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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.
- $100,000, (estimated)
- March 20, 1987
- Udi Harpaz
- Robert Townsend, Lydia Nicole
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.
- (6,2K)
- Comedy
- Robert Townsend
- 1987-03-20
Lampooning everything from film noir to zombie flicks to sitcoms, Townsend and cowriter Keenen Ivory Wayans cannily turn the frustrations of the Black artist into a subversively funny pop-culture critique.
- Bobby Taylor
In the style of Kentucky Fried Movie, writer-director Robert Townsend lampoons Hollywood's perception of blacks--and racial stereotypes in general.
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.
14 de mai. de 2021 · Robert Townsend would tell you to do it all yourself! Townsend wrote, directed, produced, and starred in his iconic debut sat...
- 2 min
- 37,7K
- MGM
Hollywood Shuffle. 6.9 1 h 21 min 1987 R. 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! Directors. Robert Townsend. Genres. Comedy. Subtitles. None available.
