Colman Domingo on ‘Sing Sing’

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Larry weighs in on President Joe Biden. He’s then joined by director, playwright, and Emmy Award-winning actor Colman Domingo to discuss his latest film ‘Sing Sing’ (13:55). They begin their conversation by talking about the process of choosing roles for a project and describing the premise of ‘Sing Sing’, which centers around a group of prison inmates that organize and perform a play. This leads to a discussion about the real-life program Rehabilitation Through the Arts that helps people escape from the realities of incarceration through creativity, and the importance of the arts in our society, particularly impoverished communities (29:14). Colman ends the pod by sharing how he “downloads” characteristics into his creative process when fleshing out a role and shining a light on the emotional reactions he received from some of the pre-release screenings of ‘Sing Sing’ (40:35). Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Colman Domingo Producer: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're a fan of the inner workings of Hollywood, then check out my podcast, The Town, on the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:05.5	My name is Matt Bellany. I'm founding partner at Puck and the writer of the What I'm Hearing newsletter.
0:10.0	And with my show, The Town, I bring you the inside conversation about money and power in
0:14.2	Hollywood. Every week we've got three short episodes featuring real Hollywood insiders
0:18.6	to tell you what people in town are actually talking about. We'll cover everything from why your favorite show was
0:23.9	canceled overnight. Which streamer is on the brink of collapse and which
0:27.4	executives on the hot seat. Disney, Netflix, who's up, down, and who will never
0:31.9	eat lunch in this town again?
0:33.0	Follow the town on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast. Hey everybody welcome
0:48.0	welcome back this is Larry Wilmore and you are listening to Black on the air.
0:53.8	We took a little break, it's the summer, took a little break,
0:56.3	and now we're back.
0:57.9	And you know what?
0:59.7	It has been quite an interesting summer so far.
1:03.7	We have a really good show today, by the way.
1:05.9	Talking to Comin Domingo, who, great,
1:08.3	such a great actor, you guys.
1:10.9	He's been in everything.
1:12.0	I mean, you've seen him in euphoria, what you want to Emmy for.
1:15.0	He was in Lincoln. He did that great run as Bayard Rustin last year on Netflix,
1:21.8	nominated for an Oscar, but he's in his new film called Sing Sing about these, it's a true story.
1:27.2	These prisoners that use performing to kind of turn their lives around and everything's very cool. Very cool. We had a
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