Christina Anthony 2021

Christina Anthony

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BSR Contributor Since March 5, 2019

Christina Anthony (she/her) is a Los Angeles-based writer, improviser, stand-up comedian, and actor. Follow her on Instagram at @bballsayer24.

Christina Anthony is a Los Angeles-based writer, improviser, stand-up comedian, and actor. She taught and directed improv at the Philly Improv Theater where she also performed weekly with Saturday Night House Team Overlook, Harold Team Fan Club, and all POC comedy troupe NYTEShift from 2017-2020. Christina co-hosted and co-produced the monthly cross-cultural comedy show, ¿Cómo Se Dice…?, which successfully retired after 18 months at Good Good Comedy Theatre. When not writing or performing comedy, you can see Christina playing pick-up basketball, paddling on any body of water, and improving her chess game online. Find out more about Christina by visiting her website, christinavanthony.com.

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Lena Waithe (left) and Naomi Ackie in Season 3 of ‘Master of None.’ (Image courtesy of Netflix.)

Netflix presents Season 3 of Aziz Ansari’s ‘Master of None’

Finding ‘Moments of Love’
‘Moments of Love,’ the third season of the Netflix series ‘Master of None,’ follows a queer Black couple discovering what brings them together, and what pulls them apart. Christina Anthony reviews.
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Christina Anthony

Reviews 3 minute read
That feeling of falling in love: Romana Satt and Rosa Ramírez in ‘La Nave Del Olvido.’ (Image courtesy of PHLAFF.)

PHLAFF presents Nicol Ruiz Benavides’s ‘La Nave Del Olvido’

Roads to the heart
‘La Nave Del Olvido,’ getting its Philly premiere at the 2021 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, follows a 70-year-old woman exploring a new love in a small Chilean town. Christina Anthony reviews.
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Christina Anthony

Reviews 3 minute read
A necessary, radical, and groundbreaking education. (Image via Penguin Random House.)

‘Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning’ by Cathy Park Hong

Open demands for justice
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong’s ‘Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning’ explores Asian American consciousness and tackles the truth about anti-Asian hate. Christina Anthony considers.
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Christina Anthony

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Intimacies reminiscent of the stage: John David Washington and Zendaya in ‘Malcolm & Marie.’ (Image credit Dominic Miller/Netflix © 2021.)

Netflix presents Sam Levinson’s ‘Malcolm & Marie’

Conversations come through
Netflix's ‘Malcolm & Marie,’ the first Hollywood feature conceived and created within the pandemic, follows a couple trading uncomfortable truths on the night of a fraught film premiere. Christina Anthony reviews.
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Christina Anthony

Reviews 3 minute read
A chess journey from mid-century America still resonates today: Harry Melling and Anya Taylor-Joy in ‘The Queen’s Gambit.’ (Image credit Phil Bray/Netflix 2020.)

Netflix presents ‘The Queen's Gambit’

A beautiful game
Netflix’s ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is a hit, and as a woman who loves chess, Christina Anthony knows why the story rings true.
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Christina Anthony

Reviews 4 minute read
A young Christina Anthony was excited to vote for the first time in 2008. (Image courtesy of the writer.)

Fighting the model minority myth: Why I talk social justice with my immigrant family

Your voice makes a difference at home
When your family lives with its own complicated experience of oppression, assimilation, and success, talking about racial justice can be especially challenging. But for Christina Anthony, it’s worth it.
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Christina Anthony

Essays 5 minute read
From everywhere and nowhere: rapper Riz Ahmed in ‘The Long Goodbye.’ (Photo by Vicky Grout.)

‘The Long Goodbye’ by Riz Ahmed

Redefining home
Actor, rapper, and activist Riz Ahmed's new concept album, ‘The Long Goodbye,’ asks what “home” means to immigrants and their descendants. Christina Anthony considers.
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Christina Anthony

Articles 5 minute read
What’s the story behind that winning feeling? (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein, courtesy of Netflix.)

Netflix and ESPN Films present ‘The Last Dance’

Inside one of the greatest teams of all time
The Last Dance, now streaming on Netflix, is a 10-part documentary series spotlighting Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty leading up to their last run at a championship in 1997-98. Christina Anthony reviews.
Christina Anthony

Christina Anthony

Articles 4 minute read
Someone I could never disappoint: Lucky was a beloved childhood companion. (Photo by Christina Anthony.)

After fostering a cat in quarantine, I had to rethink my relationships

Lucky’s legacy
The pandemic led Christina Anthony to foster a homeless cat for two weeks, and she remembered that our relationships with animals can say a lot about our relationships to people.
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Christina Anthony

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A perfect breakfast routine. (Photo by Christina Anthony.)

‘Little Weirds’ by Jenny Slate

Permission to wander
Actor, comedian, and writer Jenny Slate’s Little Weirds, a vulnerable and tender collection of offbeat essays, explores friendship, self-love, divorce, freedom, and just being a total weirdo. Christina Anthony reviews.
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Christina Anthony

Articles 3 minute read
‘Identidad’ follows the sunrise on a new national dream. (Image courtesy of Quechua Films.)

PHLAFF presents José Carlos García and Carlos Granda’s ‘Identidad’

Unity through fútbol
‘Identidad (As We Are),’ screened online at the 2020 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, reflects on Peru’s tumultuous history leading up to its 2018 return to the FIFA World Cup. Christina Anthony reviews.
Christina Anthony

Christina Anthony

Articles 2 minute read
An invitation to re-explore the joys and pains of junior high: Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine in ‘PEN15.’ (Image courtesy of Hulu.)

How Hulu’s ‘PEN15’ let me open up to my own teenage years

What we learned at school—and what we didn’t
The 7th-grade besties of Hulu’s ‘PEN15,’ played by real-life adult friends looking back on their teen years, help us see the past with compassion and humor—and recognize racism. Christina Anthony remembers her own school years.
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Christina Anthony

Articles 4 minute read
Is Chris Morales (Carlos Santos) a “real Mexican”? America Ferrera directs an episode of ‘Gentefied’ that heads to a high-end kitchen. (Photo by Kevin Estrada, for Netflix.)

Netflix’s ‘Gentefied’ rings true in my own immigrant family experience

Podemos prosperar
‘Gentefied,’ now streaming on Netflix, captures the duality of the immigrant experience, reminding us that life is about not just surviving, but thriving. Christina Anthony considers.
Christina Anthony

Christina Anthony

Articles 4 minute read
Indian American writer Christina Anthony as a child, pictured in front of the Taj Mahal. She wears purple overalls

Three Bollywood movies shaped who I am today—and they’re ready to stream

Growing up in Bollywood
Christina Anthony grew up renting a Bollywood movie with her family every weekend. She looks back on three films—which you can now stream on Netflix or Amazon Prime—that shaped who she is today.
Christina Anthony

Christina Anthony

Articles 5 minute read
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Meditation practice comes through in a crisis—and it’s not too late to start

Ten days later
Christina Anthony tried to meditate for years, until a Vipassana retreat in Vietnam reset her perceptions. Here’s what she learned.
Christina Anthony

Christina Anthony

Essays 4 minute read