'A tight, subdued script and a charming cast of talented, lesser-known actors make 'A Jazzman’s Blues' one of the more watchable dramas Perry has crafted in a long time,' kyndallrene writes.
a film he wrote over two decades ago, as “the first time [he’s] really enjoyed making a movie.” This admission is a bit puzzling from a filmmaker hellbent on unleashing his often egregiously made movies onto the public nearly every year. He’s also historically gone out of his way to boast about his ability to produce whatever projects he wants, despite mainstream Hollywood’s initial misgivings about him.
The result is often contrived and predictable, especially during the film’s final hour. However, a tight, subdued script and a charming cast of talented, lesser-known actors makeThe Oscar-baity sheen of, which, nowadays, is mostly spoken about in reference to an extremely upsetting child-murder scene and jokes about noted movie villain Michael Ealy. That play was ripe with the sort of tragic subject matter Perry loves to depict on screen, particularly miserable women experiencing abuse from men.
There’s a broad acknowledgement of the privilege that light-skinned Black people can wield against their darker-skinned peers. For instance, while Bayou actively pursues Leanne, she seems genuinely ignorant and unconcerned with the harm that her interest in him—first as a light-skinned woman and later as someone passing as white and married to a white man—causes Bayou, his family, and their community of Black people.
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