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Hollywood Shuffle. Fed up of reading for the same old stereotypical roles – gang-bangers and pimps – struggling Black actor Bobby Taylor’s (Robert Townsend) daydreams become a hilarious, sardonic look at Hollywood in this winning, groundbreaking comedy! IMDb 6,91h 20min1987. R. Comédia ·Onírico·Filosófico·Para se sentir bem.
20 de mar. de 1987 · With Robert Townsend, Craigus R. Johnson, Helen Martin, Starletta DuPois. An actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity, dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer. As he makes his rounds, the film takes a satiric look at African American actors in Hollywood.
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- Comedy
- Robert Townsend
- 1987-03-20
Hollywood Shuffle is a 1987 American satirical comedy film about the racial stereotypes of African Americans in film and television. The film tracks the attempts of Bobby Taylor to become a successful actor and the mental and external roadblocks he encounters, represented through a series of interspersed vignettes and fantasies.
Hollywood Shuffle. With a cast stacked with the who’s who of Black Hollywood’s comedians, this hilarious film – composed of a series of satirical sketches – shows the damning ways Hollywood has little to offer Black performers beyond retooling the coon, sambo, sapphire, and other harmful Black stereotypes.
Starring. Robert Townsend, Craigus R. Johnson, Helen Martin. Studio. MGM - Film. By clicking play, you agree to our Terms of Use. Send us feedback. In the style of Kentucky Fried Movie, writer-director Robert Townsend lampoons Hollywood's perception of blacks--and racial stereotypes in general.
The writer-director-star’s megawatt charisma propels Hollywood Shuffle, the hilarious tale of a struggling actor attempting to break into an industry where the only roles available to Black performers seem to be hustlers, butlers, and slaves—forcing him to choose between selling out and maintaining his self-respect.
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