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Thurgood

  • TV Movie
  • 20112011
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  • 1h 45m
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Thurgood (2011)
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Prior to his appointment to United States Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall worked as a lawyer for the NAACP. This one man play tells the story of his role in the civil rights movement and the... Read allPrior to his appointment to United States Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall worked as a lawyer for the NAACP. This one man play tells the story of his role in the civil rights movement and the people that influenced him.Prior to his appointment to United States Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall worked as a lawyer for the NAACP. This one man play tells the story of his role in the civil rights movement and the people that influenced him.
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    • Michael Stevens
    • George Stevens Jr.
    • Laurence Fishburne
    • Michael Stevens
    • George Stevens Jr.
    • Laurence Fishburne
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    • 9User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys

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      Thurgood Marshall: Some days I'd walk pass the United States Capitol on my way to class. They called Baltimore "Up South". That's just below what we used to call the "Smith & Wesson Line".

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      Featured in The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011)

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    Hats off to Laurence!
    An unexpected pleasure awaited me as I began to view this almost two hour quasi-soliloquy about a pretty non-political guy who somehow got thrust into politics anyway, just because he wanted to see fairness and equality served and not double standard-ed. I don't know whose idea it was to portray this biographical account in this unusual manner, but it most assuredly held my attention for its duration.

    Enter Laurence Fishburne, hair permed, dyed and fashioned ala Mr. Marshall, as our sole actor in this film. His chronological account of Mr. Marshall's life was rife with laid-back, humorous, yet firm depictions of events that shaped our central character's life, and to some degree, all our lives. Mr. Fishburne's demeanor throughout this piece was so comfortable and relaxed, I wondered at times had Thurgood himself crept back to Earth and infused himself into our actor's psyche to help him along with this account of his life. Also, I wondered if this show was cut and edited in a couple spots, just to give Mr. Fishburne a break in this seemingly non-stop monologue!

    Credit is also due the Stevens' guys for setting the unusual tone here, with aptly placed snippets of historical dialog and subtle background scene settings to buttress these accounts that were adjunct to Thurgood's life. In conclusion, a fitting addition, indeed, for Black History month.
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      • February 24, 2011 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Eisenhower Theatre, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - 2700 F Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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      • The Stevens Company
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    • 1 hour 45 minutes
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