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Frankie Faison

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Coming to America

1988 film

Bill Simmons · Van Lathan · Wesley Morris

Aired February 18, 2021

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  • Anthony Heald is considered because many know Dr. Chilton more readily than the actor’s name.
  • Charles Napier is considered but may be too identifiable to Jonathan Demme fans.
  • Frankie Faison is considered and rejected as recognizable by name from The Wire.
  • Diane Baker and Dan Butler are identified as familiar supporting faces.
  • Brooke Smith is selected as the performer many viewers know through Catherine Martin and later Grey’s Anatomy work.
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Approx. transcript time · 01:17:44Read transcript
  • Nominees include Frankie Faison, Louie Anderson, and Sam Jackson, then in a rut of playing guys with drug issues or robbing places.
  • Patrice, played by Allison Dean, gives a great Dion Waiters performance, including her line about earrings.
  • She is super likable, hot and sexually assertive and owns it, matching the late-80s R&B attitude of songs like Ain't Nothing Going On but the Rent and What Have You Done for Me Lately.
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