"This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black
Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local
orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black
Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the
blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House" - from IMDB.com
Before I begin, I would recommend this movie as a slightly inappropriate, but very funny movie. Now, let's continue. I watched this film over the weekend and found it to be VERY racially charged but also very funny. It is done as a mockery of the '70s "black-foo" movies that were often poorly made, ripe with stereotypes, and of course - crime fighting kung foo.
Through out the film racial stereotypes are rampant with the main characters (all black) are pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers, and highly sexually active. They all speak in jive and are attracted to lives of violence. However, some of the most humorous parts go against the stereotypes that are played up in the movie. In this scene, some of the main characters are in a cafe trying to figure out the scheme of "The Man" to bring down the black man.
(Spoiler alert! This scene does reveal part of the plot... but... it's still worth it to see this movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQM6QtBu4DA
So let's use this entry as a forum to discuss this scene. Why is it so ridiculous and what makes it so funny? Why would a director/actor/writer use the mockery of stereotypes as the plot to a film?
Before I begin, I would recommend this movie as a slightly inappropriate, but very funny movie. Now, let's continue. I watched this film over the weekend and found it to be VERY racially charged but also very funny. It is done as a mockery of the '70s "black-foo" movies that were often poorly made, ripe with stereotypes, and of course - crime fighting kung foo.
Through out the film racial stereotypes are rampant with the main characters (all black) are pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers, and highly sexually active. They all speak in jive and are attracted to lives of violence. However, some of the most humorous parts go against the stereotypes that are played up in the movie. In this scene, some of the main characters are in a cafe trying to figure out the scheme of "The Man" to bring down the black man.
(Spoiler alert! This scene does reveal part of the plot... but... it's still worth it to see this movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQM6QtBu4DA
So let's use this entry as a forum to discuss this scene. Why is it so ridiculous and what makes it so funny? Why would a director/actor/writer use the mockery of stereotypes as the plot to a film?
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