tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post630781066868352396..comments2024-02-27T10:53:43.331-05:00Comments on Big Media Vandalism: Prez Day Double Feature: MandingoSteven Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10533736956366847765noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-5164442863359346932011-02-25T09:32:57.230-05:002011-02-25T09:32:57.230-05:00Thanks, Hal! I went to Netflix and looked up Cry U...Thanks, Hal! I went to Netflix and looked up Cry Uncle, and right next to the description was one of those "similar movies you can watch instantly" boxes. One movie was A Dirty Shame, which I have seen, and the other was called Pervert! Pervert, Cry Uncle and A Dirty Shame sounds like a triple feature any 42nd street grindhouse marquee would be HONORED to display!odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-32515390338685381162011-02-25T08:23:05.899-05:002011-02-25T08:23:05.899-05:00DRUM is not on DVD. Of course that makes it a nat...DRUM is not on DVD. Of course that makes it a natural for my blog, but I haven't done it yet. I'm not even sure where to begin with DRUM...<br /><br />Both DRUM and CRY UNCLE are available on Netflix Instant.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-59827783528792812442011-02-25T01:25:32.106-05:002011-02-25T01:25:32.106-05:00Hal, I didn't know about Cry Uncle! John Avild...Hal, I didn't know about Cry Uncle! John Avildsen used to be a porn director, you know.<br /><br />Gridlock'd is the second feature for Prez day because I wanted to showcase two things about U.S Presidents: Slavery and bureaucracy! I don't think Drum is on DVD, but I have seen it. I remember my Mom asking my cousin and I what we wanted to see at the movies, and I said I wanted to see Logan's Run but my cousin wanted to see DRUM. My Mom said "HELL NO!" to DRUM, so we wound up seeing my selection. <br /><br />DRUM is indeed campier than Mandingo, but nobody's calling DRUM respectable or comparable to Toni Morrison!odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-88985194323255397102011-02-25T01:19:09.545-05:002011-02-25T01:19:09.545-05:00Shouldn't DRUM have completed the double featu...Shouldn't DRUM have completed the double feature? :) DRUM is like DEATH WISH 3 in that it's very hard for me to believe they weren't intentionally making a comedy.<br /><br />I haven't seen MANDINGO in quite a while, but I saw the sequel first, and I remember thinking that while MANDINGO is exploitation all the way, it wasn't nearly as campy as DRUM. I need to see it again. <br /><br />Debbi Morgan actually had a scene with full nudity four years earlier in CRY UNCLE. Speaking of which, it's hard for me to believe the same guy directed CRY UNCLE, ROCKY and LEAN ON ME. :)Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-91289153091561901312011-02-25T00:31:34.852-05:002011-02-25T00:31:34.852-05:00No, I meant Criterion could find the laserdisc com...No, I meant Criterion could find the laserdisc commentary and put it on a DVD! This damn sure ain't worth a Criterion release, unless they have a Criterion Bootleg Label.<br /><br />I'll consider your challenge! And my Mom and my aunt always said "Pure T. Shit." I guess Pure Shit has numerous middle names!odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-65290692762129384772011-02-25T00:21:18.530-05:002011-02-25T00:21:18.530-05:00Criterion Collection? Now you're starting to s...Criterion Collection? Now you're starting to sound like one a them <a href="http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/print.php?rid=3623" rel="nofollow">crazy Slant boys</a>.<br /><br />But, yeah, why not? If they put Armageddon on a disc, why not Mandingo? And maybe Petey Wheatstraw, Disorderlies, J.D.'s Revenge...<br /><br />Also, for BHM V, I <i>dare</i> you to take on a trashy slave flick you definitely do not find entertaining: Goodbye Uncle Tom.<br /><br />Oh, and I always thought it was "Pure D. Shit."Steven Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533736956366847765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-40477243418762977842011-02-24T23:27:58.654-05:002011-02-24T23:27:58.654-05:00It only got funnier each time he showed up using h...<i>It only got funnier each time he showed up using his niggerstool. </i><br /><br />Now you know where those insane old Southern remedies come from! Had they shown it once, it would have been a smirkable offense. But every 15 minutes, Norman Maine showed up to play footsie with some slave boy's stomach. How do you direct a scene like that? Where was that kid's Black Mama? How did James Mason feel about this? And why the hell did they feel the need to keep showing it? <br /><br />There's one scene where the little boy tries to get out of being the NegrOttoman(TM), by pretending to be suffering from the rheumatiz', but Mason grabs him. "C'mere ya lyin' nigger!" and puts him under his feet. I'm gonna burn in Hell, but I spit my soda all over the floor.<br /><br />You should go back and watch it again, seriously. We should host a Rocky Horror-esque screening of this shit. I'll provide Black My Buddy dolls and Lester ventriloquist dummies if people want to drain their rheumatiz', and every time somebody says "plez-yuhin da wenches," the entire audience has to have a swig of Henny. And when the German vidow voman sticks her hands down Ken Norton's pants, everybody yells "excuse me while I whip this out!"<br /><br />I read that there's a laserdisc commentary by Fleischer and Perry King. I'd love to hear this shit. OH CRITERION COLLECTION...odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-79278100721309092262011-02-24T22:19:35.982-05:002011-02-24T22:19:35.982-05:00Alls I know, from reading this, I have to go back ...Alls I know, from reading this, I have to go back and watch the flick pretty soon. Sounds twice as entertaining as I remember it.<br /><br />I nearly choked to death when I saw your James Mason foot stool collage.<br /><br />Tell me why my brother, cousin and I snickered even the very first time we saw James Mason's feet propped up on a nigro boy? It only got funnier each time he showed up using his niggerstool. Something about extreme racism that is just fundamentally hilarious at times...Steven Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533736956366847765noreply@blogger.com