Erasure

American fiction with Jeffrey Wright by Cord Jefferson directed it and adapted it for the screen it is speaking of you will love it it's set in academia it's about world culture it's about the African American experience in academics it's about if it's really and that's the funny part and it's sort of being put as this funny like white people say stupid things about black people and not meaning to trying to be well meaning but it's really about a family and Leslie Odom Jr. is in it this is an astonishing cast she's fantastic everything about it is amazing it's it's such a beautiful movie and Jeffrey Wright who is possibly one of my favorite actors if I finally gets a turn as a star and he's so good and I know you know when you see movies you know when you see everything coming I didn't see any of it coming you know I I didn't it's certainly okay brown places brother every single person in this movie is fantastic and it's a it's a life-affirming movie but also very tough so anyway loved it American fiction

It's shaping up to be quite a year for Percival Everett; his 2001 novel Erasure was adapted into the acclaimed film American Fiction and his latest novel James has just come out.

The film is adapted and directed by Court Jefferson and is based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett.

Copies of Percival Everett's Erasure lying around the set.

The film is adapted and directed by Kurt Jefferson and is based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett.

The crew, you would see copies of Percival Everett's erasure lying around the set. They were reading the book, wanting to understand more about this story that we were telling.

The film is based on Percival Everett's 2001 book Erasure; I devoured it, reading it over and over, and it felt like a book written specifically for me, with themes that paralleled my own life.

In court, this film is based on Percival Everett's 2001 book, Erasure.

He read Percival Everett's Erasure. This is based on Percival Everett's amazing book Erasure. And he said, I can see this as a film.

He started reading book and he read Percival Everett's Erasure. This is based on Percival Everett's amazing book Erasure. And he said, I can see this as a film.

He plays the lead role in Monk in American fiction.

American fiction is based on Percival Everett's Erasure.

It felt like somebody had written a novel specifically for me. Like somebody sat down and said, I'm writing a gift for Cord Jefferson.

It was very, very early into the read. I don't know if you've ever had this feeling but it felt like somebody had written a novel specifically for me.

And so I was just picking up a book to read for fun over the holidays. So you got it yourself at the bookstore? Just to-

No one had recommended it. No, no. I was reading a book review actually for a different book called Interior Chinatown. And that book review said that it referenced erasure as having a similar style of satire.

And so I had never heard of erasure and I went and read a synopsis and it sounded intriguing. And so I bought it and with no auspices just read it because I was looking for a new thing to read over the holidays and instantly fell in love.