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I ran across these two trailers within a day of each other, and was struck by how similar in tone the movies seem, despite being birthed in two very different cinematic and — we’d like to think — political eras. One was released 35 years ago, and one is just coming out this month. Check ‘em out and tell us what you think: is blaxploitation cinema dead, or has it just changed its clothes a little?
The Thing With Two Heads
Who’s Your Caddy?
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… and Kelsey Grammar is the executive producer of the show Girlfriends. Who’da thunk?
posted by josh on 7-17-2007 at 2:39 pm
Eddie Murphy was in Norbit, and Larry the Cable Guy was in Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector.
It’s not “blaxpotation,” it’s just some stupid crappy film.
posted by PeteRepeat on 7-17-2007 at 7:37 pm
Compare and contrast questions:
1 – Was Ray Milland ever busted for kiddy porn?
2 – For that matter, was Ted Knight?
3 – or Ben Stein? Eeek?
4 – This might be the best possible cast in the worst possible idea ever (Who’s Your Caddy.) Thing With Two Heads? Worst possible idea ever, good cast or no?
Seriously, Faizon Love should be doing much better movies. This looks like they tricked somebody into making a movie so they could all hang out. I’m certain Jeffrey Jones was not invited to their all-night “Country Clubbers and Ho’s” themed Wrap Party.
posted by GetOnMyMap on 7-18-2007 at 11:03 am
I’m with PeteRepeat. These are examples not of Blaxploitaition, but of Crapsploitation. If a “modern” vesion of Blaxploitation exists, it’s embodied in films like Dead Presidents, Black Snake Moan and Pootie Tang.
posted by El Tigre on 7-19-2007 at 3:39 am
Guys, if “the thing with two heads” isn’t blaxploitation, nothing is!
Pootie Tang, maybe … though Black Snake Moan seems to be in a category all its own. Soul Plane, anyone?
posted by Ransom on 7-19-2007 at 8:45 am