Comedy

Meet Cord Jefferson: Gawker Editor Turned Oscar Frontrunner

THE LAST LAUGH

Writer-director Cord Jefferson was told to make his characters “Blacker.” Instead, he wrote the scathingly hilarious satire “American Fiction.”

Matt Wilstein
Matt Wilstein 

Senior Editor

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Matt Wilstein

Matt Wilstein

Senior Editor

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