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New Year’s Day: Favorite film interviews from 2018
In “Sorry to Bother You,” Lakeith Stanfield plays a telemarketer who gets promoted after he uses a “white voice” on calls. Rosamund Pike is famed war correspondent Marie Colvin in “A Private War.”
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenIn “Sorry to Bother You,” Lakeith Stanfield plays a telemarketer who gets promoted after he uses a “white voice” on calls. Rosamund Pike is famed war correspondent Marie Colvin in “A Private War.” And Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally have been happily married for 18 years, despite playing a divorced couple on “Parks and Recreation.”
In this episode
3 storiesLakeith Stanfield, from ‘Atlanta’ to ‘Sorry to Bother You’
“Sorry to Bother You” is an absurdist dark comedy set in Oakland. The lead character is a black guy named Cash, who’s down on his luck. He gets a job as a telemarketer. Cash starts flowing when he learns how to use a “white voice.”
Read the story17 min‘A Private War:’ An homage to war correspondent Marie Colvin
What does it take to be a war correspondent? What kind of person is drawn to cover death and destruction, and why? Does the reporting make any difference? These questions are raised in “A Private War.”
Read the story16 minComedians Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman on making marriage work
Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman portrayed a bitterly divorced couple on “Parks and Recreation.” But they’re happily married in real life. They met nearly 20 years ago when they were performing in a play in Los Angeles.
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