This is a re-post of our Bodied review from the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The movie is now playing in limited release. Joseph Kahn’s Bodied will probably be sold as a celebration of rap battles, but the director’s new film has a lot more on its mind than just two rappers lobbing insults at each other. The movie dives head first into controversy, eager to explore why words are hurtful, what causes offense, and cross-cultural appropriation. It’s a film that doesn’t have all the answers, and sometimes trips over its own words and …
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