DAVID SIMON (CREATOR): There were moments where you would watch really strong performances by black actors and they would be utterly ignored. Khandi Alexander on The Corner. Do you know who won the Emmy for lead actress in a miniseries the year of The Corner? Halle Berry. Halle Berry played Dorothy Dandridge. Understand this. Beautiful Halle Berry played the beautiful Dorothy Dandridge and played it beautifully, but she was a beautiful actress playing a beautiful actress and was nominated and won the Emmy. Khandi Alexander, a beautiful actress, tore herself down to play a woman with a drug
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