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Podcast: FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT
Episode: Friday Family Film Night: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM review
Description: In which the Mister joins me in reviewing MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (2020) from writer Ruben Santiago-Hudson and director George C. Wolfe. Adapted from the August Wilson play, the legendary "Mother of the Blues" Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) arrives at a sweltering Chicago recording studio for a session fraught with tension between her, her white management, and her ambitious band. While Ma fiercely guards her artistic authority and personal dignity against exploitation, her volatile trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman) pushes for a modernized sound, fueled by his own traumatic past and a desperate desire for stardom. As the afternoon wears on, the...