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EAU hit it right on the head. Barbershop feels more real to me because it's not just some crazy violent "gangsta" tale. It's about people with real struggles and real world concerns about how they're going to get by and deal with changing times.
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This is the only thing I remember about Barbershop, and I wonder if it was ever stolen and misused by racist white people like the infamous Chris Rock routine.
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Vargo posted:This is the only thing I remember about Barbershop, and I wonder if it was ever stolen and misused by racist white people like the infamous Chris Rock routine. Why do you even have to wonder? There's absolutely nothing that white people (fully divisible into knowing racists and unknowing racists) won't claim and misappropriate. Luckily Barbershop was carefully crafted to withstand and hell, critique this process so it holds up better than something like, say *shudders* New Jack City. Still, it's a struggle. Really outside of Barbershop the only African American film that hasn't been totally co-opted by the whites is the original Blade, but that's a whole new thread at this point. Let's keep the discussion focused on Barbershop.
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Dinka foreshadows the post-racial world we experienced when electing Obama in 2008. Tony Roma, in my opinion doesn't make good ribs, too sugary. I'd prefer a black uncle in those leather sandals (you know the ones) running the bbq any day, but I appreciate the color blind sentiment and tolerance displayed herein:quote:Jimmy: Let me tell you somethin'... you will *never* own a Black barbershop!
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African AIDS cum posted:Dinka foreshadows the post-racial world we experienced when electing Obama in 2008. Tony Roma, in my opinion doesn't make good ribs, too sugary. I'd prefer a black uncle in those leather sandals (you know the ones) running the bbq any day, but I appreciate the color blind sentiment and tolerance displayed herein: Classic scene. That spoke a lot to me, and how I felt growing up, my feelings toward legitimacy and authenticity versus some platonic ideal of acceptance of the white men around me.
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Some real zany stuff itt
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Hat Thoughts posted:Some real zany stuff itt If you don't want to participate in the Barbershop thread, you don't have to.
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Barbershop is real good but gently caress you if you don't like Friday. This thread is a rollercoaster of emotions much like the hit film Barbershop.
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Barbershop is real good but gently caress you if you don't like Friday. This thread is a rollercoaster of emotions much like the hit film Barbershop. It's an underrated classic
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tbp posted:It's an underrated classic This thread is properly rated.
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Vargo posted:This thread is properly rated. How can you tell the rating of a thread without the little gold bars or whatever next to it? Sorry for being off topic in the Barbershop thread, won't happen again
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Earthy Ape Unit posted:What is the point of film discussion but to address social issues like race, gender, economic injustice, etc. Feel free to be another brother with his fingers in his ears and his eyes closed (apologies if you are a female or identify as another gender, just let me know your preferred pronoun as we continue this discussion). for future reference i identify as a black woman and this movie identifies as a poo poo sandwich
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zVxTeflon posted:for future reference i identify as a black woman and this movie identifies as a poo poo sandwich If you did identify as such you'd identify the movie as a Phillipe's French dip roast beef sandwich.
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zVx, I never thought I'd say this, but stop making GBS threads up this classy Barbershop thread.tbp posted:How can you tell the rating of a thread without the little gold bars or whatever next to it? Mods can actually see who voted on a thread and what they voted. Earthy Ape Unit posted:If you did identify as such you'd identify the movie as a Phillipe's French dip roast beef sandwich. GodDAMMIT.
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Earthy Ape Unit posted:What is the point of film discussion but to address social issues like race, gender, economic injustice, etc. Feel free to be another brother with his fingers in his ears and his eyes closed (apologies if you are a female or identify as another gender, just let me know your preferred pronoun as we continue this discussion). Earthy Ape Unit posted:Why do you even have to wonder? There's absolutely nothing that white people (fully divisible into knowing racists and unknowing racists) won't claim and misappropriate. Luckily Barbershop was carefully crafted to withstand and hell, critique this process so it holds up better than something like, say *shudders* New Jack City. Still, it's a struggle. Barbershop is like an exec wanted an extended movie about Coming to America's barbershop scenes, but by the time they'd watered down the jokes enough, only Cube would sign. And I'm not saying Cube has actual cred, but like Rick Ross, he still had cred. And just because you were raised to understand these things, you must realize that we are an enlightened few? That the majority of our people are living like trained animals in this system. Barnershop is too safe in my opinion, as something like Django actually got a negative response from my old south family(They hated Sam's character), but no one has ever once mentioned Barbershop. And why should they, when Barbershop is a dime a dozen, and everyone was baffled when the second and then Beauty Shop came out? But if anything, that told you it was co-opted by white people, because who shows up for some tokenisms? Kevin Bacon! I'd like to think even Tarrantino kind of gets it, despite Spike's anger, with the musical choice of Rick Ross garbage in Django as a critique of the music industry, hiphop in particular. And Sam's final words using his "real" voice was particularly great. But there are a ton of movies white people haven't co-opted or even know about, and to hand wring about this milquetoast, when there are plenty of other films that deserve your reverence. Just a few: I'm gonna get you, sucka, Meteor Man, Blank Man, Hollywood Shuffle, Panther, Dead Presidents, Set it Off. Hell, if it wasn't for Aries Spears, how many people would know who Dolemite is? I kind of wish someone would try to pull off the "I want the knife" scene from The Golden Child. bushisms.txt fucked around with this message at 06:26 on Jul 11, 2014 |
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Nobody was "baffled" when Barbershop 2: Back in Business came out.
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Well actually my boss was baffled, because I skipped work to go see it. But then I told him why and he said, hell, I would have done the same! :-D
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I got on the wrong train and ended up in Harlem yesterday.. Got out and at first was frightened due to my surroundings, but then I saw a place named Barbershop and I was calmed knowing that if I wanted to I could go in and shoot the poo poo about any topic, ranging from politics to whips (read: cars).
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tbp posted:Barbershop tbp posted:*Barbershop tbp posted:Please don't discuss other films in the Barbershop thread. I will be forced to use my mod powers if you do so continuously. tbp posted:Fully canon sequel tbp posted:Classic line : tbp posted:It is understood to be less of a film than Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business, however it has its charm. tbp posted:That's a great scene. Eddie really gets me tbp posted:Please only talk about Friday when comparing it to Barbershop in this thread. That is all I am asking not to be mean *glances meaningfully at the soccer ball next to my name* tbp posted:As well, I've never seen Friday, and hell, I don't plan to - wanna know why? because I've seen Barbershop. tbp posted:Can I get some empty quotes for everyones favorite couple up in here tbp posted:The phrase is "fish in a barrel", friend. tbp posted:This is garbage. Don't be f*cking racist in the Barbershop thread. Do some research then come back and talk troll. tbp posted:Eddie: Shane, look over there! He cut a patch in the li'l boy head; got him lookin' like "101 Dalmatians." You ever heard a' that movie? He look like a Dalmatian! That's one hundred an' two! tbp posted:
tbp posted:Classic scene. That spoke a lot to me, and how I felt growing up, my feelings toward legitimacy and authenticity versus some platonic ideal of acceptance of the white men around me. tbp posted:If you don't want to participate in the Barbershop thread, you don't have to. tbp posted:It's an underrated classic tbp posted:How can you tell the rating of a thread without the little gold bars or whatever next to it? tbp posted:Nobody was "baffled" when Barbershop 2: Back in Business came out. tbp posted:I got on the wrong train and ended up in Harlem yesterday.. Got out and at first was frightened due to my surroundings, but then I saw a place named Barbershop and I was calmed knowing that if I wanted to I could go in and shoot the poo poo about any topic, ranging from politics to whips (read: cars). Gahahaha... Lol!!!! Ohhh poo poo... *wipes tears from eyes*... lmoa (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
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I like that the writer was keen to show that prejudice existed not just between broad ethnic groups, but also within them. While Matthew was the frequent butt of jokes from the West Indian characters, particularly Porkpie and Desmond, he was always keen to point out the strength of African history with his regular interjection "There's an old African saying".
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DNS posted:human being That's really unnecessary, buddy. Just because you're a e/n superstar doesn't mean you can go into other forums and use that kind of disgusting language willy-nilly. I hope the mods deal with you swiftly. e: They did, I'm glad. Great job from our moderating staff, this should be a safespace like the original barbershop was for the neighborhood cats. Mean Bean Machine fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Jul 13, 2014 |
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Didn't Almost Human get him close or am I thinking of another hunky biracial man? No, he was the guy in Almost Human. He seems to be one of those regulars that shows up in every movie geared toward black audiences, the latest of which being Think Like A Man Too. bushisms.txt posted:Seriously, Barbershop was when Ice Cube lost the rest of his street cred, whatever that would quantify to be. Hoping the NWA documentary turns out good, but I doubt it will unless Singleton is a part of it. I don't think even Ice Cube understands why he was famous. Internet image macros lead me to believe that "Are We There Yet" was the point where he lost his cred.  From there it was downhill to his current state of "being regularly punked by a beer can in commercials." raditts fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Jul 14, 2014 |
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Both are staged photos. It was all downhill after the first Westside Connection album. Everything since is just residual disappointment, the 30 for 30 he directed isn't very good. I'm not mad at him for leaving the boy band behind, though.
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I think you're oversimplifying things. Your disdain for this modern classic stems from the result of confirmation bias, or rather conformation bias to use a not unskilful portmanteau phrase I just invented.
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Funny because this is pretty much what the process from adolescence to adulthood for blacks was. Grow up in a world of poo poo til you realize you have a choice to step out of it. Some never get to the second part.
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bushisms.txt posted:Funny because this is pretty much what the process from adolescence to adulthood for blacks was. Grow up in a world of poo poo til you realize you have a choice to step out of it. Some never get to the second part. Which is what Barbershop is ultimately about too!
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bushisms.txt posted:Funny because this is pretty much what the process from adolescence to adulthood for blacks was. Grow up in a world of poo poo til you realize you have a choice to step out of it. Some never get to the second part. I'm not mad at him, why the gently caress would you stay in that position once you're rich enough that you don't have to deal with it anymore? Gosh, I don't have enough street cred for you anymore? Let me cry into this stack of $100 bills about it. I probably still wouldn't do commercials where I get punked by a beer can, though.
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Huh... since I guess this thread is a thing that is happening, I guess I'd better weigh in as somebody who's seen Barbershop. I... honestly thought it was pretty funny, but I forgot about it soon after. Seeing this thread was the first time I've thought about this movie in years, and I distinctly remember not hating it. Thats a little bit of a milquetoast thing to say, I know, so to provide content, I will share a review of the movie from Big Media Vandalism, which also serves as a handy recap if you forgot about the specifics, as I did: http://bigmediavandal.blogspot.com/2011/03/martin-luther-king-was-ho.html Hmm... this all reminds me I haven't actually seen Friday or Coming to America yet. Guess I should get on that, huh?
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It's awesome that in this forum, no matter the movie, someone always has another take on it and a reason to check it out.quote:Dead Presidents
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Barbershop is funny. Friday is funny. Ice Cube was a studio gangster. Barbershop 2 released too soon after the first one.
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James Woods Fan posted:Barbershop is funny. Friday is funny. Ice Cube was a studio gangster. Barbershop 2 released too soon after the first one. True facts, right here.
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James Woods Fan posted:Barbershop is funny. Friday is funny. Ice Cube was a studio gangster. Barbershop 2 released too soon after the first one. No kidding.
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Maybe y'all should invite that crazy person who authored the transformer threads to post his thoughts on Barbershop. Maybe he will have another nervous breakdown
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Terry Van Feleday is a lovely young lady.
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DangerZoneDelux posted:Maybe y'all should invite that crazy person who authored the transformer threads to post his thoughts on Barbershop. Maybe he will have another nervous breakdown Oh, did those threads get interesting at some point?
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raditts posted:Oh, did those threads get interesting at some point? Absolutely not.
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