The New York Times – by Lisa Schwarzbaum
The November publication date of Will Smith’s big new memoir, WILL (Penguin Press, 418 pp., $30), coincided seamlessly with the release date of his big new movie, “King Richard.” In the latter, Smith plays Richard Williams, the father of the tennis phenoms Venus and Serena Williams, who had a plan for his babies’ eventual greatness long before either ever held a tennis racket, and who coached his girls with a single-minded determination both heroic and hustling. Many in the sweepstakes industry have already added Smith to their short list of year-end award candidates for his portrayal of a flawed, formidable Black man in a very white world, devoted to a dream for his family.
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