Should you see it? Most assuredly.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds."
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Dolemite (1975)
How bad is it? It may be the worst blaxploitation movie ever filmed.
Should you see it? Most assuredly.
Rudy Ray Moore was a poor man's version of Redd Foxx, doing comedy albums and some nightclub work. He decided to break into film and made this, an unintentionally hilarious film, then pretended that it was meant to be that way and so followed it up with a lesser similar work, "Human Tornado" and then "Avenging Disco Godfather" and his best (and thus least) film "Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil's Brother-in-Law." If you've seen people making fun of bad blaxploitation fight scenes, this is the film they're referencing. Dolemite gets let out of jail, only to be placed between Italian mobsters and Queen Bee's prostitution ring. He sorts things out with violence, 20 changes of clothes and a 3 minute clean version of his act that's cringe worthy. It's a blast.
Should you see it? Most assuredly.
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