Daveed Diggs steps into the spotlight as a horny Frederick Douglass on The Good Lord Bird
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This week, The Good Lord Bird focuses on a debate around tactics—specifically, whether John Brown’s violence is the right way to liberate America’s slaves, or whether it’s better to work toward an eventual peaceful resolution. Not at all timely! To its credit, the show refuses to take the easy way out of condemning…