Yet, if there’s a greater source of conflict in The High Note, it’s not the relationship between assistant and talent.
Audiences are probably used to a version of the story where Maggie’s beleaguered assistant character would be pressured by Grace’s high-powered diva, and eventually the two would split under less-than-ideal circumstances.
Rather, Ice Cube’s character, Jack, is the catalyst for the headbutting that goes on in the film.
It’s the crux of what makes writer Flora Greeson’s Black List honored script, originally titled Covers, different from most films of its ilk.