2021-12-25

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Denzel Washington as Macbeth x Kehinde Wiley’s Kalkidan Mashasha
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https://www.salon.com/2021/12/25/tragedy-of-macbeth-review
Denzel Washington is commanding in Joel Coen's bloody, bold and resolute "Tragedy of Macbeth"
By Gary M. Kramer | December 25, 2021
Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth? Yes, please. The Scottish play, Coen brothers-style is a striking experience
With its whispering witches, dense fog, and circling ravens, Joel Coen's "The Tragedy of Macbeth" has atmosphere aplenty. This moody film, which releases in theaters Christmas Day and on Apple TV+ January 14, is also heavy with shadows, endless stairways and hallways, and billowing curtains. Shot on a Los Angeles soundstage and lensed in luminous black and white, the film is suitably chilly and menacing. What's more, this screen adaptation of Shakespeare is impeccably acted by the entire ensemble cast, all of whom handle the iambic pentameter with noticeable aplomb.

https://stories.thejewishmuseum.org/remixed-hip-hop-artist-kalkidan-mashasha-34a257f526cf
Kehinde Wiley, Kalkidan Mashasha, 2011 The World Stage: Israel, oil and gold enamel on canvas
In a couple of short verses, the Ethiopian Israeli hip-hop artist Kalkidan Mashasha mentions Bob Marley, Maimonides, and René Descartes in quick succession. Like the painter Kehinde Wiley — whose portrait of the performer is currently on view at The Jewish Museum — Kalkidan’s artistic process embraces hybrid cultures and a remix of past and present.