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Sep 10, 2023 · Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut, “American Fiction,” is a sharp comedy about racial commodification anchored by a terrific Jeffrey Wright. It won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Jan 15, 2024 · The Making of ‘American Fiction’: “Tragedy and Comedy at the Same Time, and Often the Same Day” ... “Even though the film is a satire, we didn’t want it to look like a comedy, or to ...
Every time Sterling K. Brown has a monologue (in any movie or show), I’m reduced to rubble. Theres something about his delivery and his voice that activates my tear ducts— it’s an involuntary reaction, I can’t explain it. Anyways, American Fiction is good satire and we’ve been desperately needing good satire.
Jan 12, 2024 · Jeffrey Wright, star of Cord Jefferson’s provocative debut feature American Fiction, says he felt a personal affinity with his character Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison in the film, in part ...
Mar 1, 2024 · American Fiction, being a movie within a movie, raises several questions for the story, specifically the ambiguity regarding what actually happened and what was just part of Monk's script. While the film may have seemed natural before this point, the ending denotes it as pandering to expectations: witty one-liners, absurdly campy film producers ...
Dec 15, 2023 · AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes.
Dec 19, 2023 · American Fiction has quickly become one of the most hotly anticipated movies of the fall after premiering at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to high critical acclaim and ...
