juke joint
noun
: a small inexpensive establishment for eating, drinking, or dancing to the music of a jukebox or a live band
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Based in the 1930s, the main characters, Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan), return to the small city from Chicago to start a juke joint when unwelcome blood thirsty guests ruin their shindig.
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Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Slim pass by a chain gang on their drive to the juke joint.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
The return from Chicago of Sammie’s gangster twin cousins, Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan), and their plan to open a juke joint force the tensions between father and son into the open, with both mortal and supernatural consequences.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The story centers on twins Smoke and Stack (Jordan), who return to their hometown in the Mississippi Delta to open a juke joint.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
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Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Slim pass by a chain gang on their drive to the juke joint.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
The return from Chicago of Sammie’s gangster twin cousins, Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan), and their plan to open a juke joint force the tensions between father and son into the open, with both mortal and supernatural consequences.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The story centers on twins Smoke and Stack (Jordan), who return to their hometown in the Mississippi Delta to open a juke joint.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Juke joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juke%20joint. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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