Whitehead conducts an inventive, funny, and bittersweet inquiry into the significance of folk hero John Henry by paralleling the legend of the steel - driving man who took on the Industrial Revolution with the story of
a cynical black writer, who pits himself against the Information Age.
Not exact matches
As a
writer who has seen less likely things come to pass and who still has a shred of optimism in his
black cynical heart, I have taken the liberty of compiling a list of lessons that Hollywood in general can and should take away from the Merc with the Mouth's solo success.
A gritty,
cynical, hilarious, and mostly satisfying bit of L.A. noir, Shane
Black's The Nice Guys sees the bad boy
writer - director make a slick return to his signature brand of buddy action comedy.