Parental Rating: R (Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)
➱ STORYLINE:
It is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture's obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk 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.—MGM / Orion Pictures
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Directed by: Cord Jefferson
Written by:
- Cord Jefferson
- Percival Everett (based on the novel "Erasure")
Cast:
- Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
- Tracee Ellis Ross as Lisa Ellison
- John Ortiz as Arthur
- Erika Alexander as Coraline
- Leslie Uggams as Agnes Ellison
- Adam Brody as Wiley Valdespino
- Keith David as Willy the Wonker
- Issa Rae as Sintara Golden
- Sterling K. Brown as Clifford Ellison
Executive Producers:
- Ram Bergman
- Michael Bowes
- Percival Everett
- Rian Johnson
Producers:
- Cord Jefferson
- Jermaine Johnson
- Nikos Karamigios
- Ben LeClair
Associate Producer: Hannah Offer
Co-Producer: Lenny Payan
Music by: Laura Karpman
Cinematography by: Cristina Dunlap
Editor: Hilda Rasula
Casting By: Jennifer Euston
Production Design by: Jonathan Guggenheim
Art Direction by: Maddy Young
Set Decoration by: Kyra Friedman Curcio
Costume Design by: Rudy Mance
Makeup Department led by:
- Monique Peoples Graham
- Michele Lewis
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It’s an ok film. I thought it would be a bit funnier but if failed to come through on that.