tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post3180504838952879764..comments2024-03-29T04:19:43.461-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Thrills, Chills, & Spills: SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONGPatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-33669600781816877582018-06-06T23:31:11.915-05:002018-06-06T23:31:11.915-05:00I'm curious about the younger Peebles new movi...I'm curious about the younger Peebles new movie Armed which he directed and stars in. It looks like it could be anything from disastrous to a crazy kind of great.Will Bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-23931232027300707082018-06-05T13:21:40.085-05:002018-06-05T13:21:40.085-05:00I tend to enjoy Mario's work as an actor more ...I tend to enjoy Mario's work as an actor more than his work as director, but New Jack City is great. Anyone writing a book on blacksploitation films could do worse than to use Sweetback and New Jack (there's a book title there somewhere) as "bookends" to the genre.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076030814908114779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-15348606470406176932018-06-05T09:57:49.227-05:002018-06-05T09:57:49.227-05:00I actually saw Baadasssss! before I'd even hea...I actually saw Baadasssss! before I'd even heard of the original, and was frikken enamored by it. Not to change the topic too much but I was wondering what your thoughts are about Mario Van Peebles' other work, I guess specifically new Jack City and Panther, and how they relate to his Father's legacy. I kind of see those two movies as a final salvo of blacksploitation, although maybe I'm just dumb.Will Bensonnoreply@blogger.com