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The Piano Lesson–A Cacophony

Written by Diana Paul on March 3, 2025. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment on The Piano Lesson–A Cacophony

Adapted from August Wilson’s 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Piano Lesson (2024) opens with Mississippi slaver Robert Sutter (David Atkinson) trading two enslaved brothers for a piano to give to his wife at the onset of the Civil War. Fast forward to 1911 and brother Charles (Stephan James) steals the piano from enslaver Sutter’s...

“Protégé”–Who’s the Student? Who’s the Teacher?

Written by Diana Paul on December 20, 2021. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “Protégé”–Who’s the Student? Who’s the Teacher?

The Protege (2021) is a throwback to the 90s action thrillers with one exception: a badass, beautiful assassin in the Nikita genre. (Maggie Q, who has played Nikita in a television series.) Anna Dutton (Maggie Q) is rescued as a little girl from the savagery of the Vietnam War by the legendary assassin Moody (Samuel...

Tag: Samuel Jackson

The Piano Lesson–A Cacophony

“Protégé”–Who’s the Student? Who’s the Teacher?

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