Hollywood Shuffle
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Actor: Conni Marie Brazelton, Gregory 'Popeye' Alexander, Sarah Kaite Coughlan, Sena Ayn Black, Starletta DuPoisBrand: TOWNSEND,ROBERT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-07-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Hollywood Shuffle
Movie Review: "I Don't Be Got No Weapon ...."
Summary: 5 Stars
Robert Townsend hit the nail on the proverbial head with this movie that exposes the foolishness and racism that permeates Hollywood, and the changes that blacks and Latinos have to endure just to audition for a simple movie. The moral of this flick, of course, is that you don't have to sell out because, after all, "there's always work at the post office." Not only is this a lie (there ain't too much work anywhere for a black man), but it oversimplifies the issue: talent should speak for itself and black people should not have to be relegated to "coon roles," "slave skits" and drug dealer pimp scenarios when whites are playing a wide gamut of roles, many of them that they aren't even qualified for. Highlights of this incredibly lucid movie are the two brothers who review movies ala Ebert and Roeper, including one about "the attack of the zombie pimps;" the flashback/dream that Bobbie has of himself as a detective in Sam Ace; Keenan Wayans' hilarious portrayal of a thug named "Jerry Curl;" a TV star who plays a black bat that lives in a white suburban house, "Battie Boy;" and who can forget Winky Dinky Dog, the place where Bobby works, a place where you can really advance ("Look at Tiny; he's only been here six months, and he's assistant crew chief .... Look at me -- I went from two dollars to two sixty five. I got responsibility!"). But Bobby will have none of that. A touching scene in a barber shop where his uncle tells him to never give up on his dreams the way he (the barber) did, puts much needed emotion and seriousness into what is otherwise a laugh-a-minute parody. One of the lines in the movie that Bobby is auditioning for, a stereotype-riddled flick directed by whites, is "why you wanna pull a knife own me? I don't be got no weapon." Laughs for days.
Summary of Hollywood Shuffle
Wannabe actor can't find a good black role so he creates his own.Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 4-JUN-2002
Media Type: DVD
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