Tessa Thompson opens up about her high school sex playlist, catfishing people with her friends, and yes, Janelle Monáe
Jacket and turtleneck by Balenciaga, at balenciaga.com. Earrings by Leigh Miller, at leighmiller.us. Photo: Awol Erizku It’s unclear, still, who is to blame for the situation that occurred at Frank’s Cocktail Lounge in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. It could easily be the weather. The night air is the sort of steam-room moist-hot that allows for only one of two states of being: lethargic or horny. Even inside, with A/C on, our thighs stick to the bar’s cracked red vinyl seats. Or it could be the music.
Sometimes it’s just like, ‘Do you know my cousin?’ Like, ‘Did I meet you at Ruth’s party?’ ” She thinks for a second, maybe wondering if Louie would have ever gotten to Creed or Thor. She shrugs. “It’s probably his cousin.” Thompson says, over and over, how private she is, but she also seems keenly aware of her effect on people, how they always want to know more — everything! — about her, or buy her a drink, or see her in movies. My meeting with Thompson started in a cab ride to the bar, chatting about her auditions. “I just meet people where they are and know the ways in which they want to engage,” she says coolly of casting agents and directors.
Even growing up, Thompson loved playing with identity. Sometimes she’d dress up like a boy. Sometimes she’d make videos impersonating Downtown Julie Brown hosting MTV. Her dad would work the camera and edit the footage with her. She would call and leave him voice-mails in different characters. She got her first TV role in 2005, an episode of Cold Case, followed by a stint on Veronica Mars.
The interest in Thompson reached a frenzy this spring when she appeared in Afrofuturist R&B singer Janelle Monáe’s video, “Pynk” as a human-size clitoris. Neither of them has ever confirmed their romantic relationship, but their rumored union provided a kind of wish fulfillment for their many fans. To watch two black women express themselves on their own terms was thrilling. People couldn’t resist speculating, a lot.
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