Why the low rating?

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A lot of people thought otherwise. I gave it a 3.

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I have watched this many times and it always delivers big laughs.
People just don't understand it or it is not what they are into.
I could not be paid enough money to sit through "Meet the Parents" again but people eat that crap for breakfast!
A person who does not find this humorous or dare i say genius probably thinks all rap music is bad as well.
This is not a dumb movie for dumb people like "meet the parents"

[–]CRXW 22 points 8 months ago
Wa-da-ta? How do you say the nay-no to twenty million?
Honestly if it weren't for studio interference, this movie would have been a classic. It turned into a mess because they fired Louie during the editing phase, and an incompetent producer cut it together last minute. Then the studio thought people were too dumb to get it, so they added an unnecessary voice over. There's still a good movie in there somewhere though.

[–]CRXW 23 points 8 months ago
Really the creator, Louis C.K. didn't even want it to be released, and said it was a disaster. The studio forced it through and had it edited by the wrong person, and generally meddled with the production as much as possible. That's why there's voice overs by Biggie Shorty and Trucky. The studio thought the audience was too dumb to get it. I agree it's got a lot of funny moments, but I doubt anyone had any love for that movie after it came out. Louie doesn't even like talking about it, and said it ruined his career and almost made him quit comedy entirely. Also, Lance Crouther, the guy who played Pootie Tang, never acted again. It's actually a pretty tragic story where the movie's original vision was stomped all over and they fired the only guy who had any idea what he was doing.

The movie Louis CK envisioned was far different from the abomination of a final cut we got to see. Apparently, he wanted a hard-R blaxploitation spoof which would have seen a gritty, darker, and funnier version of the hack-job the studio forced him to release.
They wanted Austin Powers for black people. They wanted a crass, simple, PG-13 rated comedy which they could sell to teenagers and stoners. It's actually this production that CK cites as his disillusionment over the industry and what lead him to developing out his show Louis like he does. With a small budget and near complete creative control.
I'd have liked to see Louis CK's version of Pootie Tang but because of the studio meddling the abysmal product that was released the subsequent box office failure won't let that happen. Though, all we have left is this low-quality trailer of what it could have been:

Saying it was directed by Louis CK is basically operating on a technicality based on Entertainment law. Yes Louis CK was the director in title, but the final cut was edited so heavily by Ali LeRoi (under the studio's heavy supervision) that LeRoi ultimately directed it.