The new film Maestro is an old Hollywood style biopick about the composer and

conductor Leonard Bernstein. Brad the Cooper stars as Bernstein. He also

directed and co-wrote the film.

And it's getting a big Oscars push, much like the first film Cooper directed, 2018's A Star is Born.

Maestro examines Bernstein's life through the lens of his complicated marriage to his wife, she's played by Carrie Mulligan.

The film also interrogates Bernstein's sexuality. He's depicted as a loving, if difficult husband.

But we also see how his wife's knowledge of his affairs with

men affect her and the relationship.

I'm Aisha Harris.

And I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about Netflix's Maestro on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

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