Bryan Tyree Henry, Paul Feig, and Rebecca Miller’s ‘cherry’ picked treat

The Treatment

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4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with Emmy nominated actor Brian Tyree Henry, who is currently starring in the fourth and final season of FX’s “Atlanta.” Next, writer-director Paul Feig, whose new book is “Cocktail Time!: The Ultimate Guide to Grown-Up Fun,” talks about bringing a cocktail party sensibility to his film sets. And for The Treat, writer and director Rebecca Miller explains how a classic play from the early 20th century captures the light and dark of life today.

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0:00.0	From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's The Treatment.
0:14.5	It's the treatment.
0:15.3	If you want to see the depth in the breadth of an actor's work, just think about what Brian
0:20.0	Tyree Henry has done in this past year
0:22.0	between his incredible role as James and Causeway. His unusual role as Lemon and Bullet Train,
0:28.0	of course, I think being the soul of Atlanta, as Alfred and Paperboy in Atlanta, he's had quite
0:34.1	the year. And I'm thrilled to have him here to talk to him. Brian, I'm so happy to talk to you.
0:39.3	Same here, man.
0:40.2	Thank you for having me.
0:41.4	I just wanted to, I guess, start with Leonard just because I do think that Paperboy does represent
0:46.0	this kind of interesting solo show, this guy who represents sort of like id and super ego
0:51.6	in this portrayal.
0:53.3	And I just think back to, I think one of my favorite piece of TV of all time that was
0:58.0	Barbershop.
0:59.2	Just talk about your take on the character from the outset and how it's involved.
1:04.0	Well, you know, when I was first approached with Alfred, there was an immediate connection
1:08.1	to him.
1:09.5	He literally, I couldn't get through the script fully because I was just so focused on how much I loved this character.
1:16.6	Like by page five, I was already like, I know exactly who this is.
1:20.6	You know, I went to college at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
1:23.6	You know, that's where I started, you know, my pursuit of becoming an actor,
1:27.9	really, you know, taking theater arts or whatnot. But it was also about my life in Atlanta
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