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Title: The Tension is Tight
Review: I love Angela Bassett, and she does it again in this drama that captures the psychosexual tension infusing race relations in early 1960s America.Bassett plays Ruby Delacroix, the owner of a juke joint known as Ruby's Bucket of Blood; when her regular black male singer is unable to show up one evening, Ruby begrudgingly agrees to let a white man (Kevin Anderson)named Billy Dupre take his place. Ruby's husband deserts her, and Billy'swife is mentally ill, so their immediate spouses are conveniently unavailable. This allows their forbidden affair to slowly develop, as shown by their furtive glances and unmistakable body language. The othercharacters serve to fill in the gaps, and this film is a sultry dramain which the anger and violence aren't gratuitous. There's just enough to make it believable. It's immensely enjoyable and I hope you take the time to watch it.
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