| Re: Phallic Plate Heads for Oxford |
Turn On, Tune In, Drop O .. |
| elag (elag@cloud8.net) |
2004/01/09 01:01 |
Paul Heslop wrote:
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> elag wrote:
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> > Paul Heslop wrote:
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> > > elag wrote:
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> > > > Paul Heslop wrote:
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> > > > > Parry wrote:
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> > > > > > Paul Heslop wrote:
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> > > > > > > elag wrote:
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> > > > > > > > Paul Heslop wrote:
> > > > > > [snips]
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> > > > > > > > > > Have you ever seen "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarves" (by Bob Clampett)?
> > > > > > > > > > It won't be shown on teevee but it's well worth watching.
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> > > > > :O)
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> > > > > > > > > Nope, but I'll keep an eye out for it. I'm kind of tolerant of stuff which was the way it was back
> > > > > > > > > then, though not of current stuff. Back then we could claim stupidity and ignorance, now we just know
> > > > > > > > > it's hatred.
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> > > > > > melodramas of black film of the time than it does the usual
> > > > > > it landing on tv playlists.
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> > > > > > -- Parry
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> > > > > I don't know whether I'm more annoyed looking back at the blaxploitation flicks of the 70s etc than old stuff.
> > > > > with the afro, jump-suit, big floppy hat 'kiss my ass mofo' pimp-prostitute thing.
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> > > > Yah, but I know that some of those films (like "Black Caesar" and
> > > > "Superfly") were and are treasured in their own community. They were
> > > > considered relevant because the black characters weren't shunted to
> > > > secondary roles. For all the exploitation value the films still opened
> > > > up a commercial niche for black cinema that was often lacking earlier.
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> > > > --
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> > > I watched them avidly back then... Cleopatra Jones and Shaft of course. Looking back they seem very crude, but it's
> > > better than Strasky and Hutch :O)
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> > Maybe the best thing about blaxploitation was the soundtrax... that was
> > some fat sound!
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> > Hey, you'd probably like the parody "I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka!"
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> > And try out blaxploitation.com
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> > http://www.blaxploitation.com/
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> > --
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> Heh, cool, their own website!
Let us celebrate w/ the lyrics to "Shaft":
Shaft
Isaac Hayes---Theme From Shaft
Who's the black private dick
That's a sex machine to all the chicks?
SHAFT!
Ya damn right!
Who is the man that would risk his neck
For his brother man?
SHAFT!
Can you dig it?
Who's the cat that won't cop out
When there's danger all about?
SHAFT!
Right On!
They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother...
SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft.
THEN WE CAN DIG IT!
He's a complicated man
But no one understands him but his woman
JOHN SHAFT!
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