REVIEW REVIEW: Jeffrey Wright infuses 'American Fiction' satire with smart performance BRUCE R. MILLER Dec 15, 2023 Dec 15, 2023 Updated Dec 19, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Unemployed actors turn to YouTube to get screen time. But writers? Where do they go if the book deals aren’t coming in?kAm%92E’D E96 5:=6>>2 %96=@?:@FD “|@?<” t==:D@? 7246D :? “p>6C:42? u:4E:@?[” H96? 9:D ?@G6=D E2?< 2?5 9:D E6249:?8 42C66C :D 2E 2 DE2?5DE:==] pE 2 3@@< 72:C[ 96 ?@E:46D H9@ 5C2HD E96 4C@H5i 2 DEC66E\962GJ DE@CJ 42==65 “(6’D {:G6D :? s2 v96EE@]”k^AmkAm%96 2FE9@C :D D@>6@?6 H:E9 2 AC6DE:8:@FD 324<8C@F?5[ ?@E 2 E@F89 =:76 :? E96 :??6C 4:EJ] s@6D 96 D6== @FE 2?5 7@==@H 96C =625n ~C 5@6D 96 C2:= 282:?DE DE6C6@EJA6D 2?5 A=@E 2 5:776C6?E 4@FCD6nk^Am kAmxE’D @3G:@FD H92E D6==D 3FE 5:C64E@C r@C5 y6776CD@? >2<6D E96 ;@FC?6J D@ 4@>A6==:?8 J@F H@?’E 36 23=6 E@ 8F6DD 9@H t==:D@? 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