![]() ![]() They manage to stay mostly on the right side of being preachy, though – favouring quick jokes at the expense of this collection of stereotypes. Witness, for example, the “urban athletics” organised for local youths – activities include running from a dog carrying a television, stipping a car or the “senior citizen mugging” competition.īy exploring the stereotypes of race in the United States cinema – and, in particular, how these stereotypes often end up being maintained by people of that race – the Wayans lend their movie a hint of social relevence. Unlike Scary Movie, it appears that there is genuinely enough material here to spoof, withough having to spend all the film in poor taste – or at leas to mask most of that poor taste with social commentary. ![]() I’m Gonna Git You, Sucka! admittedly suffers from a moment or two of this sort of bad taste (Jack’s experience with a lady he picks up at a bar, for example), but it doesn’t wear out its welcome. It’s mostly tasteless joke after tasteless joke – it’s a one trick pony that tends to outlive its welcome before the first act is over. I’ve never found their antics particularly funny – they’re shocking for the sake of being shocking, without the underlying parody or witty observations that traditionally accompany such fare (as in Team: America or South Park, for example). And it was all down hill from there – with White Chicks and Little Man going straigh to video hell. The Wayans would go on to reach greater fame and notority (and even infamy) as the brains behind Scary Movie and Scary Movie 2. Anyway, before you know what’s happening, Jack has declared war on the vice leader Mr. How exactly his brother expired offer’s one of the movie’s frequently recurring jokes, so I won’t spoil it here – I’ll just say that it’s a wonderful comedic metaphor. I’m Gonna Git You, Sucka! is a blaxploitation movie about Jack Spade, who returned home to find out his brother passed away.
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