• Jeffrey Wright talks playing Monk in American Fiction & Award Buzz

  • Oct 18 2024
  • Length: 22 mins
  • Podcast

Jeffrey Wright talks playing Monk in American Fiction & Award Buzz

  • Summary

  • Jeffrey Wright, who has received numerous accolades, has yet again entered the award season conversations with his latest role as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison in the satirical comedy-drama American Fiction. Wright sat down with us to talk about his character, the development of Monk, and what he hopes fans take away from it.

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    Host: Monica Gleberman

    Editor: Shamindri De Sayrah

    Social Media Graphic: Jojo

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    Monk is a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, he uses a pen name to write an outlandish Black book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

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