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The Next Best Picture Podcast

"The Piano Lesson"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2542 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

For this week's third podcast review, I am joined by Sara Clements, Josh Parham & Dan Bayer to review and discuss "The Piano Lesson," starring John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu, Skylar Aleece Smith & Corey Hawkins. Directed by Malcolm Washington, the Netflix film is the latest adaptation of world-renowned playwright August Wilson's work from the stage to the screen. What did we think of it? Tune in as we discuss the performances, themes, direction, awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of the piano lesson.

0:14.0

That piano is the story of our whole family.

0:21.6

Now, Granddaddy, he called all of this.

0:26.6

But everything he made, Mr. Sutter owned, because he owned him.

0:33.6

Boy Charles talked about that piano all the time.

0:38.3

And long as Sutter had it, he had us.

0:43.3

And that's why Bernice ain't gonna sell that piano,

0:49.3

because her daddy died over it.

0:57.1

But I'm supposed to build off what they left me.

1:02.1

You ain't touched that piano the whole time it's been here.

1:06.2

All right, everybody, you were just listening to the trailer for the piano lesson, and the story is as follows.

1:08.1

The Charles family grapples with family legacy and difficult decisions as they

1:11.8

determine the fate of their heirloom piano, exploring deeper themes along the way. The film is

1:18.0

starring. John David Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Daniel Deadweiler,

1:24.8

and Corey Hawkins. It is written and directed by Malcolm Washington,

1:29.4

co-written by Virgil Williams, and here to join me today for this podcast review. I have

1:34.3

Sarah Clements. Hello, hello. Josh Parham. Hello, hello. And Dan Baer. Hello, everybody.

1:43.2

So another August Wilson adaptation for the, I was going to say big screen, but this is a

1:50.0

Netflix film.

1:51.3

Based on the 1987 play by August Wilson, the piano lesson very recently had a Broadway

1:58.0

adaptation that starred Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington as well. It got

2:03.6

pretty great reviews. And now we're seeing some of them and then these cast members come along

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