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where's the modern equivalent?

posted 17 years ago by marlonn_brando
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I think, the way thinks have changed, that no-one would touch a subject like this from 12 yards, when all the folks I know back home thought it was fetchin'. And its true, we only get roles as pimps or muscle or studs, or comics or bad boys.. never get decent classic roles. The day I see a black dude in drag in a movie like some like it hot, then I will be happy, as it means other roles opening up to us..

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[–] Illdoitsoon 17 years ago

Or you could rent White Chicks.

I call movies that are considered 'bad' hated movies.

[–] fromagnum1 17 years ago

or any of the other black man in drag films like

big mamas house 1&2
most eddie murphy films
and many more

"I lost my virginity at a Wal-Mart; i had a hole in my pocket and it just must of fell out"

[–] delta1913 16 years ago

and now we have tyler perry

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...give us all of your nuclear weapons, we only have knives...

[–] fromagnum1 16 years ago

how could i forget tyler perry man no one plays a sterotypical fat old black lady like him

"I lost my virginity at a Wal-Mart; i had a hole in my pocket and it just must of fell out"

[–] LadyLovie 15 years ago

& the guy that played "jersey" in the movie "death warrant"

[–] Jyveturkey 14 years ago

The Onion Movie is kinda similar, but it doesn't have many black actors. One segment does and is hilarious. Give it a try. If you like Shuffle, you'll probably like Onion. Not a lot of messages, but funny nontheless.

Go s!

[–] amaarthi 13 years ago

I feel like possibly a modern take on this might go a little farther in the story. I expected (based on the description and the pictures on the cover) that Bobby would quit the movie and then make his own studio where he hired black actors to play typically white roles (like Superman), and the main thrust of the movie would be the difficulties he encounters with that endeavor, from people not taking him seriously. I think the movie did well at what it was going for, but I wish I hadn't spent most of the movie assuming the real plot hadn't gotten going yet.

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[–] breningrid 13 years ago

How about Wesley Snipes in "Too Wong Foo..."?

Sorry, you can't have my autograph but we can take a picture.

[–] bossat2822 13 years ago

Hey, what about Dancing in September as a modern equalivent?