Writer-comedian Amber Ruffin helped give Black women an authentic voice in the stage update of "Some Like It Hot." Marilyn Monroe (right) and Jack Lemmon in a scene from "Some Like It Hot," the 1959 classic. “Dad would love to try to make you watch ‘Ben-Hur’ and stuff like that,” Ruffin recalled with a gentle sneer. Still, “Some Like It Hot” made enough of an impression on her that she returned to it later in life. “They looked around, and most of the cast was Black,” Ruffin recalled.

Source: Huffington Post May 27, 2023 15:00 UTC