I watched Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. It's fairly okay. It has some really conspicuous speechifying moments and other turns that don't feel natural. It's obviously a play.
I guess the big question is, will Chadwick Boseman get a posthumous Oscar nom - which I think the answer has to be yes - and will he win?
And then the next question would be: is that legit based on the performance or is it more of a gesture because he's dead. And black.
He's actually pretty darn good in it. I was surprised because I have seen him in stuff where I thought he was pretty weak. Black Panther comes right to mind. Michael Jordan totally stole that movie from him acting-wise IMO.
But he's good in this. I don't know who else will be in the running for Supporting Actor but I don't think it would be charity to include Boseman.
Who is
really good (as always) is Viola Davis.