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Jeffrey Wright is a literature professor and struggling author who, having become frustrated at being pigeonholed in terms of subject and publisher interest as a "Black Author," submits what he considers an over-the-top parody of what white liberals expect from "Black books" under an assumed name... only to be faced with an ethical dilemma when everyone from big name publishers to white Hollywood executives to prestigious literary awards takes his "joke" SERIOUSLY - finally offering him (or, rather, his made-up 'satirical' persona) the accolades his serious work had always been denied. A new dramatic comedy from Cord Jefferson, based on the book by Percival Everett.

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