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Turning good plays into bad movies by Terry Teachout

In my latest Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column, I talk about how good plays get turned into bad movies"and who's to blame. Here's an excerpt. *  *  * The universal critical acclaim that greeted George C. Wolfe's superlative Netflix screen version of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is rare. First-rate plays, after all, almost never get turned into equally good films, and on occasion t…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AM on December 23, 2020

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