Gary Clark, Jr.

[Jimmy Jacobs]

That's a shame.  Sayles is generally a pretty good writer.  I thought he did
a good job of capturing the amalgation that is the modern south in "Sunshine
State".  I had high hopes for this movie.  It seemed to have a lot going for
it: actors, director/writer, blues music.  It was filmed just a few miles
from here, but managed to stay under the radar for the duration of filming.
Maybe I won't have to wait for cable to see it.


-----Original Message-----
From: Blues Music List [mailto:BLUES-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG] On Behalf Of Dick
Waterman
Sent: 10/28/2007 10:17 PM
To: BLUES-L@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG
Subject: Re: Gary Clark, Jr.


First of all, I like John Sayles as a director but this is a pretty wretched

film. I have to lay the blame right on Sayles himself because he wrote a
very 
bad screenplay. It is awkward and filled with nonsense dialog which is what 
you get when black actors are speaking words written for them by a white
person 
trying to write with the cadence and rhythm of rural blacks.

The acting is actually quite good with Mabel John taking over the small part

that had been written for Ruth Brown (who passed away just before filming 
began). Danny Glover and Charles Dutton are first class actors in everything
they 
do.

Dick Waterman
Oxford, MS
www.dickwaterman.com

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