Depicted in · Book
The Devil Finds Work
Baldwin works through Poitier's roles, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner above all — the driest writing he ever published, with the comedy doing an argument's work.
— James Baldwin, The Devil Finds Work (1976)
- Actor
Sidney Poitier
The defining Black American film star of his era. The Devil Finds Work works through his roles — Baldwin on Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is the driest he ever got in print.
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- 1927–2022
- 1927
- 2022
- American
- Actor
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Depicted in · Book
The Cross of Redemption
The collection includes Baldwin's 1968 Look profile of Sidney Poitier — his portrait of the most famous Black actor in Hollywood at the height of his stardom, and a prelude to the film criticism of The Devil Finds Work.
— James Baldwin, edited by Randall Kenan, The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings (2010), Sidney Poitier (1968)
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Depicted in
The Devil Finds Work
Baldwin works through Poitier's roles, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner above all — the driest writing he ever published, with the comedy doing an argument's work.
Depicted in
The Cross of Redemption
The collection includes Baldwin's 1968 Look profile of Sidney Poitier — his portrait of the most famous Black actor in Hollywood at the height of his stardom, and a prelude to the film criticism of The Devil Finds Work.