Jeffrey Wright Breaks Down Why the Satire in American Fiction Is So Relevant

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  • Опубликовано: 29 дек 2024

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  • @mauriciodiocis6901
    @mauriciodiocis6901 10 месяцев назад +113

    Love that he credited the screenwriter and author of the original dude. Classy and intellectual dude as always, one of the best to ever do it.

  • @sxt4447
    @sxt4447 10 месяцев назад +82

    This film proves the incredible value of excellent screenwriting and why the strike mattered so much

  • @roanaway
    @roanaway 10 месяцев назад +162

    Satire really feels like it taps into that human need to laugh because otherwise you'd cry

    • @erinerin561
      @erinerin561 10 месяцев назад +3

      Absolutely 💯

    • @EarlofSedgewick
      @EarlofSedgewick 9 месяцев назад +1

      Are you saying this movie felt like that? To me it felt like finally figuring out to stop letting that toxic co-worker from bothering you anymore and just doing your stuff. The satire is really invigorating in that sense. You feel free to roll your eyes at the ridiculous stuff and focus in on that wonderful wedding 😊

    • @phantomfrivolity2169
      @phantomfrivolity2169 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@EarlofSedgewickIt's funny because this comment reminds me of the famous saying. "Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone."

    • @EarlofSedgewick
      @EarlofSedgewick 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@phantomfrivolity2169 I suppose there are many levels to the film. I was being a bit self-important by flourishing my interpretation in contrast to a different viewpoint. Both are genuine impressions, and I'm richer if I consider them both. Hopefully my impression can provide the same.
      I like that saying, I haven't heard it in a long time. Very practical!

    • @FishareFriendsNotFood972
      @FishareFriendsNotFood972 9 месяцев назад

      Absolutely, very insightful

  • @Tao_Tology
    @Tao_Tology 10 месяцев назад +107

    (I think) the peak satire in the film is the "We really need to be listening to black voices" moment.
    If you've seen the film you'll know.

    • @ItzWhat3vA
      @ItzWhat3vA 10 месяцев назад +16

      Yes!! That's my favorite scene. "I think we're going to go with F%&$."

    • @a.t.3192
      @a.t.3192 10 месяцев назад +8

      Made me literally laugh out loud. Most movies, even really funny ones, don't do that.

    • @donrog5035
      @donrog5035 9 месяцев назад +5

      Oh yeah, I laughed so hard when I watched this scene 😂.

    • @AdamJones381
      @AdamJones381 9 месяцев назад +3

      It was pretty funny, I thought it may be too on the nose but on reflection it was just right

    • @beve83
      @beve83 8 месяцев назад +2

      I loved that part!

  • @jeffreylee5770
    @jeffreylee5770 10 месяцев назад +32

    I saw American Fiction at the end of January in a small film society theater near Philadelphia. I liked the satire, and the script was interesting all the way through. The ending felt a little post-modern, but not in a bad way. I would tell people to see it, but there was at least as much heaviness as lightness in the total story. It was great to see Jeffrey Wright in this film where he really got to act in a very pure form, i.e. no special effects, no period costume etc.

    • @EarlofSedgewick
      @EarlofSedgewick 9 месяцев назад +3

      I don't know enough about post-modernism to pick out discussions in the film, but I felt like the end fit quite neatly into both the personal arc and the satire arc as well, all while keeping the pacing very snappy. That's a really excellent script, and the actors all did a great job attending to each new turn.

  • @NostGold
    @NostGold 10 месяцев назад +14

    Jeffery is one of my favorite actors of all time, so many brilliant roles he's been in, from Manchurian Candidate, Gordon in Batman, Shaft, Basquiat, Westworld, Source Code and so many more.

  • @paulwolffart1251
    @paulwolffart1251 10 месяцев назад +13

    Great movie! We watched it last night on Prime and it was worth paying $20 for it. A good “grown up” film with a good story and dialogue making you care about the characters and the issues.

  • @thomasalley3121
    @thomasalley3121 10 месяцев назад +11

    Jeffrey Wright is the man! Hunger Games, Westworld, The Last of Us Part II, Batman, ect.. He's so damn cool and I'm happy for his success. American Fiction looks like such a good movie. Can't wait to see it.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 10 месяцев назад +44

    Any guy who takes care of turtles thrust upon him is my kinda guy!

  • @GlenLauderdale
    @GlenLauderdale 9 месяцев назад +4

    Jeffrey Wright is a Class Act. He was great in James Bond and Westworld and I loved American Fiction!

  • @sunfish9341
    @sunfish9341 7 месяцев назад +2

    “we really loved this script” literally as i watched the movie could not stop thinking about how good the story and writing/jokes were

  • @CWBella
    @CWBella 10 месяцев назад +5

    I started listening to Perceval Everett's book, "Erasure"; it is excellent! And audiobooks are the best.

  • @mariapapadopoulos3640
    @mariapapadopoulos3640 10 месяцев назад +11

    Movie deserves the Oscar

  • @johnnierock1090
    @johnnierock1090 4 месяца назад

    I know someone who met this dude he looked up to him as a fellow actor. Had a very close unpleasant encounter. This individual was in tears as they recanted their experience. The moral of the story never meet your hero’s you will be disappointed. Unfortunate because he is very talented.

  • @bcx1138
    @bcx1138 10 месяцев назад +5

    American fiction really is one of the greatest movies of all time

  • @hifi-photo-Brian
    @hifi-photo-Brian 10 месяцев назад +4

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  • @8020drummer
    @8020drummer 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thought this was one of the best films I've seen in a while. If it had only been campy satire it wouldn't have worked, but weaving the family tragedy around it was genius.

  • @SpiceAndSauce
    @SpiceAndSauce 6 месяцев назад +3

    The movie was good, but Jeffrey's acting was wow!

  • @chuck9380
    @chuck9380 10 месяцев назад +20

    I went to see the movie 🎥 in theaters last Friday and I really enjoyed it.

  • @rachelaugsburger1471
    @rachelaugsburger1471 10 месяцев назад +4

    For a second there at the end, I thought Seth was going to say "congrats on the turtles"

  • @andyx6248
    @andyx6248 8 месяцев назад +1

    I loved it for so many elements.

  • @blahblah4129
    @blahblah4129 10 месяцев назад +10

    Wonderful film!

  • @garycpriestley
    @garycpriestley 10 месяцев назад +6

    Love this actor ❤

  • @8020drummer
    @8020drummer 6 месяцев назад

    2:44 "but still call me, Michael Bay"

  • @justincastillogayray
    @justincastillogayray 10 месяцев назад +2

    these are conversations we've been having for decades. was it set in the early 1990s just like the book or the 21st century?

  • @jameswells2826
    @jameswells2826 10 месяцев назад +4

    I Really Like Jeffrey Wright So Much And I Think That He's Really Cool

  • @williamcaseywells604
    @williamcaseywells604 5 месяцев назад +1

    The movie is outstanding as is well worth a watch.

  • @smokinjoe4684
    @smokinjoe4684 10 месяцев назад +3

    Just left the theatre. Give him the “Fucking” Oscar.

  • @lordofthereels6790
    @lordofthereels6790 9 месяцев назад +1

    If Avery Brooks doesn't want to play Captain Ben Sisko I feel Wright would be amazing in that role. DS 9 ended with a way that could canonically fit a recast if the actor is....Wright IMO

  • @barttorbert5031
    @barttorbert5031 9 месяцев назад +5

    Satire is supposed to make people aware of their shortcomings. But I doubt the people who need this will realize this is directed at them.

    • @markeggins890
      @markeggins890 8 месяцев назад +1

      That's right, it is really saying what kind of 'diversity' do you want? Identity politics doesn't really offer diversity.

  • @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing
    @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing 10 месяцев назад +2

    Because these violent delights have violent ends.

  • @FishareFriendsNotFood972
    @FishareFriendsNotFood972 9 месяцев назад

    Love him, what a powerhouse actor

  • @johndoylespiritual
    @johndoylespiritual 9 месяцев назад

    Brilliant movie. Brilliant script. Brilliant acting.

  • @randypop7133
    @randypop7133 10 месяцев назад +1

    Seth, this is a personal favor request, not from so much a jackal, but an incredibly frequent watcher of the show... Can you ask Jeffery Wright what the brand of his glasses are? That's the style I've been looking for and it has been very difficult to find something like those. Please and thank you if you have time to ask and he has the time to respond.

  • @ChiefCedricJohnson
    @ChiefCedricJohnson 9 месяцев назад +1

    Proverbs 3:29
    Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

  • @lashendawest7509
    @lashendawest7509 10 месяцев назад

    We love your show seth meyers

  • @estevancarlos
    @estevancarlos 10 месяцев назад +2

    I saw this film in December. Fucking hilarious. Amazing movie. Gotta see it.

  • @kdpowers
    @kdpowers 9 месяцев назад

    Social commentary reminded me of Don't Look Up

  • @MusicfromMarrs
    @MusicfromMarrs 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great flick. I know it’s based on a novel, but it’s still a descendant of Robert Townsend’s Hollywood Shuffle.

  • @averyellis
    @averyellis 5 месяцев назад

    The ending got more meta than expected, but it was a fun watch.

  • @callumheatherly
    @callumheatherly 10 месяцев назад +3

    Great movie A+ brother

  • @alexishall3045
    @alexishall3045 10 месяцев назад

    I loved this movie!

  • @raphaomesmin5826
    @raphaomesmin5826 9 месяцев назад

    Favoutite post modern comedy 🙏

  • @inmyOWN_world
    @inmyOWN_world 4 месяца назад

    I like Him
    ..His content I mean... I don't knw him! America Fiction was great!

  • @briancohen-doherty4392
    @briancohen-doherty4392 10 месяцев назад

    JW is simply fantastic

  • @frankcheers7529
    @frankcheers7529 10 месяцев назад

    Such a great film.

  • @yvonne3760
    @yvonne3760 10 месяцев назад +1

    Jeffrey Wright is a great actor…

  • @kgrim024
    @kgrim024 10 месяцев назад

    Great movie ❤

  • @TheWasif
    @TheWasif 10 месяцев назад

    Great film!!

  • @jama3335
    @jama3335 9 месяцев назад

    Peoples Hernandez deserves an Oscar

  • @BreakingBreadcrumbs
    @BreakingBreadcrumbs 10 месяцев назад

    After watching the movie I can't tell if he's being facetious

  • @RM-hu9sd
    @RM-hu9sd 8 месяцев назад

    Jeffrey Wright is one of the sexiest men alive.

  • @flyinv3663
    @flyinv3663 10 месяцев назад +1

    But, how many eggs hatched??

  • @VirginiaIngrim-fz5lr
    @VirginiaIngrim-fz5lr 10 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing in the way it showed the racism in most of the anti-racism campaigns these days. Brilliant.

    • @talk.back04
      @talk.back04 5 месяцев назад

      i think you missed the point of the movie lol.

  • @BeckTech-u4e
    @BeckTech-u4e 10 месяцев назад +1

    The Watcher

  • @smokinjoe4684
    @smokinjoe4684 10 месяцев назад

    I first knew Jeff from Shaft when he had an ice pick. Oscar time.

  • @Notturnoir
    @Notturnoir 10 месяцев назад +1

    He was so good in it, great cast. I wouldnt call it satire though, more like “hollywoodized”

  • @CivisCaeli
    @CivisCaeli 10 месяцев назад

  • @jamallaidley4718
    @jamallaidley4718 10 месяцев назад

    Nice One 🤭

  • @automatics1im
    @automatics1im 8 месяцев назад

    Now that is an elevator pitch.

  • @carina9295
    @carina9295 10 месяцев назад

    Speaking of franchises, why another spinoff of “The Walking Dead”?

  • @JacksonWashburn
    @JacksonWashburn 10 месяцев назад

    Where tf is Seth Meyers tie. Who does he think he is?

  • @crunson2000
    @crunson2000 10 месяцев назад

    gotta stop diving these interview vids in half

  • @davidw9772
    @davidw9772 10 месяцев назад +1

    We are EurAfrIndian descendants of the Founding Fathers and Mothers of Agrarian American Innovation and Wealth. We are not black stateless cheap labor relegated to predetermined irrelevant sports ... Massa money making mules. I have never seen black before the mirror and neither have you within our beautiful multicultural citizenry. Frederick Douglass ... Richard Wright ... Malcolm X

  • @johnedward8352
    @johnedward8352 6 месяцев назад

    Doesnt Seth Myers realize he's one of the people who's being made fun of?

  • @nazzato91
    @nazzato91 8 месяцев назад

    Lets discuss Btw how the democratic party never changed and was never held to account for what they did! oh no parties switches yea okay thats the most ridiculous unexeplained bs ever!

  • @JadSleimanComedy
    @JadSleimanComedy 10 месяцев назад

    this is so weird and gross. which is kind of the point

  • @ReneeKadlubek-gt9qm
    @ReneeKadlubek-gt9qm 10 месяцев назад

    Im expressing disdain about how ive been treated for a decade and how many ppl apparently took off with my things wothout my knowledge or cobsent and wifhoit compensation. No competition and im not punching above my weight.

    • @ReneeKadlubek-gt9qm
      @ReneeKadlubek-gt9qm 10 месяцев назад

      Second time I heard that so just being clear in case that gets applied to me

  • @williamkittler
    @williamkittler 10 месяцев назад

    Tonight on Bald Men with Beards with Seth Meyers. It’s like each guest is a different shade of the same emoji.
    👨🏽‍🦲👨🏼‍🦲👨🏻‍🦲