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I have it on good authority that Hair Body Face was actually written about Kaluuya.
(Idontactually have this onanyauthority, but I inviteBradley Cooperto correct me.)
Kaluuya is deployed so precisely and so perfectly inWidowsthat hes hard to look away from.
God doesnt call the qualified, a T.J.Maxx-bought decorative wall hanging in my moms house reads.
He qualifies the called.
With this post, I surrender.
but at the tippity top of that list is this humble plea: Rob me, Daniel Kaluuya!
Widowsis a rich constellation of politics, motivations, and passions, plusone very good dog.
Jamal is formidable, but his real muscle is his brother Jatemme.
Its enough to send them running home.
Widowsisnt really concerned with the heist itself, but how its ramifications send shockwaves through seemingly disparate communities.
One guy starts to beatbox and the other starts to rap.
Jateeme nods along, the guys get a little more confident.
He grunts approvingly, like hes listening to bars as hard as Vince Stapless.
The camera is on a dolly, spinning around them.
Kaluuyas eyes dont even blink.
Jatemme shifts a little bit, then shoots the rapper in the face.
Run, he tells the beatboxer, who turns around and sprints.
Jatemme shoots him mid-step.
The first time I sawWidows,an older white man immediately peaced out.
The second time I saw it, everyone gasped in horror.
InGoodfellasorCasino, Pesci is nearly bouncing off the walls with enthusiasm.
Hes eager to stab, to rob, to root for the bad guys, to maim.
The scene gets more and more tense with each and every syllable.
And then they both let out gregarious laughs that devour the scene:Phew.
Pescis baddies would never explain or apologize, but theyd offer their own hearty commentary.
InWidows,Kaluuya is the opposite.
Like Pesci, we dont know what Jatemme is thinking; unlike Pesci, hell never tell us.
In his first scene, Jatemme shadows his older brothers meeting with a political opponent.
The politicians talk district lines and election dates.
Jatemmes eyes are fixed on Siobhan and she doesnt even blink.
His stillness takes on an outsized presence.
Siobhan shifts in her seat uncomfortably.
But, because I am a maniac, I leaned forward.
ButWidowsallows him to flex a different muscle: Daniel Kaluuya caneat more than my peach.
Daniel Kaluuya canstring me along for 12 years from a carpool turned friendship turned romance.
Daniel Kaluuya canstart a new competing website and put Vulture out of business.
Daniel Kaluuya can take a pair of scissors andcut me out of my turtleneck.
Daniel Kaluuya cansing me classic film scores in a Blockbuster.
Only for Daniel Kaluuya wouldI watchFight Clubagain.
I would be Daniel Kaluuyasbet, his fucking bet!
Thank you, Steve McQueen, for this honor.
