Significance of the door Levee is trying to unlock

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In the movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Levee character is shown to be always trying to break free from his own self and do something beyond his steady band performer role. He keeps talking about a door in the rehearsal room, which the other band members say wasn’t there before and now being there.

Was this an allusion that Levee being hopeful of a way out of his current monotonous life and break free, but then towards the end realizes it’s only a closed wall with no hope?






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Why was Levee trying to open the door?

Later on, he unsuccessfully tries to open the door again after an argument about religion, and then once again upon getting fired by Ma for being disrespectful and insubordinate. Before leaving, Levee forces his way through the door, only to discover that it is a dead end.

What happened to Levee in Ma Rainey?

Not exactly. In pitting August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom play vs. the movie starring Viola Davis, we discovered that the play ends with Rainey's trumpet player, Levee Green, stabbing her pianist Toledo in the back with a knife.

What causes Cutler and Levee to get into a fight?

He says god hates black people, and god can kiss his ass, and Cutler punches him. They begin fighting and Levee pulls a knife, calling on \u201cCutler's god\u201d to save him like he did his mother.



Why Levee Can't Open The Door - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom




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