Mo' Better Blues (1990)
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Wikidata Q1703991, film, IMDb tt0100168, TMDB 41823: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
The Big Picture
The Rewatchables
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Do the Right Thing: 2 lines career ×1 contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Mo' Better Blues → Do the Right Thing.
Mo' Better Blues is a completely different follow-up to Do the Right Thing.
“Spike Lee's amazing, completely different follow-up to do the right thing”
The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:28:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
Sean Fennessey: 1 line programming ×1
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programming (programming):
Sean Fennessey → Mo' Better Blues.
Pick 21 (round 7), category wild card: Spike Lee's different follow-up to Do the Right Thing; love story about an artist's soul.
“Well, better blues is sitting at the top of my wild card list right now.”
The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:28:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens, first at 0:13:34, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris, first at 0:26:18, 2 times
- subject in The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft, first at 1:28:50, 5 times
What was said about it, by kind
career (1)
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career (career critique):
Do the Right Thing → Mo' Better Blues.
Critics bring up Spike's money and commercial work even when judging unrelated films like Mo' Better Blues.
“Nothing to do about Better Blues, whether Mo Better Blues is a good movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:26:18 · Wesley Morris (0.60 sure it was them)
contrast (1)
-
contrast (contrast):
Mo' Better Blues → Do the Right Thing.
Mo' Better Blues is a completely different follow-up to Do the Right Thing.
“Spike Lee's amazing, completely different follow-up to do the right thing”
The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:28:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
programming (1)
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programming (programming):
Sean Fennessey → Mo' Better Blues.
Pick 21 (round 7), category wild card: Spike Lee's different follow-up to Do the Right Thing; love story about an artist's soul.
“Well, better blues is sitting at the top of my wild card list right now.”
The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:28:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Denzel Washington: actor (The Big Picture, The 1990 Movie Draft)
- Spike Lee: director (The Rewatchables, ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris)
- Spike Lee: director (The Big Picture, The 1990 Movie Draft)