I have one question after watching the Sinners cast perform the film’s Academy Award-nominated song “I Lied To You” at the Oscars, and that is: Sinners stage musical, when?
The Oscars performance sweeps viewers up in the film’s most breathtaking sequence, when blues singer Sammie “Preacher Boy” Moore (Miles Caton) performs, his music so powerful it transcends space and time. Soon, Sinners‘ juke joint revelers are joined by performers from the past and present, including DJs, ballerinas, and traditional Chinese opera dancers.
Sinners brought that genre-bending magic right to the Oscars, along with an onstage recreation of the film’s juke joint. Caton and Raphael Saadiq performed “I Lied to You” alongside renowned singers and songwriters Eric Gales, Buddy Guy (who also appears in the movie as older Sammie), Brittany Howard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey, and Alice Smith. Misty Copeland, the first Black woman to be named Principal Dancer at the American Ballet Theater, also took the stage, as did cast members Jayme Lawson and Li Jun Li.
Coming just under an hour into the Oscars telecast, this tribute to the power of music, especially the blues, is already a highlight of the night, earning a well-deserved standing ovation.
Want more Sinners musical goodness? Then check out Guy and Caton’s Tiny Desk Concert, where they perform a stripped-down version of “I Lied to You” and “Travelin’.”
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