winter of 1969, more than 35 years before Wexler would be immortalized by Richard Shiff's portrayal of him in the movie Ray. I was writing a column at that time for the weekly trade magazine RecordWorld, and Wexler had asked one of execs to gather a group of young journalists who wrote about rock to meet him. The
So, thank you. I do ask a question for Lupita. Your portrayal of Patsey was so strong, was so truthful, and you've gone on an amazing ride. You came out of Yale drama school not that long ago and now you're on red carpets and awards.
forcing myself to use something else in its place. And that's what she found was the theme of artistic innovation in history. So, it it's it's That's a pretty different portrayal than this kind of being struck by a lightning of inspiration that just comes out of nowhere. Do you draw a meaningful distinction between constraints on the one hand and impediments
Billy Porter is a Tony and Grammy award-winning and Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actor, singer, director, composer, and playwright from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His electric portrayal of Pray Tell in "Pose" earned him a Golden Globe nomination and a Critics' Choice Award nomination. He also recently starred in the eighth season of Ryan Murphy's acclaimed "American Horror Story-- Apocalypse." So with that, we'll go ahead and welcome Billy.
we have to write our own stories that if we only allow the narratives of our communities to be shaped by those outside of our communities will never have an accurate portrayal off both our our struggles and our triumphs. So, um, that's really what made me want to become a journalist from a young age, and I only ever wanted to be a journalist to write about black people and racial inequality. I've written about lots of different things, but that those things were not why I
I've taken a lot of flack from theists of various stripes on my website and other places because of the negative portrayal of faith and theocracies in general. Leaving aside the question of whether I was accurate about them, I needed a theocracy
And the depiction of the industry in Lukrum Industries is really incredibly spot on-- in the way it's written, in the portrayal of the actors, in the difficulties they face and the decision to-- as Jeff, who's the actor in the clip, says--
I remember doing master classes with people who were theatergoers, and the thing that they would always say, it was-- it pissed me off. As far as my portrayal of the people, I don't know, I think that's really important.
A lot of willpower when you first start eating carefully. I believe that the portrayal of what happens is fairly accurate.
"Race to Nowhere." Which is more than a film, it's more a phrase now used by parents-- a rallying cry. It's a vivid portrayal of the pressure cooker culture dominating American schools, which you got a taste of in the videos we showed. So Vicki showcased "Race to Nowhere" in more than 7,000 community sponsored screenings-- including multiple showings at Google years ago-- to millions of viewers around the globe.
in which every single thing is going to be getting better all across society. So that's a portrayal of Simon. And now I want to turn now to what I think is an interesting element of the story.
the stencils were from a different world so that's just an example of our acculturation experience and and a portrayal of how illness was just one component of our of our memoir so now i would love to have kathy or danielle come to speak about the cystic fibrosis foundation and we have a really exciting event coming up
And it hones in on how we develop our sense of self. How have portrayals of Africa in mainstream media influenced you and your identity? I think the thing that has impacted me personally is that I wanted to dedicate my work to trying to paint
Now, there are also good dads on TV now. You've got different portrayals on Modern Family. You have a stay-at-home dad in "Up All Night." So you can look at TV in general and see more diversity.
Yeah. I'd love to talk a little bit about a couple elements of the movie that I think are really interesting to hear more about. So one is the actual portrayal of astronaut training and what went into keeping that authentic and real, but also, again, in some quirky moments of that. So how much-- I know there's a lot of research that goes into that, but how much did you dive in to try
Because you had such a genuine portrayal of that.
But that's what's made this show, I think, so unique is that it's a scientifically honest show. It's a scientifically accurate portrayal of what the future might look like based on what's happening right now in space exploration. So what we do is jump into the clips.
How does that feel? And how do you think the portrayal has gone in terms of accuracy? Well, I have a mic.
great and I think your portrayal of these women is really important for people today who just aren't aware of these stories to understand that we are
I always thought that Rachel's portrayal was also very perfect.
So it's actually a pretty accurate portrayal .
And this was more for the portrayal of mental illness, more than it was the neuroscience, but because they like it, I thought,
And sort of a grandiose vision of that-- you're going to abrogate your right to have grandchildren if we don't take action now. So it's a very stark portrayal . You can see, again, this issue of him trying to develop a rational basis for population control, defending against the criticism that this might
Do you think that that portrayal is fair broadly?
I felt with a lot of portrayals of AI,
far from what you see of publishing portrayals in the movies, of sort of dusty old desks and piles of petrified rubber bands and manuscripts.
Some girls out there will grow up to become women who have very low expectations for how good fathers their husbands will be, because we keep feeding them all these portrayals of these really lame, really bad dads. And in fact, you used a couple examples.
in patent research, right? People with impactful patents have tons of totally useless ones, but then they're more likely to get hits. But I think there are two things that are mistakes kind of in the normal portrayal that you described. One of which is that the people are totally original in the first place.
So I noticed that when you're in your portrayal , but also in the way that you describe this opportunity, you've not only just found a job.
So it was so exhilarating to me to see a portrayal of a black girl that was actually reflective of our experiences and that
Bible is not modern literature or modern history an objective portrayal of
I have a responsibility to do an honest portrayal of a family, and to be true to my experiences,
And I just felt that it was such an unfair portrayal of what's actually a much more complex social economic issue that's
And then maybe how you drew that out in your portrayal ?
Yoani has received international acclaim for her critical portrayal of life in Cuba under its current government.
And it ultimately ends up portraying the government this portrayal , like this, which is the scariest scene ever for a child.
Here I was in love with a song that maybe I should think twice about. And it's interesting to me how those kinds of portrayals have actually resulted in a long-term hold on the memory, global memory, of Africa.
And have you found that there is a reception to portrayals of things that are not traditional in our part of the world?
Given the presuppositions and stereotypes that result from such portrayals , it's hard for visitors to experience the reality of what is presented before them because it clashes
Judith. "What is your opinion on the portrayal of different body types as teenagers on the show and potential for season 2?"
Mm-hm. It's the most realistic portrayal I've ever seen of what it's like for an innocent person to come home.
in a way, a kind of a vivid portrayal of something that happened to me when I was a kid to a song like "Paper
But one of the things that I found really interesting is your portrayal of the black family.
I remember doing master classes with people who were theatergoers, and the thing that they would always say, it was-- it pissed me off. --and made mistakes. How does this affect your portrayal of these historical figures?
Mm-hmm. It's a very powerful portrayal of women, and done in a way that stories about that time, of our country, doesn't typically highlight.
and he's continued to thrill audiences as recently as "The Good Wife," with his portrayal of Louis
It's hard, because the only portrayal of Harley's voice is super, super high-pitched and animated and comical.
I think it's also a testament to the writing of the character and the portrayal by the actor.
We wanted to make sure that we offered a fair and impartial portrayal of what the options were for patients.
It's about caricature. This is what everyone does. But what people don't understand or didn't understand is that these negative portrayals of dads are a symptom of a larger problem that has very serious consequences for us, and I'm going to tell you about those consequences.