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Director:
Keith Truesdell
Writer:
Chris Rock (writer)
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Release Date:
1 June 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Chocolate City more (8 total)

Cast

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Chris Rock ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
58 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:TV-MA
Company:
CR Enterprises more

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Trivia:
In closing credits, special thanks is given to "Little Penny". This was a puppet for which Rock provided the voice in a series of Nike commercials with Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway. more
Movie Connections:
References Prisoners of the War on Drugs (1996) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Touch Me, Tease Me more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Chocolate City, 29 January 2006
8/10
Author: jldmp1 (jldmp1@aol.com) from United States

I don't know if Rock will be mentioned in the same breath with Pryor, Cosby, or even Murphy. Where Pryor was all about 'it's a black thing', looking from the inside out, and Cosby is about doing away with the artificial divisions of *color* and focusing on the rightness of *personal conduct*, Rock has found his own niche of effortless race humor, although he is perhaps most closely aligned with early Eddie.

By today's standards, even the tossed salad euphemism is tame. But the key is Rock does have talent at building comic architecture; there's a foundation for all the jokes, the first level follows the shape of the foundation, and so on up. And visually, he knows how lead the crowd by stalking from side to side when changing stances.

Pryor only had one note when acting for a movie, Cosby never really made great film headway, but Murphy blazed the film trail for any comics who dared to follow. Not sure if Rock has what it takes to make a real dent there.

Coincidentally, we watched this for the first time when mayor Nagin made his 'Chocolate City' comments that drew so much fire. Note Rock's skill with this notion, in contrast to a bumbling fool like the mayor of New Orleans.

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