{"id":11311,"date":"2018-12-30T21:53:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T03:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=11311"},"modified":"2018-12-30T21:53:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T03:53:48","slug":"beyond-retro-episode-66-black-dynamite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/30\/beyond-retro-episode-66-black-dynamite\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Retro Episode 66 &#8211; Black Dynamite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1j57MbekDUs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/9xaad-a324a1?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;skin=2&amp;btn-skin=113&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"122\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i><b>Black Dynamite<\/b><\/i>\u00a0is a 2009 American\u00a0blaxploitation\u00a0action\u00a0comedy film\u00a0starring\u00a0Michael Jai White,\u00a0Tommy Davidson, and\u00a0Salli Richardson. 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