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| HBO | Release Date: February 24, 2011 |
Summary:
HBO presents a live performance of the solo show, Thurgood, written by George Stevens, Jr. and performed by Laurence Fishburne. In it, Fishburne depicts the life and times of the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood -- from his childhood roots to his work as a Civil Rights attorney and his time on the bench.
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Drama
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Feb 24, 2011
Season 1 Review:
It is the seamless weaving of Marshall's personal biography with the story of his tenure as chief counsel for the N.A.A.C.P., where he worked to challenge the separate-but-equal doctrine used to justify racial segregation in the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson, that keeps Thurgood a work of such enthralling theater and television.
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Feb 23, 2011
Season 1 Review:
It's just plain good--fast-paced, emotionally engaging and even transporting at times. Much of the credit goes to Fishburne's performance, but there other important factors, like the way in which Stevens' script captures Marshall's liberating sense of humor, and the rich look of the overall production.
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Feb 23, 2011
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Feb 24, 2011
Feb 24, 2011
Season 1 Review:
The play's conceit doesn't work particularly well on film and it doesn't help that the performance took place at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater before an unstudent-like audience. But as static as the staging sometimes feels, Fishburne is more animated than he's gotten to be in a while, delivering a performance that's as funny as it appears to be heartfelt.
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