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>>> NEW MOVIES AND A NEW SERIES
TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT IN REEL
TALK INCLUDING AN ANIMATED FILM
THAT WE ALL REMEMBER.
>> GOOD TO SEE I ON A FRIDAY.
>> Jason: WHAT’S THE LATEST WITH
BILLY HOLIDAY ON HULU.
>> IT’S PROBLEMS BILLY HOLIDAY
WAS HAVING WITH THE FBI, GRITTY
AND DEEP.
AND I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF
STARS AND A NICE REVEAL.
>> I SEE THAT BERRY GORDY IS IN
THE BACK.
>> I GOTTA HAVE THE MOURN STUFF.
AND I HAVE A SURPRISE TO SHOW
YOU AT THE END.
>> I LOVE IT.
>> ERIC, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> LIKEWISE, GREG.
>> IT’S BEEN A WHILE.
BOTH OF YOU PLAY FBI AGENTS IN
THE MOVIE ON DIFFERENT AGENDAS.
GARY, YOUR GUY HAD HIS OWN PATH
TO FOLLOW DOWN.
>> YEAH, HE DID, YOU KNOW.
HE WAS -- HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF
THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF NARCOTICS
AND FORMULATED THIS BUREAU AFTER
FAILING AT PROHIBITION AND
WANTED TO BECOME A WORLD
RENOWNED CZAR ON THE WAR ON
DRUGS.
>> YOUR MOM WAS EXCITED YOU
WOULD BE IN A MOVIE ABOUT BILLY
HOLIDAY LIKE SHE WAS.
>> JUST BEING ABLE TO TELL THE
STORY OF AN AMAZING WOMAN THAT
MY MOM FEELS SO CLOSE ABOUT AND
LETTING THE YOUNGER GENERATION
AND EVERYBODY TO GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT HER
RIGHT NOW IS GREAT.
>> AND ONE OF MY MOST PRIZE
POSSESSIONS, I GOT IT FROM YOUR
AUNT RITA.
>> REALLY?
>> AND "STOP IN THE NAME OF
LOVE" SIGNED BY YOUR MOM.
>> AMAZING!
AUNT RITA HAS ALL THE STORIES.
>> Jason: HOW MANY REELS, GREG?
>> DEFINITELY 4 BECAUSE OF ANDRA
DAY’S PERFORMANCE.
>> Jason: THIS IS CALLED AMEND,
THE FIGHT FOR AMERICA.
>> IT’S ABOUT THE 14th AMENDMENT
AND TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF
LOOPHOLES.
I TALKED WITH LARRY WILMORE.
>> THANK GOODNESS I STARTED
EARLY.
YOU GET TO THE END OF ONE AND I
CAN’T, I GOTTA!
SORRY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN AND ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IMPORTANT
FOR ME ESPECIALLY AND IN TALKING
WITH WILL SMITH ABOUT IT WAS WE
WANTED TO TELL STORIES HERE.
WE DIDN’T JUST WANT TO GIVE THE
HISTORY, THE CHRONOLOGY, THIS
HAPPENED, THAT HAPPENED, BUT TO
TELL A HUMAN STORY.
AT THE ROOT OF THAT STORY IS
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN
AMERICAN?
AND WHO IS AMERICA FOR?
YOU KNOW, AND THE FIGHT FOR THAT
THAT IS ONGOING AND IN DIFFERENT
WAYS.
IT’S NOT JUST BLACK AND WHITE.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT FIGHTS
ABOUT THAT, THAT ARE -- WERE
VERY MEANINGFUL WITH CHARACTERS
THAT MAY HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN
THROUGH TIME OR, BY THE WAY,
GREG, WE JUST WEREN’T TAUGHT
ABOUT, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW, AND THAT STUFF WAS SO
EXCITING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO
THAT.
>> AND THAT WAS AMAZING!
YOU GUYS HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT
PEOPLE.
I MEAN, ACTORS, ACTRESS,
EVERYBODY IN THERE DOING THE
NARRATIVE PARTS.
WOW!
>> YES.
YEAH, WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE
WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WAS HOW DO
WE DO A PERFORMATIVE ASPECT TO
THIS.
AND YOU COULDN’T JUST HAVE
ACTORS IN WIGS AND COSTUMES.
IT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO
HONOR THE MATERIAL BUT YOU HAVE
TO TRY TO ELEVATE AT THE SAME
TIME.
>> Jason: A FUNNY GUY.
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE
SERIES?
>> IT’S VERY GOOD, VERY
EDUCATIONAL AND YOU’LL HEAR
ABOUT STUFF THAT A LOT OF US
DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT, AND A LOT OF
STUFF WE DIDN’T KNOW, TO SEE HOW
IT HAS PROCEEDED.
>> Jason: TOM & JERRY FINALLY ON
THE BIG SCREEN OR REINVENTED FOR
THE BIG SCREEN?
>> REINVENTED.
THEY’RE ABOUT 80 YEARS OLD.
I DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT
BUT IT’S A CUTE MOVIE.
TOM & JERRY, AND I WANT TO SHOW
IT TO MY GRANDKIDS AND SHOW THEM
THE PART WHERE JERRY AND GENE
KELLY DANCED TOGETHER.
AND IT’S THE SAME TYPE OF FUN
THEY ALWAYS HAVE.
>> Jason: REAL QUICK, YOU TOOK
ME UP ON THE BLACK MIRROR
RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO
FORGOT ABOUT IT.
OH, YEAH, I REMEMBER THIS.
VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.
TWO DIFFERENT ALTERNATE