![]() ![]() And hey, it’s just pointing a lovesick man towards his wayward girlfriend, right? If it’s not … well, when he starts out, he can still make himself believe that that’s what it is, and he can believe that if it’s not, it’s not any of his business. Daphne’s known for crossing the color line, so Albright suspects she’s vanished into a demimonde of Black-owned nightclubs if he starts asking questions there, he won’t get any answers, but Easy will.Īlready behind on his mortgage, Easy can’t afford to decline. The job is simple: unearth the elusive Daphne Monet, the fiancée of wealthy local stalwart Todd Carter, who just dropped out of the mayoral race. Joppy, a bartender friend of Easy’s, introduces him to a white man, DeWitt Albright, who might have some work for him. Like the Walter Mosley novel series it’s based on, it fills a dramatically under-served niche by exploring Los Angeles’s post-war tensions and opportunities from a Black perspective, it manages to both nail classic noir style and concerns and bring something new to the table.ĭenzel Washington stars as Easy Rawlins, a newly unemployed war vet–sociable but full of coiled intensity, a man keeping a tight grip on the ordinary-but-tenuous happiness he knows he’s earned. Was the tape ever intended to see the light of day? Did someone release it without one participant’s permission? Each case is different, and involves issues of privacy and agency.Devil in a Blue Dress is now on Tubi, allowing me to finish off my triptych of Carl Franklin recommendations.Īll three of Franklin’s top films demonstrate his deft and versatile use of noir, evocative settings, and clever plotting One False Move may be the best and most surprising of them, but Devil in a Blue Dress is undeniably the most significant. In any case, the details surrounding the tape can get messy. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are several rock stars who were victims of sex tape scandals, not to mention high-profile celebrities including Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian. Of course, leaked sex tapes aren’t just limited to movie and TV actors. That’s why it can be so jarring when a movie or TV star’s sex tape gets leaked to the public - and as the Hulu miniseries Pam & Tommy shows us, it can have irrevocable consequences on one’s career. And while it’s a pretty vulnerable thing for an actor to do, there’s still a healthy dose of separation between the character they’re playing and their actual identities. Movie and TV sex scenes rarely mirror the goings-on of real sexual encounters - they’re usually more of a fantasy than anything else. While quite a few Hollywood films feature steamy sex scenes between actors, it’s pretty obvious that these onscreen exchanges of intimacy are very choreographed. ![]()
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