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The Frame

'Loving' director Jeff Nichols; Jon Robin Baitz’s new play 'Vicuña'

Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton star in Jeff Nichols' "Loving."
Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton star in Jeff Nichols' "Loving."
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The film “Loving” is about the couple behind the landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage in the U.S. Writer-director Jeff Nichols says he decided to concentrate on the relationship between Mildred and Richard Loving, instead of the case; Playwright Jon Robin Baitz’s talks about his new play, “Vicuña,” conceived just seven months ago when it became likely that Trump would be the GOP’s nominee.
The film “Loving” is about the couple behind the landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage in the U.S. Writer-director Jeff Nichols says he decided to concentrate on the relationship between Mildred and Richard Loving, instead of the case; Playwright Jon Robin Baitz’s talks about his new play, “Vicuña,” conceived just seven months ago when it became likely that Trump would be the GOP’s nominee.

“Loving” is a film about the couple behind the landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage in the U.S. Writer-director Jeff Nichols says he decided to concentrate on the relationship between Mildred and Richard Loving — everyday, working-class people; The lead of Jon Robin Baitz’s new play, “Vicuña,” is a thinly-veiled Donald Trump. Baitz conceived of this play just seven months ago when it became likely that Trump would be the GOP’s nominee.