When a literary book agent tells his brilliant but less exciting author to write about

“Black stuff,”

He writes a successful novel titled

“My Pafology”

Full of

“deadbeat dads, rappers, and crack.”

That’s the premise of the new comedy film American Fiction from MGM and Orion Pictures.

Monk is a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment relying on tired and offensive tropes.

To prove his point, he uses a pen name to write an outlandish Black book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Monk is peeved because his latest offering hasn’t caught fire with publishers, while a tome called

“We’s Lives in Da Ghetto”

By Sintara Golden hits the bestseller lists, leaving Monk seething.

It is Cord Jefferson‘s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes.

Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment relying on tired and offensive tropes.

“American Fiction” is a genuine crowd-pleaser that doesn’t play it safe. It challenges the audience and will leave viewers talking for several hours, if not days, after seeing it.

#Clique, what are your thoughts on this?