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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
Senior Editor
Published
Dec. 6 2023
4:52AM EST
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Matt Wilstein
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