pro's:
*it made me think of atlanta
*terrence howard is a pleasure to look at (excepting the conk situation)
*i saw it with my sister
*it did "rags to riches" differently
*some quotables (although the only one i can think of right now is, "you know it's hard out here for a pimp")
*some things were really funny
con's:
*i found some things really funny
*terrence howard had a conk
*luda's role didn't seem to be much of a stretch for him
*who in the hell told them that hiphop originated in the south? (i understand the connects to blues and all that, but to make those relationships, we could say it began with the damn drum. the south has blues, yes. the south and midwest has blues and jazz, yes. but hiphop, though it has spread abroad like brush fire in the desert, started in that great state - say it with me - ny. the bronx or queensbridge, take your pick, but those are the only options.)
*pimp or humanitarian? gives new meaning to "i love dees hoes" (site outkast, stankonia, i think)
*it is never okay to put a baby outside on the curb ( i don't care of he is in a walker, where the hell can he go?)
on race/gender power relationships:
i didn't appreciate that ike-and-tina moment that brought the "soul" out of his bottom bitch, and as far as i'm concerned bottom bitch don't mean you 'down'. it means he steps on you, stupid. blondie did have too much mouth, but here we go reinventing the castrating black woman again. i bet that scene even had some women saying, "good for huh! dat's what she git!" meanwhile me and tasha was like, "but you just put a little kid on the street? what do you mean?" i did appreciate the fact that dee jay's (that's his name, i remember!) high school acquaintence helped him out; he wasn't so black-man-established-and-removed that he ignored him. he had something to gain too. riddle me this? why did it take for lula (was that her name?) to put a little $25, pinstripe from rainbow and all for him to get airplay? "who's in charge?" (what? puh-lease!)what does this suggest? do we not know how to manage our own gifts? i disagree....
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i cosign. it's mighty challenging out here for one who gets money for assisting a woman "know" some menfolk--and i mean know in the biblical sense. can i get a woop woop? holler.
well said my love. and let's connect via voices soon.
I thank you for this synopsis because I don't want to go see that shit.
LMAO...
Walking away singing...OH No..We Don't Burn Angels On The Fire....
I'm still in my Last Dragon Daze.
Ditto, I sure sign I don't need to see it. Now its between The Contant Gardener and The Brother's Grimm
the movie went downhill after the freeze frame and the killer ass font in the opening scene. come on man.....with font like that, the movie coulda ended after i saw the words hustle and flow.
but lets talk about that headbanger....whoop that trick. hmmmmm....lets talk about how i got so sad at the very end of the movie when the woman was passionatly singing it to her child. that was the real tearjerker for me!
i still havnt seen it.
And yes you can put me on your list- i thought you'd never ask...
alii
alii - my heart rejoices! i would have asked you sooner, but i keep losing ur #! (yeah, lame)
cowgirl - same request. can i add ya to the linkage?
sure honey!
(lmao, i dunno if u want me number, or what...just fill me in...and i'm sure that i can provide it)
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