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In ‘American Fiction,’ director Cord Jefferson brings a devil-may-care effrontery to bear on the culture of self-censorship, progressive pieties, and artistic hypocrisy.

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Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in American Fiction, directed by Cord Jefferson, © Amazon MGM Studios.

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