Episode 112: Ruth Negga - "Passing" (2021)

Published: Jan. 7, 2022, 2:41 p.m.

b'Rebecca Hall\'s "Passing" feels like an overlooked gem on the shelves of Netflix, though Ruth Negga\'s mesmerizing performance as Claire, a black woman passing for white in 1920\'s New York, is making some shortlists for BSA this year. But why isn\'t Tessa Thompson knocking Nicole Kidman\'s goosey Lucy out of the Best Actress race? Andre Holland, Bill Camp and a potentially typecast Alexander Skarsgard co-star, with a standout featured performance by Antoinette Crowe-Legacy as Felice that\'s already made her a 2022 Westons hopeful. We queen out on the queer lens, the literary tones, the FACE JOURNEYS (oh god the face journeys) and what exactly happened after Chekhov\'s Window was opened...\\n\\nBest Supporting Patreon: www.patreon.com/bsapod\\n\\nEmail: thebsapod@gmail.com\\nTwitter: @bsapod\\n\\nColin Drucker\\nTwitter: @colindrucker\\nInstagram: @colindrucker_\\n\\nNick Kochanov\\nTwitter: @nickkochanov\\nInstagram: @nickkochanov'