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Review: Imperfect, yes, but ‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ is still wildly entertaining in Pasadena revival
7 months, 1 week ago

Review: Imperfect, yes, but ‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ is still wildly entertaining in Pasadena revival

LA Times  

Pasadena Playhouse has become the best place in town to see a musical. “Jelly’s Last Jam,” which premiered at the Mark Taper Forum in 1991, marked the emergence of Wolfe as one of the mighty creative forces in the American theater. The tap dancing is vibrant in “Jelly’s Last Jam” at Pasadena Playhouse. All the more reason, then, to be …

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Trump supporters trying to recall Wisconsin GOP leader failed, elections review concludes
9 months ago

Trump supporters trying to recall Wisconsin GOP leader failed, elections review concludes

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The effort by supporters of former President Donald Trump to recall Wisconsin’s top elected Republican did not gather enough signatures to trigger the recall election and therefore should be rejected, state elections officials said Wednesday. Trump backers angry with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos launched the recall effort, citing his refusal to decertify President Joe Biden’s narrow win …

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Review: Colman Domingo brings the activism drama ‘Rustin’ to life, thrillingly so
1 year, 2 months ago

Review: Colman Domingo brings the activism drama ‘Rustin’ to life, thrillingly so

LA Times  

When “Rustin,” a film about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin told with clarity and conviction, premiered a few weeks ago at the Telluride Film Festival, it received an enthusiastic reception, albeit on the polite side. Rustin spearheaded the Washington march and director George C. Wolfe and screenwriters Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black keep the film’s focus primarily on the …

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Review: In ‘Radical Wolfe,’ a New Journalism lion roars on page, while his life is quieter
1 year, 3 months ago

Review: In ‘Radical Wolfe,’ a New Journalism lion roars on page, while his life is quieter

LA Times  

Had journalist and novelist Tom Wolfe been a painter, it’s arguable even murals wouldn’t have been large enough a medium for him. The white-suited gadfly of Virginian stock, Manhattan-sized prose and rocket-fueled renown died in 2018, but his literary legacy as the Big Bang of New Journalism lives on, even as a new documentary about him, “Radical Wolfe,” implies there …

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Review: Book recalls '64 coast-to-coast adventure in a bus
2 years, 11 months ago

Review: Book recalls '64 coast-to-coast adventure in a bus

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy “Cronies” by Ken Babbs Author Ken Kesey, flush …

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Wisconsin judge rejects attempt to block election subpoena
3 years ago

Wisconsin judge rejects attempt to block election subpoena

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Monday rejected an attempt by the state’s Democratic attorney general to block a subpoena issued by a Republican-hired attorney seeking to interview the state’s chief elections administrator and obtain election-related documents and data as part of a GOP-ordered investigation. The ruling from Dane County Circuit Judge Rhonda Lanford is a partial victory for …

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Jet2 cancels ALL international flights and holidays until July 1
3 years, 7 months ago

Jet2 cancels ALL international flights and holidays until July 1

Daily Mail  

Jet2 has cancelled all international flights and holidays up to July 1 and Easyjet will 'review' its flights in the wake of traffic light chaos as Portugal is pulled from the green list. The airline said it is reviewing flights to Portugal after the country was taken off the green list for travel It comes after travel industry chiefs last …

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom review: Chadwick Boseman’s last and finest performance
4 years ago

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom review: Chadwick Boseman’s last and finest performance

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. 15, 94 mins When Chadwick Boseman rages against an unjust God, …

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Why 'Ma Rainey' on Netflix changed the play's ending
4 years ago

Why 'Ma Rainey' on Netflix changed the play's ending

LA Times  

The following story contains spoilers from the movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” now streaming on Netflix. The final frames of Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s 1982 play, show a dozen or so white men performing in a recording studio. All 10 are set to be adapted for the screen — an endeavor …

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Movie Review: Chadwick Boseman's Swan Song is Perhaps His Finest Gift
4 years, 1 month ago

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Movie Review: Chadwick Boseman's Swan Song is Perhaps His Finest Gift

News 18  

Ma Raineys Black Bottom Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Glynn Turman DIrector: George C Wolfe Chadwick Boseman surges onto the screen as fast-talking trumpeter Levee in Ma Raineys Black Bottom like a man on an electrified tightrope — balancing precariously between hope and cynicism, humor and sadness, joy and pain, and love and hate. Unlike with some of Bosemans other …

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Review: ‘Ma Rainey’ is Boseman’s final, perhaps finest gift
4 years, 1 month ago

Review: ‘Ma Rainey’ is Boseman’s final, perhaps finest gift

Associated Press  

Chadwick Boseman surges onto the screen as fast-talking trumpeter Levee in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” like a man on an electrified tightrope -- balancing precariously between hope and cynicism, humor and sadness, joy and pain, and love and hate. A historical note: Ma Rainey, who died in 1939, was a groundbreaking Black singer from Georgia known as “Mother of the …

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