Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET
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Writer of this created both The Wonder Years and Ellen (sitcom).
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET
I don't remember Fila being a thing before the 90s, so maybe the product placement here works.
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Really appreciating the Fila corporate sponsorship.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET
You know who else went to Harvard Law? Brian Burke!
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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.
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Good thing AB isn't here for the swipe at BU.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET
I'm waiting for the comedy.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.
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There you go. Give them credit. They didn't pussyfoot around getting to that shot.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.
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I feel "better" already.brian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:57 pmThere you go. Give them credit. They didn't pussyfoot around getting to that shot.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.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET
Can I get a time check? Just got back to the house.
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50/50 shot this was the same prop wig Sam Jackson used in Pulp Fiction.
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So they hump each other finding out if they got into law school, but he keeps this from him?
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Did he break the fourth wall?
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The Cosby decade!
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About 20 minutes in, just, uh, took the pills.
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Lou Reed singing this?
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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.
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Black guy with "Pelfrey" as his middle name.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET
The Boston townie landlord being racist is the most realistic thing about this movie so far.
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Disgusting stereotyping of Boston landlords...
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Leslie Nielsen was an underrated bad guy. We should do Creepshow one week.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET
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?
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Neil Diamond's blackface was better tbh.
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Baboo!
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* Mandatory ocelot reference.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET
Melora Hardin from The Office is in this! Wallace Langham too? Some definite future all-Pro supporting cast people in this.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET
Larry Sanders staffed his writer's room with Harvard talent.
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Mousewitz.
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Man, you just hate C. Thomas Howell!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?
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Right on.
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0% of black people fail to immediate recognize him as a white guy in blackface, right? (and like 80% of white people too)
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So many problematic gags, mostly from this idiot falling for sarcasm.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET
How can they share a banana like that during a pandemic?
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET
Without remembering, betting that Melora Harding plays a potential interest he decides against after discovering she's racist.
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Leslie Nielsen makes a convincing racist, I gotta say.
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Oh shit, Ron Reagan?!?!?
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I don't miss the short-shorts era in basketball.
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Re: Swamp Quarantine-ish Movie Night - Soul Man (1986), Thursday, Feb 18, 8:30 PM ET
Ah, shorts over sweat pants.
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Howell's skin color changes from scene to scene.
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