poll of Jeffrey Wright

Angels in America easily – he's hilarious and poignant and gets a lot of screen time.

He's never been bad though.

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV - 1993) -- Sidney Bechet

^^ really curious about this!

Saw him first on Broadway as Nurse Belize, so that's gotta be it.

i can't remember what ilx opinion of basquiat is, so run the risk of being considered gauche for going there, but basquiat, in which i saw him first & in which he's so innocent and hazy. shuffling around in his pajamas. he is one of my favs. angels is a sensible choice; what's he like in W?

i saw him in basquat first too (to my knowledge) but idk what my vote is yet

peoples hernandez is such a crazed and detailed role but it's not a good enough movie

My gf thinks he's one of the best ever American actors; great performances, broad range, etc...

Voted AiA(TV), but he's been good in everything I've ever seen him in and I would love to see him on stage.

house easy

Same problem with Basquiat as schlump: liked it at the time, just don't remember much now. I watched Angels in America much more recently, so that. He did okay in W, though I don't think he actually reminded me of Colin Powell much. He's pretty florid in Shaft.

tempted to vote Basquiat even though i only saw it the one time a million years ago. it was the first time i saw him in anything and i was awed. but i haven't seen him in much since then--only W. and Angels the miniseries. i guess he was fine in both but yeah, he's not very colin powell-y in W and for some reason i thought he was only okay in Angels.

it's sort of a disappointing career so far, in the sense that a lot of these movies maybe haven't given him enough to do. wish i could have seen some of the plays.

He was fine in Basquiat; the movie was the hip thing to see in fall '96. Ah, youth.

i used to watch basquiat as my like easy (sorry) buddy movie kinda movie, just on a saturday morning when i wasn't doing anything. because the soundtrack was really great and it was so cut and glued and it was poppy and easy. his performance is v affecting though. him & benicio. jeffrey wright's soft eyes. & the weird mythical coda about the boy & the crown, i still think about it.

horseshoe otm, would love to see him on stage

he's undoubtedly done better, but I'm voting for Shaft cuz that's the first time I said "woah, who's that guy"

shut your mouth

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the answer probably is angels in america but i voted boycott, which can get a little 'tv movie' at times but his king is incredible, really brings the man to life and goes beyond any elements of mere impression to an extent i don't think i've ever seen before w/ a figure that iconic, more than denzel's malcolm x even i think. plus erik dellums as bayard rustin and reg e. cathey as e.d. nixon w/ clark johnson directing - david simon affiliations all over this thing! plus CCH POUNDER is in it. high recommendation.

basquiat isn't great for sure but it has a pretty great soundtrack and it works as a smarter (maybe) and more fun midnight in paris, it's pleasures are similar - o man there's rene ricard! and there's mary boone! and uh there's julian schnabel!

Warhol and Basquiat shopping for caviar is my favorite scene.

I heard Cale's version of "Hallelujah" and PiL's "Public Image" for the first time thanks to its soundtrack, which was a cognoscenti-type purchase in the late nineties.

i still haven't voted! super curious about "boycott" now. reg e cathey! CCH POUNDER!!

He poured his heart out along side Mos Def in Topdog/Underdog. One of my most memorable theater experiences.

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wait is that hamlet the same present day setting ethan hawke one that sontag was into? maybe i'll finally check it out. should i?

Yes. Nobody embarrasses himself.

Ethan Hawke's Hamlet is pretty good. Sam Shepard! Bill Murray!
Wright is BARELY in it though.

well he is the gravedigger. is bill murray polonius? not sure i can picture him in any other role. i played polonius and claudius in high school (in tom stoppard's 15 minute hamlet).

Yeah Bill is Polonius. They really did gut the graveyard scene. And Casey Affleck is Fortinbras and he appears only in a PICTURE ON A WALL haha.

fortinbras is the whole point of the play wtf