Larry weighs in on President Joe Biden. He’s then joined by director, playwright, and Emmy Award-winning actor Colman Domingo to discuss his latest film Sing Sing (13:55). They begin their conversation by talking about the process of choosing roles for a project and describing the premise of Sing Sing, which centers around a group of prison inmates that organize and perform a play. This leads to a discussion about the real-life program Rehabilitation Through the Arts that helps people escape from the realities of incarceration through creativity, and the importance of the arts in our society, particularly impoverished communities (29:12). Colman ends the pod by sharing how he “downloads” characteristics into his creative process when fleshing out a role and shining a light on the emotional reactions he received from some of the pre-release screenings of Sing Sing (40:35).
Host: Larry Wilmore
Guest: Colman Domingo
Producer: Chris Sutton
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