Viola Davis's Ma Rainey's wigs were made of horse hair

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is out on Netflix. The film is the last of Chadwick Boseman's offerings, but that is not the sole reason why it is expected to score well critically and commercially. Viola Davis, the exemplary actor, who went to great lengths to acutely depict the persona of Ma Rainey, hailed as the Mother of Blues, is the main talking point here.

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