Alvin and the Chipmunks Trailer
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I say boo.
Jason Lee, I’m very disappointed in you.
Can’t We Do Better For Ourselves?
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I read this review of “Who’s Your Caddy?” on the Washington Post’s website.
The movie is jam-packed with failed gags, eliciting sounds of resigned silence from yesterday’s small matinee audience, save for one man who we can only guess is the biggest Faizon Love fan on the planet. It’s the type of comedy that relies on plenty of bathroom humor and the inevitable golf-ball-landing-in-the-crotch scene.
Surprisingly, we do find out late in the film that there is a rather touching reason why C-Note wants membership in the country club — it involves his late father. But any time the plot veers close to exploring this could-be-poignant plot line, we’re lost again in predictable physical comedy and booty jokes in a movie that would make Tiger Woods cringe.
As I read that last part, I couldn’t help thinking about “Soul Plane”. Please, stay with me on this one.
(Oh, and by the way, I just want to disclaimer that I did not directly waste my money on seeing it in theaters, I fell victim to the “Nothing’ Comes On on Sundays” blues. Thank you.)
Soul Plane tells the story of a black-owned airline. The main character, Nashawn, is awarded a settlement from an airline when they are at fault for his dog’s death on the plane. After receiving his settlement, he resists the persuasions of his cousin (Method Man) to blow all the money on more dubious means. I’m thinking , “Ooh, maybe he’ll do something productive with his money” (even though I knew better, it was Soul Plane, after all).
He opened an airline. Great idea. After all, we don’t have many black-owned airlines (the only ones I could find were Bob “BET” Johnson’s DC Air or AirAtlanta from 1987 and even then it isn’t too promising).
Nope. The movie is filled all sorts of foolery and fuckery, exploiting many stereotypes known to black folk and “hip-hop”. Even if the comedy could have been a little bit insightful into its jokes and stereotyping, like The Chapelle Show or In Living Color, I might have liked the movie.
It’s kind of the same with this movie (Who’s Your Caddy). As soon as I saw the trailer, I cringed a little. I had hopes that in spite of how crappy it looked that it might come out and surprise us with a really good plot line or really great acting (…) or even really smart jokes. If you have listened to any Outkast song, you can hear the cleverness, intelligence and wittiness in their lines. I was kind of impressed with Big Boi’s acting in ATL and in Idlewild.
And reading that the ultimate motive for Big Boi’s character wanting to join the club was his late father and that the movie probably did miss out on a way to show black folks in a less buffonish light, my heart wept a little. The movie could have been so much more. Funny still, but delve deeper into the black consciousness, past all this surface level bullshit and BET-grade mentality of money, cars and hoes.
Can’t we do better for ourselves? We have lots of talented black actors/actresses, writers, producers, etc, out there. Their talent is being untapped. Hollywood can’t just rely on the same five to ten black actors and actresses to represent the entire diaspora.
Tamala Jones/Sanaa Lathan/Taraji P. Henson could/should be playing The Fox from the new movie Wanted, not Angelina Jolie (oh and by the way, I’m not past that whole A Might Heart fiasco - I saw Marianne Pearl and immediately thought of Maya Rudolph, but, hell, that’s just my opinion.)
It’s time to start doing better.
I avoided the whole Hot Ghetto Mess thing in my blog. I didn’t watch it when it premiered, I have yet to watch it, I’m not sure I would watch it if given the chance. But we shouldn’t let shows like that and movies like these be the sole representation of Blacks in America to the rest of America and indeed to the world (go ask a straight-from-African and see what the opinions are, go ask an Asian, a European, an Indian. Go ahead!)
I am saddened sometimes, but sometimes a ray of hope peeks through the clouds. I just wanted to quickly highlight this show, My Brother’s Keeper. First, I have to say that I am happy that it is based in my hometown. Second, it looks at real-life issues and from what I’ve seen, it seems to do it well. I am trying to find out when it comes on in Tallahassee. It’s just an example of how we can do thing is we just try a little harder.
~T~
Throwback Joint: LL Cool J - Doin’ It
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Don’t ask me why at the age of 13/14, I knew all the words to this song (ha and I still know them all to this day). All I know is that LL Cool J can still get it any day any time any where. Makes me feel like eating a peach or something…
LL Cool J - Doin It
Why Doesn’t Rihanna Just Become a Professional Model?
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I mean, I could totally buy her as a model. As a singer, she’s very hit-and-miss.
I mean I like her single Umbrella (ellah ellah eh-eh-eh… that’s still not old) but she ruined (ruined I say!) Unfaithful for me.
Anyway, Rihanna is stunning and takes great pictures. If you take stills from her videos, I’m sure they would be hot as well. I can tell why someone would stan her.
Check out these pictures below.
There Needs to Be a “Resurrect Your Career” Class in Hollywood
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And Drew Barrymore should teach it.
With all the Hollyweird socialites losing their damn minds nowadays (Lindsay, Britney - I’m looking right at you), it think it’s necessary.
And Drew Barrymore is the perfect teacher because she went through all of this before. And she was hardcore. Homegirl was doing drugs by the time she was 10.
But lately, we can all say that she successfully reinvented herself from wild child to bad girl to lovable rom-com (romantic comedy) actress/producer/director.
Can somebody get on this? I’m done.
Diddy and Laurie Ann’s So-Called Fight
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Let me say that I had been looking forward to yesterday since I saw the trailers for Making the Band 4 and heard on the gossip sites about the epic fight that went on between Laurie Ann “BoomKat” Gibson and Sean/Diddy “Moisturize my Situation, Preserve My Sexy” Combs.
I was ready with the popcorn! Oh my gosh, it was going to be great… like a 300-type fight. Brilliance!
Nope. Not at all. I was so let down. It was a decent fight shouting match. but there was no chair thrown! No Michael Bivins holding Laurie Ann back. Nada.
There’s a clip from it after the jump.
I’m So Going to Learn to Walk It Out Fosse-Style
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I’m getting two of my girlfriends and we are going to practice this routine til we get it right! Debbie Allen style, ya’ll! With the stick and everything!
And then we’re going to roll out to Grown Folks Night at the Moon and stand right in the middle of the dance floor and stare at the DJ crazy until he plays the Walk It Out Remix.
I promise that’s what’s going to happen and I will get video footage for ya’ll!
Over-exaggerating, maybe, but this is the best video I have seen to Walk It Out, better than the Teletubbies and even Happy Feet.
I love it… I’m wondering who I can get to make me a polyester, neon colored jumpsuit with ruffled shirt…
Happy Friday, ya’ll. Sorry I’ve been gone so long…
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