Regina King Credits ‘Southland’ for Changing the Way She Acts

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Regina King — one of the greatest actresses, if not the greatest actress of her generation — appeared on this week’s episode of WTF with Marc Maron . For 20 or 30 minutes, she spoke about the death of her son, how she continues to process the grief, and how that pain was compounded by speculation from “entertainment journalists” (her words). I won’t attempt to cover that conversation here — it can’t be reduced to pull quotes. It should be heard in full, preferably on a long walk. Bring tissues. It’s heavy .

What I will write about, though, is what Regina King carried with her from arguably the best cop drama this side of Homicide: Life on the Street : Southland . The series ran f

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