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| ACTORS: | Robert Townsend |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Robert Townsend |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 20 March, 1987 |
| MANUFACTURER: | MGM/UA Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616864420 |
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Customer Reviews of Hollywood Shuffle
the high 5 unlike many of Robert Townsend's films after the Five Heartbeats that i had to give the Finger to like he does here in this film this is a Tour De Force.sadly the Stereotypes are still the norm in Hollywood for Black Actress's&Actor's.not much has really changed int he way the film business works.it's all about flavor&Cosmetics as Robert Townsend puts it down here.this movie had me rolling so hard.a laugh a minute.the movie is so real.sadly aside from The Five Heartbeats Robert Townsend never got this honest&real again.but at least i have him here,also on the Five Heartbeats&Cooley High.
Still Robert Townsend's best movie
Even though I really enjoyed THE NATALIE COLE STORY and THE FIVE HEARTBEATS, HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE is still my favorite film by Robert Townsend. It takes a humorous but and oh, so true look at the struggles Blacks have to go through in the film industry to get decent roles, which are still scarce for Blacks in Hollywood today. Townsend plays a struggling young actor who refuses to compromise his self-respect by playing demeaning roles. Just like it was back in the early days of film when Blacks only played mammies, ignorant and shiftless Uncle Toms, Blacks today are mostly regulated to roles as gang bangers, drug dealers, hookers, golddiggers, the asexual best friend of the white hero, etc. unless your name happens to be Denzel Washington. This movie is hilarious. For anyone considering film as a career, or just anyone who loves to laugh, this is the movie for you!
Satire and the Establishment
Most of the reviews have touched most facets of the movie and even mentioned allusions. But I enjoyed the film and will say a few things as well. I think this movie could be used to describe the current situation in Hip-Hop. The "sell-outs", stereotypical roles, and perpetuation of amorality is rampant in most Hip-Hop acts. Townsend is talking about the lack of equality and degeneration of black probity in this film, which is currently at an all-time high in modern music. This movie not only commentates about prejudice in Hollywood, but the ignorance of the people who consume the stereotypical garbage. This movie is hilarious and disheartening. The absurdity strikes home when you realize that these formulated characters and shows appear on your television today. This film did remind me of Bamboozled as well, but Hollywood Shuffle is nowhere near as caustic toward [stereo]type-casting. There is intelligence in the black community and this film blasts the one-dimensional depiction of black people.