Trying Including a podcast episode all about lumber prices.]( By Nicholas Quah [What to Know Before Venturing Into the Bizarre World of Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. The new stop-motion family sitcom starring one of comics’ most enduring punch lines is packed full of references to other Marvel concepts.]( By Oliver Sava [The Dry Is a Mystery You Might Find Hard to Shake Eric Bana is spectacular in this thriller that never lets up on the grief.]( By Bilge Ebiri [Girls5Eva’s Renée Elise Goldsberry on How Her Own ’90s Girl Group ‘Fell Apart’ “The closest I’ve ever gotten to signing a record deal was from that group. And who knows what would’ve happened.”]( By Devon Ivie [This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: Crypto Scam Time What happens when the person in charge of all your bitcoin dies?]( By Vulture Editors [Kylie Minogue and Years & Years Start Your Summer With ‘Starstruck (Remix)’ Time! To! Dance!]( By Vulture Editors [T.I. References Sexual-Assault Accusers in New Song He rapped that he is “up against some lying-ass bitches.”]( By Jennifer Zhan [Lil Baby and Kirk Franklin Hook Up Space Jam 2 With ‘We Win’ Produced by Just Blaze, y’all.]( By Zoe Haylock [Grey’s Anatomy Recap: Comings and Goings Today is not a day for sadness at Grey Sloan! It is, however, a day for taking stock of how the pandemic has changed people.]( By Maggie Fremont [The Real Housewives of Atlanta Bolo Leak Was a Fourth-Wall-Poking Power Play If you only watched the show’s version of the fallout from Cynthia Bailey’s bachelorette party, you didn’t get the whole story.]( By Shamira Ibrahim [Prince Harry Reveals ‘Nightmare’ Alcohol and Drug Use After Diana’s Death “I was willing to try and do the things that made me feel less like I was feeling.”]( By Devon Ivie [Obama’s UFO Talk Won Late Night This Week Plus apologies from Patti Harrison and Wally the cue-card guy.]( By Bethy Squires [Mythic Quest Recap: The Devil You Know A seemingly Brad-centric episode is also a story of three MQ women united in their desire for something more out of their careers.]( By Ben Rosenstock [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read more from Vulture]( It happened this week — let’s talk about it. [Sign up for My Week in New York](: a new newsletter from the editors. [GET IT WEEKLY]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved