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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The only people who make it through the traumatic night at the juke joint are Smoke and Sammie.
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Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 July 2025
At the film’s halfway point, right before all hell (literally) breaks loose, Mary (Hailee Steinfeld) brings her ex-boyfriend Stack (Jordan) into the back room of his new juke joint.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 June 2025
Shortly after Stack realizes that the juke joint isn’t making enough money, Remmick shows up with his progeny.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
That plays out in the visually surreal musical sequence halfway through the movie, where, at Smoke and Stack’s juke joint, the blues is traced to gospel, funk, twerk music, West Coast gangsta rap, HBCU marching bands, and even Kanye West’s opulence.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 25 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 July 2025
At the film’s halfway point, right before all hell (literally) breaks loose, Mary (Hailee Steinfeld) brings her ex-boyfriend Stack (Jordan) into the back room of his new juke joint.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 June 2025
Shortly after Stack realizes that the juke joint isn’t making enough money, Remmick shows up with his progeny.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
That plays out in the visually surreal musical sequence halfway through the movie, where, at Smoke and Stack’s juke joint, the blues is traced to gospel, funk, twerk music, West Coast gangsta rap, HBCU marching bands, and even Kanye West’s opulence.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Juke joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juke%20joint. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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