Every era has its own 'American Fiction,' but is there anything new to say? wrvo.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wrvo.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The bulk of the film has little to do with director Cord Jefferson’s zeitgeist-skewering comedy, and cannot help but feel like one of Monk’s less-celebrated novels
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“OK, let’s begin.” American Fiction opens with Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) intoning that phrase to his students on a nameless California college campus, as he initiates a discussion of Faulkner—only to have his seminar derailed by an overly sensitive white undergraduate who complains about the presence of the “n-word” in the novels. After Monk brusquely instructs her to “get over it,” the college suspends him from teaching duties for the rest of the semester. This ridiculous and y