A 16yr old girl is trying to be the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe in a boat.
So let me get this straight… She pushes off in a sailboat and we wait the 3/4’s of a year to see if she gets back home? I wonder if she’s in cahoots somehow with the Balloon Boy? Who cares about this shit?
I personally think she is doing this stunt to fulfill some fantasy she has about having sex with a shark.
50 Cent – ‘Baby By Me (Remix)’
GO SEE BLACK DYNAMITE IN THEATRES NOW!
‘Black Dynamite’ is all kinds of wrong funny.
There is definitely some shit I laughed at in this movie that God will be sending me to hell for. Even OG blaxploitation flicks weren’t this exploitative of the Blacks. This may be the reason I haven’t called this movie a classic. There are tons of laugh out loud moments throughout the movie and the themes they address are highlighted with humor, but in the end I was missing the big payback (no Richard Roundtree).
It’s not easy to parody stereotype without becoming that which you are mocking. ‘Black Dynamite’ reflects the cinema aesthetic for the 1970’s era so accurately that it almost becomes that itself. The problem with that is the fact that we are living in 2009 and the reality of those that view the film today will not be consistent with the people that watched a film like this in 1975. I like to laugh as much as anyone else, but I also need to be engaged with my eyes on the prize.
Doing parody is one of the most difficult tricks in the business of making comedy. You have to constantly remind the viewer that you are actively crafting the joke. Black Dynamite is a parody not just of the blaxploitation genre of movies but of the gangsta rap lifestyle and mindset that is now indelibly attached to Black culture. One of my favorite scenes is where the ensemble cast of actors and comedians does a rambling bit on African American numerical mysticism all the while inspiring Roscoe to sell chicken and waffles in his restaurant.
Black Dynamite is filled with wild action and homemade special effects all of which adds to the comedy. It felt like all the kung fu and crazy pimp flicks I had watched long ago. The movie’s writers and producers were definitely fans of the genre as well. You have to be an O.G. to catch some of their references. To a kid those will just be funny scenes but to some of us older fans we will remember the movie where we first saw that scene. Like I said earlier, parody is hard as hell especially with Black films because if you slip from the fine line you become baseless coonery.
Black Dynamite is a cross between I’m Gonna Git’ You Sucka and Original Gangstas. The laughs come fast and furious and sometimes at the expense of the storyline. I was hoping that Black Dynamite would be more like Bamboozled or the classic Black Hollywood experience parody film – Hollywood Shuffle. The fact that Black Dynamite falls short of the distinction of ‘classic’ doesn’t mean that it isn’t worth seeing, especially if you got a blunt of that good good beforehand.
Black Dynamite will tell you that even though drugs are fun they don’t belong in the hands of children.
I co-sign that message to the fullest.
Out of a 4 retahd rating sytem I give ‘Black Dynamite’ 3 retahds.
As you could see from the earlier video I passed through the lifestyle section in Bloomingdale’s. Even with no money in my pockets I HAVE to see what Polo Ralph Lauren is cooking up for the fall season. There were a few rustic I.T.’s that appeal to my woodsman [ll] aesthetic but the classic shit for me will always be a ‘Lo rugby.
I placed these two on my wishlist…
O-Prime from Timeless Truth was rocking this joint for his video shoot last weekend. I made the mental note to copp. I just need the price to dip a little more and this joint is so mine. With a pair of Levi’s and the new Jordan Spiz’ike boots I will be smashing shit. What shit? That shit.
This rugby has subtle ‘Lo flavors all over it like arm patches and shoulder yoke stitching. My favorite details are the leather reinforcements on the collar and the NY Knicks/Mets colorway.
Bloomingdale’s hosted a little shopping event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of DC Comics. Nike’s Converse division has licensed DC characters for t-shirts ans other apparel. There were free drinks so combine that with iconic comic book lore and you know I am up in that piece.
I took a few flicks and made a little video (natch) because Bloomie’s doesn’t care if I use my handycam in their store. FUX YO’ adidas!
Look who’s hanging with the heroes? BTW, a hero ain’t nuthin’ but a sandwich. Sandwich >>>
If you copped a pair of Converse Chuck taylors you could have the Bloomie’s in-house artist ruin customize them for you free of charge.
Shouts to the other artist who was drawing caricatures of the fanboys. Too bad his reference points were all Marvel characters. #comicartistfail
Handsome Boy Modeling School on their grind and nobody is smiling.
NEAL ADAMS made it a dope comic cover and Converse made it a crappy t-shirt.
Do you fux with Adult Swim? If you don’t you are missing the best bloc of programming on the tube. Adult Swim is like the NBC Thursday night lineup in the early 1990’s. Starting at 8pm you didn’t need to touch your remote until you went to sleep.
Sleep is no longer an option however and the Adult Swim programming is my insomniac theatre. When I was in Atlanta early this year I visited the Adult Swim studios and hung out with some of the creators of the Williams Street production team.
A few days later I had a totally awesome sweatshirt mailed to me. The sweatshirt has a hood and the Adult Swim logo on the front. The sweatshirt is an American Apparel XL so I won’t be wearing this ever in my life. Would you like own this sweatshirt?
Just tell me two things… The name of Early Cuyler’s sister (Squidbillies) and the name of Stroker & Hoop’s car (Stroker & Hoop). The Adult Swim sweatshirt is just like the one pictured below except it says ‘Adult Swim’ on the front, and it is a zip-up hoodie as opposed to a pullover, but yeah, otherwise exactly the same.
