American Fiction | Movie Review

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American Fiction, the first film from Cord Jefferson, is the subject of this FU review from Hunter Lanier. Jeffrey Wright plays Monk, a novelist who's unsuccessful because his books aren't marketable enough. Frustrated with the culture trying to pigeonhole him as a "black author," Monk decides to lean into what they want him to be--purely for his own amusement--and his career explodes. Hunter discusses the movie's light satirical touch—nibbles rather than bites—the true butt of its jokes, its lack of a visual identity, and how it shares common ancestry with Dream Scenario. Hunter: Twix: https://twitter.com/Lanierhunt64 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunterlaniermoviereviews/ Feature Underground: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FeatureUnderground Twix: https://twitter.com/FeatureUndergro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/featureunderground/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@featureundergroun?_t=8e9WJlRrGKh&_r=1

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