Why Taika Waititi took aim at Nazis and Hitler in 'anti-hate' satire 'Jojo Rabbit'
“Dolemite is My Name” cast Eddie Murphy, Mike Epps, Wesley Snipes, Keegan Michael Key, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Tituss Burgess and Craig Robinson brings their bold energy to the Los Angeles Times Photo Studio.“There had definitely been a lot of fantastic and amazing films that had approached this subject from a really dramatic, very serious and earnest way,” he said, joined by Rockwell at the L.A. Times studio at TIFF. “And in this day and age right now, we can’t forget what happened.
The New Zealander is himself of Polynesian and Jewish descent and hopes the Fox Searchlight title, which Disney will release Oct. 18, offers a new way to remember the lessons of the past. “My fear is that people are going to start getting numb to the story of what happened in World War II, and I think you’ve got to find new and inventive ways of telling that story again and again.”
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