Israel Daramola

Israel Daramola

Critic and Writer. Israel has written reviews, features, interviews, scripts, and ads for a number of outlets and companies.

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  • Some Stray Thoughts on Watchmen

    I Here’s the thing about The Watchmen comic and what makes it “unadaptable.” It’s not really about the story itself, it’s about its audacity; it’s a comic that is designed to break the rules and mythology of the medium its working in. This is the main problem with Zack Snyder’s Watchmen movie from 2009, which…

    Israel Daramola

    October 21, 2019
    Television
    black wall street, damon lindelof, hbo, tulsa, watchmen
  • Good Things About the NBA This Year

    Good Things About the NBA This Year

    LeBron ignoring the fact that LeBron is on the Lakers Jimmy Butler torpedoing the Timberwolves T A K E S Boston potentially combusting due to chemistry issues Carmelo Anthony being washed Tom Thibedeau running players into the ground before ultimately getting fired Bad Skip Bayless Tweets Whatever J.R. Smith does this time someone’s gonna do…

    Israel Daramola

    October 16, 2018
    Sports
    basketball, nba, Sports
  • This Is Fine podcast: episode 1

    access the podcast here.

    Israel Daramola

    July 10, 2017
    podcast
  • It’s Still Worth It To Be Good At What You Do

    It’s Still Worth It To Be Good At What You Do

    I am a big fan of writing, I love reading great writing regardless of whether I agree with it or not and I truly believe that the best writing should be celebrated whenever found. This week MTV News effectively shut down its current operations in order to redirect its focus towards video and short form…

    Israel Daramola

    June 28, 2017
    Uncategorized
    everyday struggle, longform, mtv, news, pop culture, writing
  • Helping Netflix and Their Neverending Pursuit of Disposable Content

    The past few weeks have seen a rise in the cancellation of Netflix shows –from the extremely expensive The Get Down to the deeply dull Bloodline. Some have wondered whether this is a sign of the cracks in Netflix’s facade showing or the streaming content bubble finally bursting but for Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, this…

    Israel Daramola

    June 13, 2017
    Uncategorized
    bloodline, comedy, lars von trier, netflix, p diddy, puff daddy, the get down
  • It’s Still Cold In This House

    I don’t know where history stands on Bloc Party. I was so sure by now there’d be the big revisit of their first album, 2005’s Silent Alarm, or at the very least they’d headline one of the big music festivals where–like with The Killers–everyone could pretend they were totally into them the whole time. No…

    Israel Daramola

    December 30, 2016
    music, Uncategorized
    bloc party, emotional club banger, music, silent alarm
  • The Hometown Hero

    When I think about Shawty Lo, I think about my youth. “Dey Know” came out during my first year of college. It’s marching band trumpet sample feels defeaning and Shawty Lo raps over it without a sense of urgency. He’s gliding,slowly taking in the moment; his raspy, dragged out rapping is melodic and easygoing. He…

    Israel Daramola

    September 23, 2016
    Uncategorized
    atlanta, bankhead, car crash, d4l, death, hip-hop, rap, shawty lo
  • I Write To You To Speak To You About A Home I Haven’t Found

      Chapter 1 Gucci Mane’s happiness has become the only happiness that I can latch onto. He starts his new album, Everybody Looking, with the intro “No Sleep”. In it, he raps about being a “recovering drug addict” who “used to smoke a pound a week”. It’s hard to put into words how hearing this…

    Israel Daramola

    August 12, 2016
    Uncategorized
    death, home, personal essay
  • Romantic Comedies, Starring Drake

    When Harry Met Sally, starring Drake One a car ride from Toronto to New York, Drake and Sally get into a discussion about whether or not men and women can be friends. Sally insists that they can, while Drake maintains that they can’t, stating “all my let’s just be friends are friends I don’t have…

    Israel Daramola

    May 7, 2016
    Movies, music, Uncategorized
    drake, movies, romantic comedy
  • This Woman’s Worth

    Beyoncé can’t make being a black woman popular. Despite being arguably the world’s biggest musician, she can only hope that people look beyond her race rather than celebrate her blackness and other black women like her. This was made apparent when her video for “Formation” dropped: here was this empowering, unabashedly Southern song with a…

    Israel Daramola

    April 29, 2016
    Uncategorized
    art, beyonce, black women, lemonade, music
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Portfolio and blog for Israel Daramola. Check out my work and writing. You can reach me at iodaramola@gmail.com

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  • Some Stray Thoughts on WatchmenOctober 21, 2019
  • Good Things About the NBA This YearOctober 16, 2018
  • This Is Fine podcast: episode 1July 10, 2017

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