‘I Wouldn’t Have Been Able to Play Dussie Had I Not Played Zola’: Taylour Paige on Making Art with Intention
No question, 2020 has been a rough year for pretty much everyone, but the tail end of August was particularly terrible for Taylour Paige. When we connect over Zoom, just three days after the world learned her Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom co-star Chadwick Boseman had died of colon cancer, Paige, understandably, is not quite sure how to respond when asked how she’s doing. “Lordy,” she says. “Let’s take a deep breath together.”In Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, based on the August Wilson play and streaming now on Netflix, Paige plays Dussie...