Velvet Buzzsaw Introduces a New Skin Color: Saddle Brown

Is it hot to call someone's skin "saddle brown"?by Jasmyne KeimigZawe Ashton and Jake Gyllenhaal star in Velvet Buzzsaw Claudette Barius/Netflix
Last night, I struggled to write about the representations of the black female body in art. It happens. I opened Velvet Buzzsaw on Netflix, directed by Dan Gilroy and produced by Jennifer Fox,hoping that the horror-slash-satire-slash-comedy (?) about the art world would massage my creative juices, helping me make some connection my tired and uninspired