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20 October 2000 (USA) moreTagline:
Starring the great negroe actorsPlot:
A frustrated African American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin it becomes a hit. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(11 articles)
Do the Right Thing: 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Review (From TheHDRoom. 3 July 2009, 3:21 PM, PDT)
Lee Says Blacks Have Made Little Progress In Hollywood
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 14 February 2001)
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Uneven but interesting moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Damon Wayans | ... | Pierre Delacroix | |
| Savion Glover | ... | Manray / Mantan | |
| Jada Pinkett Smith | ... | Sloan Hopkins (as Jada Pinkett-Smith) | |
| Tommy Davidson | ... | Womack / Sleep'n Eat | |
| Michael Rapaport | ... | Thomas Dunwitty | |
| Thomas Jefferson Byrd | ... | Honeycutt | |
| Paul Mooney | ... | Junebug | |
| Sarah Jones | ... | Dot | |
| Gillian Iliana Waters | ... | Verna | |
| Susan Batson | ... | Orchid Dothan | |
| Mos Def | ... | Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika (Julius Hopkins) | |
| M.C. Serch | ... | Mau Mau: 1 / 16th Blak (as MC Serch) | |
| Gano Grills | ... | Mau Mau: Double Blak | |
| Canibus | ... | Mau Mau: Mo Blak | |
| DJ Scratch | ... | Mau Mau: Jo Blak |
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Rated R for strong language and some violence.Parents Guide:
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1.78 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Finland:K-15 | USA:R (certificate #37684) | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | France:U | Germany:16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | Iceland:16Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USAFun Stuff
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Most of this film was shot only on digital (Mini DV) camcorders, the kind you can buy at any electronics store. While this sacrificed quality, it allowed them to shoot with 15 cameras at a time, and it also allowed Spike Lee to get all the footage he needed shot within the film's modest budget. The only scenes shot on film were the "Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show" sequences, which were shot on 16mm film. moreQuotes:
Dunwitty: Sorry I'm late. I had trouble catching a cab.Pierre Delacroix: Perhaps they thought you were Danny Glover.
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This could have been a brilliant film. The problem I had with this film is that Spike Lee had too many ideas he was trying to pursue, and should have kept to the single focus. Yet, there were some brilliant scenes. We see a black gangsta group of hip-hoppers and one scene shows a member drinking out of a bottle shaped like a rocket. Later on we see a commercial for this product. Subtle and interesting. The film clips from old films and the display of of toys during the endtitles, were fascinating and could have made an interesting documentary.
One thing I didn't like, besides the stereotypical white bigots, was Lee's focusing upon 40s black comedian Mantan Moreland as the epitome of black humiliation. Moreland was a brilliant comic who stole the show from the white actors of the day. Whites and Blacks turned against Moreland during the civil rights movement and the man could hardly make ends meet. Before he died in the early 70s, opinion changed again and he was seen as a pioneer. He once again managed to get some work in films and tv before his death. A better target for Lee should have been Stepin Fletchit, who made a career out of playing a lazy black freeloader.
I have to agree with Lee on hip-hop as a minstrel show. The gold chains, oversized sport jerseys, and baseball caps worn sideways are clownish and not far removed from the olden days when blacks played buffoons to entertain white people. The show is still going on....