The Drop: The Unapologetic Black Queerness of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“I’m always clamoring for more lesbian kisses on screen but the scene where she is singing in her lover’s ear gave me chills. I miss intimacy!”
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Viola Davis Towers in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Giving Life to a Black Queer Legend
In Viola Davis’ hands, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” becomes a complex portrait of a queer Black woman hurricane whose footprints loom large over the last 100 years.
Viola Davis Is Iconically Queer Again in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”!
The “Ma Rainey” Trailer Drop is THEE most important Black queer pop culture news this week, and I’ve broken down 5 reasons why… then I shall be proceeding directly to my fainting couch.