Arrow fans, are you ready for next week’s episode, “Beyond Redemption,”  directed by fan-favorite Lexi Alexander? Fortunately, the woman behind such films as Green Street and Punisher: War Zone — and one of the best follows on twitter — was kind enough to sit down with Keith to talk media representation, directing superheroes, and whether she should be a permanent guest host of Hard NOC Life.

Topics covered on the show include:

• Her background as a mixed race Palestinian growing up in Germany
• Why a money-obsessed Hollywood is uninterested in telling stories for women or people of color
• Working on Punisher: War Zone and why superhero movies are always helmed by white men
• How she was approached by the producers of Arrow to direct an episode this season
• The difference between directing television and directing films
• The danger of thinking gender parity exists in television directing and how it props up the status quo
• Directing True Blood star Rutina Wesley and her introduction to the DC Universe as Lady Cop

• Why a Lexi Alexander-driven Iron Fist show — starring an Asian American lead — would be the best show on TV
• Whether or not Lexi should come back as a future guest host of the show!

All this and more on Hard NOC Life! Watch it on your screen, hit “play,” and check this.

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