![]() ![]() Let us come at things from a slightly adjusted angle. In the age of the digital connection, his turn in the little seen production assumed train wreck status.Ī cursory online search reveals a long line of amateur critics busting on Wright’s ultimately ill-advised celluloid foray. ![]() It doesn’t help that the period dialogue sounds stilted to modern ears, and Buenos Aires makes a bizarre geographic substitute for the original’s Chicago location. Which only really counts as sticking with what one knows when one has the acting chops to back it up -something the 40 year old Wright, playing a character 20 years younger than himself, did not. Or, you know, he could’ve starred in a 1951 film adaptation of Native Son, his best selling Book of the Month Club selection. ![]() Literary standing in the bag, he could have explored any number of avenues through his writing, or chosen to delve deeper into the rich territory from which his career had been mined. Author Richard Wright won acclaim documenting the African-American experience in the 30’s and 40’s. Stick to what you know goes the conventional wisdom. ![]()
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