Recut version of Francis Ford Coppola's 1984 musical drama 'The Cotton Club' set in 1930s Harlem reclaims the film from dud to what-might-have-been.
But it’s also true that what’s been added to deepen the black story lines — an extra line from Woody Strode’s doorman here, a family meal at the Hines apartment there, and more music, music, music — valiantly tugs “The Cotton Club” from gorgeous, off-putting dud toward what-coulda-been misfire about a roiling, race-constricted era’s pains and pleasures.
The women are beneficiaries too. McKee’s barnburner rendition of “Stormy Weather” is now a luminous centerpiece, and there’s now a rousing, funny duet with a showstopping Jackée Harry.
In the end, there’s a point about black struggle alongside white dominance in “The Cotton Club Encore” thatcan’t get quite right because, ultimately, atmosphere won out over emotion. But in the movie’s own baked-in pitfalls, reception and reclamation effort there’s still a sweet takeaway: what it means to persevere with strong voices and spirited feet when there’s a camera to witness and footage as evidence.
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