Take 1: Stereotypes sell, and American Fiction explores Black American stereotypes of upper middle-class life. It’s funny, human, and centrally about how to create art.
Take 2: American Fiction is about an academic withering away in pursuit of his art, only to discover the world doesn’t want big ideas anymore, kind of like this roundup from an academic withering away in pursuit of his art, now writing words no one wants to read anymore (?).
–October 31, 2024
