Putney Swope
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Movie Reviews of Putney Swope
Movie Review: Swope
Summary: 5 Stars
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Summary: 3 Stars
I saw this movie for the first time some 6 years ago on BET Starz network channel. I thought the movie was somewhat vague, but it kind of had me rolling a little. It was real funny seeing a black man take over a network and employ a bunch of people of color to run it. Antonio Fargas was out of his hookup as he is in some of his other roles as an actor. If you're the type who's really into black films, then it's worth getting. If not, keep your dollars in your pocket.Movie Review: What was I thinking? This film really sucks!
Summary: 1 Stars
Thirty years ago or so, I was watching late night TV. I think the show was called "Seymour Presents" and the host, wearing a cape and a fedora, invaded the films and mocked them.
In this turkey, token Negro board member Putney Swope is elected chairman of an advertising agency's board of directors after the previous board chairman unexpectedly dies. Thinking that no one else would vote for him but concerned that a boycott of their token would betray their resident racism, a majority of the other members votes for Swope.
Immediately instituting a sweeping campaign of reforms, including dressing board members in dashikis and renaming the advertising agency "Truth and Soul Incorporated", Swope seems at first likely to prove a creative new mastermind for the company. However, rabid ambition drives him to overstep his authority time and time again. In the end, he proves himself instead--in the words of one detractor--"nothin' but a jive nigger".
Distrustful of the white-dominated banks, he decides to keep all of the company's funds in cash. This backfires when, in a rage of jealousy, some employees and board members who feel frozen out of the action set the company safe on fire and destroy all of its money.
Thirty years ago, I thought this film to be provocative and clever. Today I think it just plain vile. Don't waste your money on this turkey. It's not worth the plastic its recorded on.
Movie Review: Doesn't live up to the hype.
Summary: 1 Stars
Based on the reviews on the DVD jacket, I expected this movie to be edgy, and speak more to the ills of racism of corporate america in the 70s. Instead is was just senseless.Movie Review: Edited not the same film as original
Summary: 1 Stars
They edited this version and changed the ending from the original. Like a nonstop flight. t was stated as unedited when I ordered it. I would return it but to who?