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The DePaulia Lauren Coates, Staff Writer|December 21, 2020 It’s impossible to have any sort of discussion about Netflix’s new film “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” without acknowledging the untimely death of Hollywood superstar Chadwick Boseman, whose turn as “Levee” will be his final credit. Boseman, of course, is most well known for his role as the Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and although it seemed to be a role he was born to play, the franchise’s immense popularity often overshadowed some of his other, more gripping performances, making it easy to forget just ...

Updated Dec 23, 2020 Getting Through ... With Taylour Paige With roles in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and the highly anticipated “Zola,” Paige is carving out a Hollywood career that's all about the work. By Zeba Blay ILLUSTRATION: ISABELLA CARAPELLA/ HUFFPOST; PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES It’s more than obvious that Taylour Paige is up next. At the beginning of the year, the actor’s highly anticipated movie “Zola” (based on the plot-twist-filled viral Twitter thread from 2016) debuted at Sundance to enthusiastic praise. Last week, her movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (in which ...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Is a Vibrant, Devastating Work of Art David Lee/NETFLIX The hardships, repressed frustration, and vulnerabilities that come with suffocating under systemic oppression are ever-present in the work of the late, great playwright August Wilson. He intimately understood the experience of Black Americans; the tone and cadence, the mannerisms and use of AAVE (African-American vernacular) in his plays specify that his theatrical experiences are meant for Black audiences. In Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the third of Wilson’s works to be adapted for the screen, rhythm and b...

‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ And ‘Small Axe’ Win Big At The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards The annual honors are considered predictions for the Oscars. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020): (L to R) Viola Davis as Ma Rainey, Taylour Paige as Dussie Mae, and Dusan Brown as Sylvester., Cr. David Lee / Netflix The Los Angeles Film Critics Association issued their annual awards last week. The association is considered one of most prestigious group of critics in the entertainment industry and their honors have successfully predicted Academy Award winners since the ...

The Advocate about Rainey's unapologetic queerness, orgies, and power for the new Netflix film.  December 21 2020 8:00 AM EST “They say I do it, ain’t nobody caught me / Sure got to prove it on me / Went out last night with a crowd of my friends / They must’ve been women, ’cause I don’t like no men,” Ma Rainey declares in “Prove It on Me Blues.” That 1928 tune isn’t performed in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the new film based on August Wilson’s 1982 play that premiered Friday on Netflix. But Viola Davis, who is deeply familiar with Wilson’s oeuvre — she won an Oscar...