Got Their Musical Mojo Working
di A. O. Scott The New York Times
In “Cadillac Records,” Darnell Martin's rollicking and insightful celebration of Chicago blues in its hectic golden age, Jeffrey Wright plays the singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. This feat is made even more impressive and interesting when you reflect that in the same movie season Mr. Wright has portrayed another notable real-life African-American, the former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, in Oliver Stone's “W.” The man is equally credible as a statesman and a bluesman. If that's not range, what is?
Much more than racial typecasting or clever mimicry is at work in these performances. [...]
di A. O. Scott, articolo completo (6747 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 5 dicembre 2008
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