I had hesitated reviewing âMa Raineyâs Black Bottom,â because it was the last film of Chadwick Boseman and I worried that the film itself would be overshadowed by maudlin sentiment for the talented young actor who was taken from us too soon due to unpublicized colon cancer.
His role as TâChalla in the blockbuster âBlack Pantherâ film had made him not just the fictional king of Wakanda, but an iconic role model for millions of Black moviegoers worldwide.
Actors often get typecast. Itâs hard to reinvent yourself after playing James Bond. Lynda Carter would always be TVâs Wonder Woman. Adam West could not break out of being TVâs Batman. George Reeves shot himself because the Superman role stymied his career. Mark Hamill started doing voice work when he couldnât shake the image of Luke Skywalker.
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Ma Raineyâs Black Bottom. Whatâs next? Well, in case you didnât know, youâve actually just watched two whole decades worth of the black experience, as these two films make up 20% of the famous playwright, August Wilsonâs, Pittsburgh Cycle, which is also known at the Century Cycle.
Back in college, I was obsessed with two playwrights named August, and they were August Strindberg and August Wilson. And while Strindberg definitely messed with my headspace with plays like
Miss Julie and
A Dream Play, it was August Wilson who I actually connected with, which is why Iâve read every play in the Century Cycle. So, I just wanted to give you a little history lesson of each play in chronological order, as well as which actors and actresses might be a good fit to fill in key roles, for the ones that haven t been adapted. Denzel Washington has gone on record saying that he wants to turn every one of these plays into a movie
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