Remembering Chadwick Boseman: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)

Episode 144: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)Find us around the web and subscribe on your favorite podcast player! Directed by: George C. Wolfe Written by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson (based on the play by August Wilson)Score by: Branford MarsalisBudget: $20-22.5 millionGross: Netflix Cast:Viola Davis as Ma RaineyMaxayn Lewis as Ma’s singing voiceChadwick Boseman as Levee GreenGlynn Turman as ToledoColman Domingo as CutlerMichael Potts as Slow DragJonny Coyne as Mel SturdyvantTaylor Paige as Dussie Mae Jeremy Shamos as IrvinDusan Brown as SylvesterJoshua Harto as PolicemanQuinn VanAntwerp as Band SingerTalking Points:What are your overall non-spoiler thoughts on this viewing?Spoiler-Talk: What are some standout moments?Final thoughts. Next EP: Enter the Dragon (1973)