#The Piano Lesson

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The Piano Lesson | Official Trailer | Netflix

A family clash over an heirloom piano explodes. The battle between brother (John David Washington) and sister (Danielle Deadwyler) — one hopes to sell it, the other refuses to give it up — unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived and who defines a family legacy.

Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu, Skylar Aleece Smith, Jerrika Hinton, Gail Bean, Danielle Deadwyler, and Corey Hawkins star in Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut based on the Pulitzer-prize winning August Wilson play.

In select theaters November and on Netflix November 22.

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RAY FISHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE MAN THAT YOU ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Danielle Deadwyler photographed by Emma Anderson for The Hollywood Reporter

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Another Denzel Washington son and Directing this:

The trailer looks awesome. I heard they are pushing this for awards especially in the acting catergories and script, Samuel L Jackson and Danielle Deadwyler for suporting actress. A great cast with also JD Washington, Ray Fisher. Denzel wife and daughter are in the movie,a family thing for sure.

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Ooo! This is exciting! 😁👏🏾 I love anything about piano 🎹 (I've been playing for years), and this cast looks amazing. 😊

I'm wondering if this is the same play/book I read in school? 🤔 I wonder if it's just a different adaptation? I recall reading this when I was younger. I think there was even a movie made years ago with the same name. 🤔 But I could be wrong.

Anyway, this is exciting! 😁 It's definitely a Washington family project indeed! That's awesome. 😁

Goodness, JDW sounds JUST like Denzel to me lol. Sounds like maybe he's improved in his acting skills also rotfl! 🤭🤭

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alfre woodard as berniece charles in the piano lesson

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie

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blex_media:

The entire Washington family is involved in the film adaptation of August Wilson’s acclaimed play 'The Piano Lesson', making it a true family affair. ⁠ ⁠ Pauletta Pearson Washington proudly declared to Deadline at the Telluride Film Festival where the film premiered, “All my babies are involved in this.” Her son, Malcolm Washington, directed the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Virgil Williams. Her eldest son, John David Washington stars in the film, while her daughter, Olivia Washington also stars in the film. Olivia shares the same role with her mother, playing the character Mama Ola at different ages.⁠ ⁠ Adding to the family’s involvement, Katia Washington, Pauletta's other daughter, serves as an executive producer of the film. Meanwhile, Pauletta’s husband, Denzel Washington, is a producer of The Piano Lesson. Denzel, along with his producing partner Todd Black, has committed to bringing Wilson’s entire ten-part American Century Cycle to the screen, with Fences, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and now The Piano Lesson already adapted.⁠ ⁠ We love to see it! For full details, click link in bio.⁠ ⁠ ⁠

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Adam visiting John David backstage for The Piano Lesson

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The Piano Lesson | Official Trailer | Netflix

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First look of #ThePianoLesson,

Streaming on #Netflix, November 22

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ray fisher the legend and the icon that you are!!!

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2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (July)

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2023: The Year that Should Have Been Samuel L. Jackson's

Anyone who follows my blog knows I really like Samuel L. Jackson. I don't know him personally or anything. I just think he seems fun. I like how he says he makes the kinds of movies he would want to see as a kid (and isn't precious about the ~art~ of acting). Brie Larson also said some things in the Captain Marvel press tour about how confident he is, and now sometimes I think "Pretend you are Samuel L. Jackson" when I feel anxious in a work situation.

Some other things I like about him:

He was expelled from Morehouse College for his acts of civil disobedience. Though I can't say I support some of his later criminal acts or drug use.

I enjoy the random fun fact that he was an usher at Martin Luther King Jr's funeral.

Unlike a lot of the MCU actors, SLJ reads comics. He was the one who saw his face in The Ultimates and was like, "Uh. WTF, Marvel?" just because he happened to read it. (Companies are not allowed to use an individual's likeness without their consent, he could have sued Marvel, instead he made a deal for them to put him in movies if they made them.)

Regarding the above, I think a lot is said about how Feige and Favreau were such visionaries to create the MCU. And obviously they did the work. But I think SLJ saw it even earlier. (Ultimates came out in 2002, six years before Iron Man would happen and the deal he made would pan out.)

I know SLJ has made some bad movies. Some are fun bad. Some are just bad. But he has a way of making even the worst dialogue interesting. (IDK. I saw a teen spy movie he was in with Hailee Steinfeld and Sophie Turner. They are both actresses that I like, but any scene he wasn't in was kind of boring. And I was like, "Whoa how did you make me pay attention; I was falling asleep?")

Wow this post is long and I haven't even gotten to the point.

The point is that Secret Invasion should have been his moment to shine in the MCU. He never led a project before. And it's being called the worst thing ever. But it's so frustrating that it was so bad with the caliber of actors they had. It should not have been this way.

To add insult to injury, Jackson finally got to perform August Wilson's The Piano Lesson on Broadway.

Jackson was part of the original cast of that play, working with the celebrated playwright himself... at Yale Repertory Theater. When it came time to move the play to Broadway, Charles S. Dutton replaced him.

So last year a Broadway revival was staged. It was directed by his wife, LaTonya Richardson Jackson. Now Jackson played the older man, and his friend Denzel's son, John David Washington, played the role Jackson had originated.

Jackson was nominated for a Tony. But didn't win. The internet made fun of his reaction to the results being read.

I just feel like, I'd have been bummed too. He didn't slap anybody or complain about losing. He was gracious.

I keep thinking about what could have been. He's 74 years old (doesn't look it, imo), but he won't be around forever. I want him to be appreciated in his lifetime.

And goddamnit I am still mad they didn't air his Lifetime Achievement Oscar speech.

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Some of my shows from last year are up for Tony awards tonight!

In honor of Piano Lesson for Best Revival here are a few of my favorite illustrations I did for Costume Designer Toni Leslie James!

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It was SO FUCKING GOOD.

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Crazy to me that The Piano Lesson hasn’t been highlighted as much as it ought to have been. Very interesting play, very very thought-provoking story, excellent cast, excellent staging. I think part of me wishes there had been subtitles because there is a lot of quick wit that I missed because people were laughing, or because John David Washington was going a mile a minute (he was excellent, though). Danielle Brooks was a true standout, and Samuel L. Jackson I think really knows when to step back and blend in.

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Robert recently went to support John David Washington in ‘The Piano Lesson.’