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Post by loverofbeers on Feb 25, 2012 11:31:18 GMT -5
Thrilla in Manila.
One of my favorite documentaries and one of only two documentaries (including Waco, the Rules of Engagement) that completely reversed my views and positions and stance.
Like I once wrote, I'm now a Frazier guy after loving Muhammad Ali for decades. A great watch. Rest in peace Champ.
Nothing like the fun times to be had being a guest speaker for the KKK.
A Cheers to Smokin' Joe, and a huge fuck you to Freddy Pacheco and Bryant Gumble, and that ass-clown "journalist" would know why..... So I'll tell you. He wrote a piece during these years for a Black sports magazine challenging Frazier's "blackness" and racial identity for having white friends and advisors. He took Ali's bait and wrote like someone's bitch.
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Post by loverofbeers on Feb 27, 2012 5:08:19 GMT -5
One of my favorite movies that nobody else I know has watched. Also one of the first successful underground movies. Putney Swope, and here is the IMDB entry.
Putney Swope (1969)
Directed by Robert Downey (a prince) Starring Arnold Johnson, Alan Garfield
Nearly forgotten today, Putney Swope was a sensation when it came out. Directed by Robert Downey (before you needed to put a "Sr." after his name), it was a brazen and bizarre little black comedy that tweaked consumerism and race relations in the 60s.
The set-up was simple. The head of a struggling NYC ad agency drops dead during a meeting of executives. They have to elect his replacement and scribble on ballots until it's pointed out they can't vote for themselves, at which point the ballots are all discarded. They vote again. The winner is Putney Swope, the agency's token black man, who everyone voted for because they thought no one else would. Swope (Arnold Johnson) stands at the head of the meeting room and says he doesn't plan to make many changes.
Cut to a few weeks later. All the white faces are gone from the agency, and its name is now "Truth and Soul, Inc."
There's little plot. Mostly the agency makes ads -- hilarious send-ups of consumerism. For instance, there's Ethereal Cereal:
Commercial Narrator: Jim Keranga of Watts, California is eating a bowl of Ethereal Cereal, the heavenly breakfast. Jim, did you know that Ethereal has 25% more riboflavin than any other cereal on the market? Ethereal also packs the added punch of .002 ESP units of pectin! Jim Keranga (grinning): No shit.
Swope is out to outrage society; his motto is "Rockin' the boat's a drag. You gotta sink the boat!" The film is a nasty-funny over the top attack on everything. There are running gags, scathing satire on the concerns of the day, and a lot of weirdness. The film is in black and white, but the ads are in color.
It was an impressive film for Downey (he even dubbed all of Johnson's lines; Swope's/Downey's voice is still memorable after 40 years -- a gravelly roar) Alas, his followups were flops, and he's struggled along, known now only for being the father of his actor son. It's not a film for everyone, and certainly not as revolutionary as it was in 1969, but worth a look.
Drank my favorite German beer while watching the film, Schneider and Sohns' Aventinus Weizendopplebock. 8% alcohol by volume, 60% wheat, 40% barley and fermented with a hefeweizen yeast. This beer has been a favorite of mine for a decade now. Cheers!
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Post by loverofbeers on Feb 29, 2012 1:12:03 GMT -5
Just finished watching my first Steven Spielberg movie since The Flintstones or Jurassic Park.
Amistad was..... simply amazing. A beautifully made movie. Thank you Mr. Spielberg. Sir.
I finally want to watch Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan.
A Cheers! to John Quincey Adams (and his Pops) and a Jeers! to John Calhoun, the fire-eater of the Old South.
Victory's Hop Devil IPA is delicious!
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Post by loverofbeers on Feb 29, 2012 3:01:53 GMT -5
Just watched a documentary, The Legend of Dolemite Bigger and Badder.
I saw Rudy Ray Moore perform stand-up back in the early nineties. Funny and tasteless, and boy was he drunk. R.I.P. the Godfather of Rap, the Human Tornado, the Devil's Son-in-law! He was the first person to ever release a record with explicit lyrics, and very possibly the first rapper.
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Post by loverofbeers on Feb 29, 2012 13:09:27 GMT -5
Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Candyman....
CANDYMAN.
Everytime I watch this movie I love it more. In my opinion, this is the best horror film black monster. Sure is better than Blackenstein. All bow to the greatness of Tony Todd!
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Post by loverofbeers on Feb 29, 2012 15:41:36 GMT -5
Just finished watching Crooklyn. It is my favorite Spike Lee Joint and it is among my favorite movie soundtracks along with Grease, The Devil's Rejects, Repoman, and an An American Werewolf in London.
And this movie's end put a lump in my throat and made me shiny eyed. And I find it also fitting to say rest in peace Don Cornelius.
Jake, you are Big Bad Vader. I'm Ron Simmons. A Blanche de Bruxelles Cheers! to ya. You pick next month's theme.
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If I watch anything else, it's going to be my Ring of Honor Kamala Shoot interview. If I was a praying man, I'd pray for him. I hope he bounces back. I think Kamala should be inducted into the WWE HOF!
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Post by loverofbeers on Mar 1, 2012 9:02:45 GMT -5
Kamala and Iceman King Parsons were the first two African American rasslers I saw when I discovered Dallas based World Class Championship Wrestling at the end of 1982 or the very beginning of 1983.
The next black rassler I watched I don't want to comment on beyond that Jack and Incher interviewed a possible victim of his recently on IYH in the extremely recent past. Only Mick Foley seems to like this man.
Back to Kamala. He is a good man. So here is a recent message from him, and it is positive, and a few moments of his that make me smile.
Drinking a Harpoon IPA. Good stuff. A Cheers to the Ugandan Giant!
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Mar 1, 2012 22:54:56 GMT -5
I was thinking maybe Irish movies with two points for Irish horror movies. Never seen a bad Irish horror movie.
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