Throughly predictable until the final scene, I had to force myself to stay awake unless Chadwick Boseman was on the screen. I know August Wilson and the director wanted to give the audience a taste of racial treatment and segregation in the 20s in Chicago but I didn't find the dialog nor the plot engaging. Ma herself wasn't engaging either...too predictable. Poignant? Not really. Very sad that Chadwick Boseman's career was cut short.
Review of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
