http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/28/TALK-TO-ME-Cheadle-Delivers-Again.aspx Before there was Howard Stern or Don Imus or Opie and Anthony, there was Petey Greene (Don Cheadle), an ex-con-turned radio disk jockey who took the nation’s capital by storm.  But where his imitators made their bones primarily by pushing the sexual envelope – Stern, for instance, used to have women undress in his studio – Greene earned a substantial following by simply telling the truth. In TALK TO ME, we first see Greene spinning records on the prison radio station.  The disks were provided by his grandma, but the attitude that makes him so popular with other inmates is all his own.  Petey has a chance encounter with Dewey Hughes (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a D.C. radio station program director visiting his brother, Milo (Mike Epps), in the joint.   Milo had mentioned Petey to Dewey; Petey believes he’s received a solid job offer from Dewey for once he gets out. It isn’t quite the case.  But Petey eventually does get on the air, and his brand of straight-shooting talk – “keepin’ it real” – attracts a large listenership in the capital’s majority African-American community.  It’s the mid ‘60s, a time of widespread discontent and protests.   The assassination of Martin Luther King sets DC aflame, and it is Greene who is widely credited with calming the city. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/28/TALK-TO-ME-Cheadle-Delivers-Again.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/28/TALK-TO-ME-Cheadle-Delivers-Again.aspx#2301 I used to catch the real Petey Greene's Washington back in the day. It was funny as hell because he was such a nut. Can't believe they made a movie out of his life. I need to check it out. BrackAttack http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/28/TALK-TO-ME-Cheadle-Delivers-Again.aspx#2301 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:03:33 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/28/TALK-TO-ME-Cheadle-Delivers-Again.aspx#2386 it was alright . ralphespinoza http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/28/TALK-TO-ME-Cheadle-Delivers-Again.aspx#2386 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:07:33 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/28/TALK-TO-ME-Cheadle-Delivers-Again.aspx#2514 it was ok WAVELYN http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/28/TALK-TO-ME-Cheadle-Delivers-Again.aspx#2514 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:26:16 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/28/TALK-TO-ME-Cheadle-Delivers-Again.aspx#2925 i didnt think it was all that great ralphespinoza http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/28/TALK-TO-ME-Cheadle-Delivers-Again.aspx#2925 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:22:03 GMT