Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and the Fight to Own Music

<p>On the last&nbsp;<em>Low Key</em>&nbsp;podcast of the year, Keith Dennie, Aaron Lanton and Tim Molloy talk about the&nbsp;deceptively straightforward <em>Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, </em>directed by George C. Wolfe and based on the play by August Wilson.</p><br><p>We&nbsp;talk about what we thought of Chadwick&nbsp;Boseman's final performance, what the&nbsp;film says about religion, and if there's a Marxist&nbsp;argument at work in the story of arguing musicians one hot day in 1927. </p><br><p>Like every episode of the <em>Low Key</em> podcast, this one is good.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>