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Talk to Me - Remembering Petey Greene (**l/2)
By DWIGHT BROWN
NNPA Film Ciritic
“Being aD] is the o
d\ir?gq?%amw how to r(lil(’;
that isn't breaking the law!”
Its 1966. Crusty, foul
mouthed Ralph Waldo
“Petey” Greene (Don
Cheadle) is a prison D] and
the voice of t';ason athkchis
tentiary. “Telling it li
fi?sl'f serves him well the day
he haphazardly meets radio
roducer Dewez) H-thcs
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Prety 'T hl:i . In secon
Coltids meson
im,
ing and astonishing the
conservative Hughes.
Once he exits prison,
Greene, with his sassy
Vemell (Taraji P n,
Hustle & Flow) by his side,
storms into Hughes'
Washington DC radio sta
tdon looking for a_j-o-b.
The rest is history. The ex
con from the ghetto
m"Ef'o?;dS:’ -
years,
with Hughes as his guide,
Greene’s mouth roars him
voice of the workingman,
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has his own TV show and
an infamous, mrccr—/l‘)#mk
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upon Huuglu;ng and K:t
bmdcd Vernell loam large
with shocking,
what-wnil-thcy—say-ncxt
banter. It’s them against the
world and the viewer gets
caught up in their pande
monium.
Director Kasi Lemmons,
who made a noted debut
with Eves Bayou and
squandered forward
momentum with the eso
AUGUSTA FOCUS
On the Real with Miss Monique ...
Can you please give me
a some advice? First, let
me tell you a litde bit
about me. lam a God
fearing woman with one
child. When I tell you I
do the best that I can
raise my child up right, 1
really do. My baby —my
— who is only 14 years
rolling around in her bed
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riots
after Martin Luther Kings
assassination, when Greene
calmed anfl mobs, frame
history. e fics the
the cast’s performances like
a veteran.
The musical soundtrack
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Stone) afi original musical
score (Terence Blanchard)
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Music, Literature, Theatre, Books,
I'V, Dance, Film, Entertainment
kissing a 13-year-old boy.
The boy is my neighbors’
son. I will admit that I
was .at work and she
should not have been left
alone for so many hours,
but I had no choice.
When I saw them with
my own eyes, it shocked
me. I was speechless and
so was my daughter,
because she could barely
move. You would have
thought that she would
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\ Focus Editor-in-Chics
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have jumped out of the
bed, but she just laid
there because she was in
shock that I walked in on
them. I did not whip her,
but they both were pun
ished. I sat down with his
parents and we talked for
hours. The children
admitted to us that they
had been dating for over
a year (that we werent
aware of); but they said
they had not had sex. My
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question is even though
she said she has not had
sex, do you think I
should take her to the
doctor and have her put
on some form of birth
control?
Concerned Parent
Dear Concerned
Parent
Even though I do not
Sec Monique,page 16