Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:54 pm

Writer of this created both The Wonder Years and Ellen (sitcom).

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:55 pm

I don't remember Fila being a thing before the 90s, so maybe the product placement here works.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:55 pm

Really appreciating the Fila corporate sponsorship.

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:56 pm

You know who else went to Harvard Law? Brian Burke!

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:56 pm

I know exposition is a thing and we're nearing the magic 15-minute mark, but I'm getting antsy to just get to it.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:56 pm

Good thing AB isn't here for the swipe at BU.

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:57 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:56 pm I know exposition is a thing and we're nearing the magic 15-minute mark, but I'm getting antsy to just get to it.

I'm waiting for the comedy.

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:57 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:56 pm I know exposition is a thing and we're nearing the magic 15-minute mark, but I'm getting antsy to just get to it.

There you go. Give them credit. They didn't pussyfoot around getting to that shot.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:58 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:57 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:56 pm I know exposition is a thing and we're nearing the magic 15-minute mark, but I'm getting antsy to just get to it.
There you go. Give them credit. They didn't pussyfoot around getting to that shot.

I feel "better" already.

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:58 pm

Can I get a time check? Just got back to the house.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:59 pm

50/50 shot this was the same prop wig Sam Jackson used in Pulp Fiction.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:59 pm

So they hump each other finding out if they got into law school, but he keeps this from him?

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:59 pm

Did he break the fourth wall?

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:00 pm

The Cosby decade!

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:00 pm

duff wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:58 pm Can I get a time check? Just got back to the house.

About 20 minutes in, just, uh, took the pills.

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:01 pm

duff wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:58 pm Can I get a time check? Just got back to the house.

We started at 8:40. So fast-forward from there. As of this post, about 21 minutes in.

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:01 pm

Lou Reed singing this?

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:01 pm

I think the best description/criticism of this movie at the time it came out is that it manages to somehow be both intentionally and unintentionally racist.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:01 pm

Black guy with "Pelfrey" as his middle name.

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:02 pm

The Boston townie landlord being racist is the most realistic thing about this movie so far.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:03 pm

Disgusting stereotyping of Boston landlords...

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:03 pm

Leslie Nielsen was an underrated bad guy. We should do Creepshow one week.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:03 pm

So beyond the question of whether the movie would have been a good idea, Arye Gross would have been the much better choice as the lead, right?

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:04 pm

Neil Diamond's blackface was better tbh.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:04 pm

Baboo!

* Mandatory ocelot reference.

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:04 pm

Melora Hardin from The Office is in this! Wallace Langham too? Some definite future all-Pro supporting cast people in this.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:05 pm

Larry Sanders staffed his writer's room with Harvard talent.

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:05 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:04 pm Baboo!

* Mandatory ocelot reference.

Mousewitz.

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:05 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:03 pm So beyond the question of whether the movie would have been a good idea, Arye Gross would have been the much better choice as the lead, right?

Man, you just hate C. Thomas Howell!

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:06 pm

Right on.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:07 pm

0% of black people fail to immediate recognize him as a white guy in blackface, right? (and like 80% of white people too)

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:08 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:06 pmRight on.

Oh no

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:09 pm

So many problematic gags, mostly from this idiot falling for sarcasm.

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:09 pm

How can they share a banana like that during a pandemic?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:09 pm

Without remembering, betting that Melora Harding plays a potential interest he decides against after discovering she's racist.

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:10 pm

Leslie Nielsen makes a convincing racist, I gotta say.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:11 pm

Oh shit, Ron Reagan?!?!?

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:11 pm

I don't miss the short-shorts era in basketball.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:12 pm

Ah, shorts over sweat pants.

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:14 pm

Howell's skin color changes from scene to scene.