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Podcast: The Long Take Review
Episode: Sing Sing Review
Description: When I think of the genre of prison drama, what do I think of? As a child of the 90s, Shawshank Redemption (1994) and The Green Mile (1999) come to mind first; the former in particular defined the genre forever thereafter. I think of the struggle to survive, full of violence and terror. I think of the bleakness of never getting out and the desperate scheming to escape or undermine the system. I think of crime and corruption perpetuated within the carceral system itself.Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing, in theaters now, defies all of these expectations. While it do...