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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2020
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
This isn’t a Ma Rainey biopic, it’s a story of the exploitation of black entertainers during this period. The film builds up a talented horn player and we root for him to succeed. Even though Ma Rainey has become successful, she is coerced to sell the rights to her music and isn’t respected by white producers. The ending is so symbolic of the blatant theft many black artists experienced from white singers *cough* Elvis *cough*. I will say it is…
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