Jeffrey Wright talks playing Monk in American Fiction & Award Buzz
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Jeffrey Wright, who has received numerous accolades, has yet again entered the award season conversations with his latest role as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison in the satirical comedy-drama American Fiction. Wright sat down with us to talk about his character, the development of Monk, and what he hopes fans take away from it.
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Host: Monica Gleberman
Editor: Shamindri De Sayrah
Social Media Graphic: Jojo
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Monk is a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the
establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, he uses a pen name to write an outlandish Black book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
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