‘Fargo’ Turns Chris Rock Into Fall TV’s Biggest Dramatic Actor

The new “Fargo” casts Rock against type as a gangster in 1950s Kansas City. It shouldn’t work as well as it does. Have we been sleeping on his dramatic chops this whole time?

Kevin Fallon 

Senior Editor, Obsessed

Published Sep. 27 2020 5:15AM EDT 

Kevin Fallon

Senior Editor, Obsessed

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kevin.fallon@thedailybeast.com

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