
Charles Wharton visits Anthony Reynard, the recently widowed husband of his sister Janine. In his unsettling Victorian mansion, Reynard tells Wharton that Janine died by falling off a ladder while dusting the mansion’s East Room, breaking her neck.
The human experience is described through the eyes of a marginalized outsider, neither judgmental nor invested, just an observant donkey.
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.
"King Richard" paints a nuanced portrait of a Black father trying to ensure his daughters’ success in a racist, misogynistic world. Yet, Richard and his kids overcome that fear and adversity to succeed.
In the film adaptation, director Jon M. Chu turns each musical number into a massive show stopper, with grand set pieces and a wealth of diverse dancers. Yet, in this attempt to show reverence for the people of the Washington Heights barrio, Chu, or maybe more specifically those in charge of casting, left out a crucial part of the community, Afro-Latinos.