Spelling It Like It Is; 'Akeelah and the Bee' Flies in the Face of Stereotypes. So Does Laurence Fishburne. From: The Washington Post | Date: April 23, 2006| Author: Lonnae O'Neal Parker | Copyright 2006 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

For a few moments, it feels as if Laurence Fishburne might really let fly.

"We're in a period where mediocrity rules the day," he says, his deep voice a controlled boom. "There's a lot of stuff that's not good that's touted as being good."

He pauses.

Like what? Speak, brother, or give me the ocular proof, as Fishburne's Othello (he was the first black actor to play the tortured Moor in a major film) commanded Iago. The fullness of his silence foreshadows authority in his...

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