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re: 2024 Oscars Ceremony 6pm CDT
Posted on 1/23/24 at 9:54 am to Esquire
Posted on 1/23/24 at 9:54 am to Esquire
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BEST PICTURE
American Fiction
Not trying to be "that guy," but I've literally never heard of this one.
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Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, the film follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandishly stereotypical "black" book as satire, only for the book to be published to high sales and praise.
Seems to have a 93% RT critical consensus and a 96% audience score.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:01 am to paperwasp
Kind of sounds like Spike Lee’s Bamboozled based on the description.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:02 am to paperwasp
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Not trying to be "that guy," but I've literally never heard of this one.
It’s a very good movie
Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:16 am to paperwasp
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American Fiction
Not trying to be "that guy," but I've literally never heard of this one
Might have only been advertised in theaters. I liked it. It may not have a wide audience because people won't know what they are supposed to think about it.
Jeffrey Wright was very good in it. He's pretty reliable.
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film follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandishly stereotypical "black" book as satire, only for the book to be published to high sales and praise.
The satire hits very hard at the bigotry of low expectations of wealthy liberal whites and the opportunism of some blacks making material to take advantage of that market. It was written in 2001 but is more relevant today post Ibram X. Kendi.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 8:58 am to paperwasp
American Fiction is very clever and well-written. Wright, as always, is outstanding.
The title of his fake book is “My Pafology”. I laughed out loud.
The title of his fake book is “My Pafology”. I laughed out loud.
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