SSNP 285 | Is This Your Smollett?!

Cook County has dropped its 16 felony charges against actor, singer, and gay Tupac Jussie Smollett, and now all of his troubles are over! If only it were that easy.

The SSN Crew discusses the fallout from the scandal outgoing Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel called a "whitewashing of justice", the likelihood of his actual guilt or innocence, and what this means for not Jussie's career, but his family's reputation in the industry. We also discuss the passing of Nipsey Hustle, Tim Burton's live-action remake of "Dumbo", and lots more spoiler-heavy discussion of Jordan Peele's "Us," because it's awesome enough for it!

SHOW NOTES:
• 0:00:00: Catching Up/Film & TV Reviews
  ◦ Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous By Pearl Kleg (Stage Play)
  ◦ Turn Up Charlie (TV, Netflix)
  ◦ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Film, 2018)
  ◦ Jordan Peele’s Us (Film, 2019, SPOILERS)
  ◦ Game of Thrones (TV, HBO)
  ◦ Back to the Future (Film, 1985)
  ◦ Dumbo (Film, 2019, SPOILERS)
  ◦ Riverdale (TV, The CW)
  ◦ Sorry to Bother You (Film, 2018, SPOILERS)
  ◦ Shrill (TV, Netflix)
  ◦ Happy (TV, Syfy)
  ◦ American Gods (TV, STARZ)
  ◦ Black Lightning (TV, The CW)
  ◦ On My Block (TV, Netflix)
  ◦ Hanna (TV, Amazon Prime)
  ◦ Agent Carter (TV)
• 1:40:04: Entertainment News
  ◦ Mark Hamill is the voice of Chucky in MGM's Child's Play remake:
  ◦ Sonequa Martin-Green is in "Space Jam 2" as Mrs. LeBron James
  ◦ Peter Dinklage in talks for Tim Story's live-action "Tom & Jerry"
  ◦ DC Universe adding DC's entire comics backlog at no additional charge
  ◦ "Arrow" star Emily Bett Rickards announces exit ahead of the final season
  ◦ "The New Mutants" star Maisie Williams says reshoots never happened & cast unclear if it will be released
  ◦ Steven Universe becomes the first animated series to win a GLAAD Award
  ◦ 2019 NAACP Image Awards Winners
• 2:15:37: Say Something Nice Challenge: The Jussie Smollett Scandal
  ◦ All 16 charges dropped
  ◦ Rahm Emmanuel enraged, calls it a "whitewash of justice," demands Jussie pay $130,000 by April 7
  ◦ Chris Rock calls Jussie "a waste of light skin" in NAACP Awards joke
  ◦ Trump wants FBI investigation, US Postal Service is investigating mail fraud claims
  ◦ Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx's op-ed on handling of Smollett case
• 3:00:12: Post-Show: More "Us" Spoilers

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