Episode 45: Is God Is

Is God Is, is a thriller written, directed, and produced by Aleshea Harris based on her play of the same name. It stars Kara Young and Mallori Johnson as twins Racine and Anaia who are summoned by their long lost mother Ruby, Vivica A. Fox, to be sent on a quest to kill their father, Sterling K Brown, who set the fire that immolated the family, and left each with extensive burn scars. 

Timestamps:

• (0:01:33) Cool Cat Saves the Kids: The Director's Cut
• (0:29:32) Lady Snowblood
• (0:50:01) Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
• (1:10:04) Is God Is
• (1:37:14) Spoilers
• (2:10:41) Next week: I Love Boosters

Works Cited:

• 'Honk for Jesus' provides an uncomfortable reflection of the Black church | National Catholic Reporter (Candice Marie Benbow, 2022)
• 420 AWARDS (Derek Savage, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025)
• Aleshea Harris Is the Ruler of Her World (Maya S. Cade, 2026)
• American Fiction (Cord Jefferson, 2023)
• Bak Mei - Wikipedia 
• Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018)
• Cool Cat Finds a Gun (Derek Savage, 2013)
• Cool Cat in the Hollywood Christmas Parade (Derek Savage, 2012)
• Cool Cat Loves You (Derek Savage)
• Cool Cat Saves the Kids (Derek Savage, 2015)
• Cool Cat Saves The Kids - The Search For The Worst - IHE (I Hate Everything, 2015)
• 'Cool Cat Saves the Kids' review by Devan Scott
• Cool Cat Stops Bullying (Derek Savage, 2012)
• Cool Cat vs Dirty Dog: The Virus Wars (Derek Savage, 2023)
• Dirty Dog Threatens to Shoot Up Cool Cat's School (coolcatfunhouse, 2025)
• Double Down (Neil Breen, 2005)
• Eye for an Eye (William Ian Miller, 2009)
• Film review: Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul | National Post (Chris Knight, 2022)
• Frozen II (Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck, 2019)
• Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (Adamma Ebo, 2022)
• How Aleshea Harris Combined Influences from Across History to Create Her Tragic, Absurd Debut 'Is God Is' (Lovia Gyarkye, 2026)
• Is God Is (Alesha Harris, 2026)
• Jason Johnson: The Cat is Out of the Bag (Super Media Bros Podcast, 2019)
• Kill Bill Volume 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
• Kill Bill Volume 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
• Lady Snowblood (Toshiya Fujita, 1973)
• Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, 1996)
• Prepare to be Horrified by the Tasteless Idiocy of Cool Cat Stops a School Shooting (Jim Vorel, 2018)
• Theatre Review: 'Is God Is' Seeks the Divine (Sara Holdren, 2018)
• The World's Worst Children's Movie Director (Turkey Tom, 2022)
• YMS: Cool Cat Saves the Kids (Part 1 of 2) (YMS, 2015)

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Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa

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