August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at the Los Angeles Theatre Center is a journey behind illusions to the reality of blood rituals, “bones people,” haints, conjurers and elusive shiny men.
A Change in Perception : MAKES ME WANNA HOLLER: A Young Black Man in America
His girlfriend–the mother of his child–had been threatened right in front of his face. Such disrespect called for swift retaliation.
The inevitable confrontation followed, culminated by a bullet that wound up only an inch from the offender’s heart. The next shot would surely have been fatal had not a friend intervened and persuaded him not to fire.
YOU SEND ME: The Life & Times of Sam Cooke, By Daniel Wolff with S.R. Crain, Clifton White and G. David Tenenbaum
For six years, beginning in the late 1950s, singer Sam Cooke lived on the upper reaches of popular music charts. He recorded or wrote 29 Top 40 singles–more than Little Richard, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis combined. In 1986, he was one of the first 10 inductees into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.
“Detroit” Tells the Story it Set Out To Tell – And That’s Enough
Detroit the movie is not trying to be Detroit the city. Failure to understand this distinction lies behind some of the most vocal criticism I’ve seen of the film.