Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom .

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#MaRaineysBlackBottom

Good, clean, sturdily-made stage-to-streaming-screen fun. But if it's ultimately remembered for the final part of Boseman's cinematic legacy, then that's a fine thing to be remembered for 😔

Man, you could write a thesis untangling all the stuff that's roiling underneath😳… BTW, Santiago-Hudson, have you seen his one-man #LackawannaBlues?! That's one of the all-time theatrical experiences!

That ensemble fires on *all* cylinders: Coyne(love that guy, ever since the shortlived #Alcatraz, which was also the first time I saw someone called, oh, I dunno, #RamiMalek🤩), Domingo(dude's fantastic in his inimitable slow-burn way), Paige(a lot of easy charisma), Turman(completely stealing the show in #Fargo, which reminds me, I gotta finish it!), and, of course, Davis, once again just laying waste to all before her…powerhouse.

But, yeah, Boseman, man, Boseman. Before his untimely passing I think the mainstream audience was mostly aware of his rocksolid leading man turns from #42 and #BlackPanther, but he had an incredibly protean(🤓) career beyond that, alternating effortlessly between simmering(#MessageFromTheKing) and flamboyant(#GetOnUp, I'm *so* down for print-the-legend biopics). And he delivers again, in a livewire performance that practically leaps off the screen, demanding nothing less than your *full* attention.

No matter what happens at the #Oscars, Boseman deserves *all* the accolades for a career-capping performance in an all-too short career.

Sigh…

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#GeorgeCWolfe #DenzelWashington(yes, *that* Denzel!) #AugustWilson #RubenSantiagoHudson #BranfordMarsalis
#ChadwickBoseman #ViolaDavis #GlynnTurman #ColmanDomingo #TaylourPaige #JonnyCoyne
#MaRainey @maraineyfilm @netflix

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