10 Things I Learned about Fences

by Kiki

1.  Denzel Washington directed the movie.
2.   You gotta take the “crookeds with the straights”.
3.   Lots of baseball analogies.
4. Denzel Washington also wrote a song for the movie.
5. Denzel was in the Broadway revival.  James Earl Jones was in the original Broadway production.
6. There are parallels with Death of a Salesman
7. Mykelti Williamson is superb as Gabe.
8. Takes place in Pittsburgh, PA
9. Takes place in 1957, the year I was born.
10. August Wilson wrote the screenplay.

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