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The Color Purple (2023) w/ NaTonia Monét
Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]
Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2024
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
James, Jerah, and Jon are joined by NaTonia Monét (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, PonyBoi) to discuss the 2023 musical adaptation of Alice Walker's The Color Purple, directed by Blitz Bazawule from a script by Marcus Gardley. Bazawule's version stars Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., and Halle Bailey. Together, James, Jerah, Jon, and Natonia explore the numbers that resonated, the staging that worked, the controversy around the film's production, and its awards prospects.
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| 0:00.0 | necessary. We don't have to start the podcast talking about |
| 0:17.0 | Braylocks. It's an audio pod. |
| 0:19.7 | No, what the thing is that the people at home probably like they don't get to see us. So it's like oh the visual of John coming in here with the commos |
| 0:26.4 | So it's froze to the side and that go tea it was like oh Braintlock is ready for Black History Month you know what I mean? Braintlock is ready for Black History Month, you know what I mean? |
| 0:33.0 | Brantock is like marching. |
| 0:35.0 | We don't know where he going, but he marching. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm here for it, baby, what's up? |
| 0:39.0 | Letting people now, I will not succumb to the white man's hairdo. |
| 0:47.0 | Oh man, I'm here for this. |
| 0:50.0 | I'm letting it out. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm here for this. Wait, how about Ashaw, how about... |
| 0:55.0 | Or have either one of you like been in a musical? |
| 0:59.0 | In high school, yes? |
| 1:00.0 | In a musical? |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah, I think we have. Yeah. But yes, yes. High school. In high school. |
| 1:06.4 | In college I was in I was in one. Wizard of Oz. I was in rag time. |
| 1:11.9 | Well, you both were in the musical. |
| 1:13.6 | The Wizard of Oz and who, which one were you? |
| 1:15.3 | You did Wizard of Oz? |
| 1:16.9 | I, my last musical was ragtime. |
| 1:20.3 | Mm-hmm. |
| 1:20.7 | I was Scarecrow. |
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