{"id":525481,"date":"2022-12-12T02:01:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T23:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/a-life-lesson-in-friendship-with-latanya-richardson-jackson\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T02:01:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T23:01:35","slug":"a-life-lesson-in-friendship-with-latanya-richardson-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-life-lesson-in-friendship-with-latanya-richardson-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"#A life \u2018Lesson\u2019 in friendship with LaTanya Richardson Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41cadb6ed5f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41cadb6ed5f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-life-lesson-in-friendship-with-latanya-richardson-jackson\/#%E2%80%9CA_life_%E2%80%98Lesson_in_friendship_with_LaTanya_Richardson_Jackson%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;A life \u2018Lesson\u2019 in friendship with LaTanya Richardson Jackson&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-life-lesson-in-friendship-with-latanya-richardson-jackson\/#Never_too_early_to_talk_politics\" >Never too early to talk politics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-life-lesson-in-friendship-with-latanya-richardson-jackson\/#Its_history\" >It\u2019s history<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-life-lesson-in-friendship-with-latanya-richardson-jackson\/#Big_congrats\" >Big congrats<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-life-lesson-in-friendship-with-latanya-richardson-jackson\/#Got_jokes\" >Got jokes?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CA_life_%E2%80%98Lesson_in_friendship_with_LaTanya_Richardson_Jackson%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;A life \u2018Lesson\u2019 in friendship with LaTanya Richardson Jackson&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/cindy-adams.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Cindy Adams\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/cindy-adams.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/cindy-adams.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>B\u2019way\u2019s Sro Ethel Barrymore Theatre houses August Wilson\u2019s \u201cThe Piano Lesson\u201d with\u00a0Samuel L.\u00a0Jackson. Why only a limited run through January? Its director\u00a0LaTanya Richardson Jackson: \u201cMovie stars have to go where the bills get paid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaTanya, Jackson\u2019s wife of 42 years: \u201cI was raised in Georgia by grandparents. She was a cook, he sold hardware. Mom a nurse. My uncle ran the post office. Aunt, board of Ed. Stationed in Germany, my Marine father wrote poorly, so my name, Sonya, ended up LaTanya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 14 I was in pageants in Spelman College \u2014 where I met Sam. That\u2019s when I could remember everything. Years later, acting in \u2018To Kill a Mockingbird,\u2019 I forgot my lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She run lines with Sam at home? \u201cNo. He\u2019s not that type guy. We\u2019re not in bed and me rehearsing him. We <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch movies<\/a>. Maybe in my foolishness of being a black woman in America, I wasn\u2019t even scared to be directing something this major \u2014 and I never thought of anyone but Sam for this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019know, audiences rattle paper, phones go off but really disruptive are latecomers. The cast sees people who have to stand to let them in. Not like a movie where the screen won\u2019t see you.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1447233158.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"She was insistent that her husband star in the production. \" class=\"wp-image-24976724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1447233158.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1447233158.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1447233158.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1447233158.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Richardson Jackson said that she was previously scared to direct a production as large as \u201cThe Piano Lesson.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for SiriusXM<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe love New York. I\u2019m eating and drinking too much in your great restaurants. It\u2019s like a big cocktail time. Back again is the martini \u2014 and I\u2019m loving it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saying goodbye we shared a laugh because we also shared our very close friend \u2014 Judge\u00a0Judy. And Judge Judy, LaTanya Richardson and my Yorkshire terrier\u00a0Jellybean\u00a0all have the same birthday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1244627095.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Zeldin announced that he would not run to become RNC chairman. \" class=\"wp-image-24976728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1244627095.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1244627095.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1244627095.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1244627095.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lee Zeldin is reportedly planning to run for Kirsten Gillibrand\u2019s Senate seat. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Never_too_early_to_talk_politics\"><\/span>Never too early to talk politics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The hills are alive with the sound of candidates.\u00a0Gillibrand\u2019s reached her temporary U-turn. Either run again, run elsewhere, run somewhere but definitely run something. It\u2019s hissed she wanted into the\u00a0Biden\u00a0administration. Didn\u2019t h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en. Listen, so far the whole Biden administration hasn\u2019t even happened.<\/p>\n<p>Itching for Sen. Gillibrand\u2019s office are two able-bodied bodies. Nassau County Executive\u00a0Bruce Blakeman\u00a0and\u00a0Lee Zeldin\u00a0of whom you may have heard. Just letting you know.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_history\"><\/span>It\u2019s history<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>History. 1932. Von Hindenburg beat Hitler for president of Germany. Hitler came back because of populism, plus a Reichstag fire-setting for which he blamed Communists and Jews. Caving to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a>ists, entertaining radical ideas like not defending police, and destroying free enterprise along with constitutional separation of powers, the door can open to tyrannical domination.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Big_congrats\"><\/span><strong>Big congrats<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Our New York Post marches on. The East Side\u2019s longtime weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper Our Town just got a new editor-in-chief. It\u2019s our former Postie\u00a0Keith Kelly.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Got_jokes\"><\/span>Got jokes?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Parishoner to the reverend: \u201cDamn good sermon.\u201d Reverend: \u201cBest not to use that word in church.\u201d Parishioner: \u201cOK, but it was so good that I put $500 in the collection basket.\u201d Reverend: \u201cThe hell you did.\u201d .\u2009.\u2009. <\/p>\n<p>Hollywood\u2019s big problem is not what to buy for a Christmas gift. It\u2019s which father\/husband\/ex-wife\/stepmother\/sibling to give it to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not only in New York, kids, not only in New York.<\/strong>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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