looked into the twins consultants and it turns out Coogler called up the most buckwild twins he knows, which really helps explain why Smoke and Stack are Like That

I do 100% believe the Smokestack twins would have done this if they made it to the cellphones era btw

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I love this because the odds of anyone picking up on historical errors are pretty damn low -- like for instance you'll have Chinese people seeing this movie, and if you fuck up anything really basic they'll notice that, but when you get as specific as 1930s Mississippi Delta Chinese culture? A lot fewer of them are going to be able to pick out errors there. And a lesser filmmaker would take advantage of that to skimp out on the research. But to Coogler I think the research was part of what drew him to this story -- the richness of the cultural interplay here requires and rewards careful research.

But there’s more than even these that Ryan brought in:

Rhiannon is INSANELY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THIS SHIT ESPECIALLY from the African American perspective. And the interconnectedness of music and its HEAVY dependence on black culture even for things typically thought of as white culture (like banjo based music)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiannon_Giddens Rhiannon Giddens - Wikipedia