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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 21st, 2024, reviewing the new streaming series “Manhunt” – based on the bestseller by James L. Swanson – currently streaming on Apple TV+.
Film Review: Bluesy! On-Air Review of ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 27, 2020 - 12:53pm
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“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is in theaters now, and premieres on Netflix December 18th, 2020. Check local listings for theaters and show times. Featuring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo and Taylour Paige. Screenplay adapted by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Directed by George C. Wolfe. Rated “R”
Click here for Patrick McDonald’s full on-air review of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
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Click here for Patrick McDonald’s full on-air review of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on November 26th, 2020, reviewing the new animated sequel “The Croods: A New Age,” featuring the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone and Peter Dinklage..
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“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is an adaptation of a play by August Wilson, part of his ten play “Pittsburgh” cycle, which expresses the history of the black experience in 20th Century America. Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) was a real-life blues singer, and in the story she’s coming to Chicago in 1927 to record her latest blues record for a white-owned record label. It centers on this session, and the musicians that are playing for her, including the energetic horn player Levee (Chadwick Boseman, in the last role before his death).
Click here for Patrick McDonald’s full on-air review of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Photo credit: Netflix
Click here for Patrick McDonald’s full on-air review of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
