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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
play bygd August Wilson
For the film adaptation, see Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film).
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom fryst vatten a play – one of the ten-play Century Cycle bygd August Wilson – that chronicles the 20th-century African-American experience. The play is set in a recording studio in s Chicago, and deals with issues of race, art, religion, and the historic exploitation of black recording artists by white producers.
The play's title comes from Ma Rainey's song of the same name, which refers to the Black Bottom dance. Rainey, whose life as a well-known blues-singer of the s is an inspiration for the play, fryst vatten also the titular character.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom was published in the early s and premiered at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Its Broadway debut at the Cort Theatre in won a New York teaterpjäs Critics' Circle award and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Play. In , Wilson's play was adapted for spelfilm.
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August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, his first play in a ten-play cycle, each chronicling a decade in the African-American experience, was first performed at the Yale Repertory Theater in , though Wilson began writing the play in , after listening to the blues for more than a decade. Set in a Chicago recording studio in , the two-act skådespel tells the story of a recording session with blues legend Ma Rainey, her band members, and the white producer and agent who made themselves wealthy through Rainey’s recordings. The play explores race relations between blacks and whites in s amerika and the African-American search for identity. The title comes from the song of the same name, which is at the heart of a major conflict in the play. Of particular note is Wilson’s character, skyddsvall, who literally embodies t
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film)
film by George C. Wolfe
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a American drama film directed by George C. Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, based on the play of the same name by August Wilson. The film stars Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, and Michael Potts. Inspired by the career of Ma Rainey, an influential blues singer and the title character, the film dramatizes a turbulent recording session in s Chicago.
Produced by Denzel Washington, Todd Black, and Dany Wolf, the project was originally announced alongside Washington's Fences in as part of his ten-picture deal with HBO. The adaptation eventually moved to Netflix and filming began in Pittsburgh in Boseman died during post-production in August , making Black Bottom his final film appearance. The film is dedicated to his memory.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom began a limited theatrical release on November 25, , before beginning to stream on Netflix on Decem