The West Wing Weekly   /     Judas and the Black Messiah

Summary

What's more terrifying in Martin Sheen's depiction of J. Edgar Hoover—the racism, or the makeup?! We discuss ALL the important aspects of this cat-and-mouse thriller, which was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two: Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Daniel Kaluuya. For additional viewing: The Lucas Brothers William O'Neal's full interview for Eyes on the Prize II Hoover and Sheen-as-Hoover, side by side: What did you think of Judas and the Black Messiah? Let us know on a scale of 1–10 simultaneously played saxophones over on our Patreon page, patreon.com/thewestwingweekly.

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Duration
50:40
Publishing date
2024-10-22 19:00
Link
https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_52_55143fef-f1a8-43dd-9fb0-47a9ec0a022a&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Fwestwingweekly
Contributors
  Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway
author  
Enclosures
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/_/52/55143fef-f1a8-43dd-9fb0-47a9ec0a022a/Judas_and_the_Black_Messiah_PT1.mp3
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Shownotes

What's more terrifying in Martin Sheen's depiction of J. Edgar Hoover—the racism, or the makeup?! We discuss ALL the important aspects of this cat-and-mouse thriller, which was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two: Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Daniel Kaluuya.

For additional viewing:

Hoover and Sheen-as-Hoover, side by side:

What did you think of Judas and the Black Messiah? Let us know on a scale of 1–10 simultaneously played saxophones over on our Patreon page, patreon.com/thewestwingweekly.