Jeffrey Wright Breaks Down Why the Satire in American Fiction Is So Relevant
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Published 2024-02-09
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All Comments (21)
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Satire really feels like it taps into that human need to laugh because otherwise you'd cry
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Love that he credited the screenwriter and author of the original dude. Classy and intellectual dude as always, one of the best to ever do it.
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This film proves the incredible value of excellent screenwriting and why the strike mattered so much
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(I think) the peak satire in the film is the "We really need to be listening to black voices" moment. If you've seen the film you'll know.
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Jeffery is one of my favorite actors of all time, so many brilliant roles he's been in, from Manchurian Candidate, Gordon in Batman, Shaft, Basquiat, Westworld, Source Code and so many more.
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I saw American Fiction at the end of January in a small film society theater near Philadelphia. I liked the satire, and the script was interesting all the way through. The ending felt a little post-modern, but not in a bad way. I would tell people to see it, but there was at least as much heaviness as lightness in the total story. It was great to see Jeffrey Wright in this film where he really got to act in a very pure form, i.e. no special effects, no period costume etc.
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Great movie! We watched it last night on Prime and it was worth paying $20 for it. A good “grown up” film with a good story and dialogue making you care about the characters and the issues.
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Any guy who takes care of turtles thrust upon him is my kinda guy!
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“we really loved this script” literally as i watched the movie could not stop thinking about how good the story and writing/jokes were
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Movie deserves the Oscar
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I went to see the movie 🎥 in theaters last Friday and I really enjoyed it.
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Jeffrey Wright is a Class Act. He was great in James Bond and Westworld and I loved American Fiction!
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Jeffrey Wright is the man! Hunger Games, Westworld, The Last of Us Part II, Batman, ect.. He's so damn cool and I'm happy for his success. American Fiction looks like such a good movie. Can't wait to see it.
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I started listening to Perceval Everett's book, "Erasure"; it is excellent! And audiobooks are the best.
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American fiction really is one of the greatest movies of all time
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Thought this was one of the best films I've seen in a while. If it had only been campy satire it wouldn't have worked, but weaving the family tragedy around it was genius.
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2:44 "but still call me, Michael Bay"
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For a second there at the end, I thought Seth was going to say "congrats on the turtles"
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Wonderful film!
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Love this actor ❤
