Episode 234: George C Wolfe On The Music Of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Our latest guest on Soundtracking is American playwright and film and theatre director, George C Wolfe.

Now it's with a certain sadness we welcome George to the show, as his latest offering Ma Rainey's Black Bottom also happens to be Chadwick's last performance before his passing. But what a performance it is, as he and Viola Davis put on a virtuoso show as the eponymous blues singer and the trumpeter in her band.

It's available to watch on Netflix now - so you can see for yourself why it landed numerous award nominations and received widespread critical acclaim.

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Mayo.
0:01.4	And this is Mark Kermote.
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0:05.4	He's a best-selling writer, broadcaster and national treasure.
0:08.7	Far too kind.
0:09.6	Kermode and Mayo's take has all the reviews you need.
0:12.7	And star guests, such as Sir Ian McKellen.
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0:16.7	Emma Stone.
0:17.5	That sounds like something I would love to be a part of.
0:19.8	Ewan McGregor.
0:20.8	I'm very good. How are you doing?
0:21.9	Kate Blanchett.
0:22.8	What was that word you used?
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0:29.9	Hi, everybody.
0:30.7	I hope this finds you all safe and well as we plow on through this, what seems to be, never-ending lockdown, hopefully we'll get some news next week about, you know, at least a slight step towards things being relaxed, safely, obviously.
0:49.8	But in the meantime, though, we have all this amazing entertainment around us that we can dive into, which is a good thing, I think.
0:59.4	I've been watching so many great films.
1:02.5	The kids and I just watched the latest episode of Wonder Vision at lunchtime there.
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