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Pootie Tang, who is a folk hero of the [[ghetto]] and a ladies’ man, has always been a role model for children. Everyone looks up to him except Dick Lecter (played by [[Robert Vaughn]]), [[CEO]] of LectorCorp, a company that makes cigarettes, alcohol, and fast food. He attempts to steal Pootie's magic belt and coerce him to endorse their addictive products. Pootie has to defeat the corporation for the good of everyone, but without his belt he struggles to win. |
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Revision as of 12:12, 5 January 2009
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 Movie poster for Pootie Tang | |
| Directed by | Louis C.K. |
| Written by | Louis C.K. |
| Produced by | Caldecot Chubb David Gale Ali LeRoi Chris Rock |
| Starring | Lance Crouther Jennifer Coolidge Wanda Sykes with Robert Vaughn and Chris Rock |
| Music by | Louis C.K. |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | June 29 2001 |
Running time | 70 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million |
Pootie Tang is a 2001 cult comedy film, directed by Louis C.K. The film was adapted from a comedy sketch which first appeared on The Chris Rock Show. The character Pootie Tang is a satire of the stereotyped characters who appeared in old blaxploitation films. His speech, which vaguely resembles pidgin, is mostly unintelligible to the audience, but the other characters in the film have no problem understanding him.
Plot
Fuck off Pootie Tang!!!!!!
Magic Belt
Pootie Tang inherits a belt from his dad who uses it as his weapon of choice. Daddy Tang used this belt to teach Pootie the difference between right and wrong. It is believed to be magical by Pootie and his friends, with it Pootie could supposedly "whup anyone's ass!" It is later revealed that the belt is not magical and that Daddy Tang bought it at a Piggly Wiggly for $0.95.
Tagline: Too cool for words
Reaction
Critical reaction was mostly negative, with Rotten Tomatoes only gauging 28% positive reviews. [1] Roger Ebert gave it a half-star rating, mostly for what he felt was its excessive use of vulgar language and demeaning portrayal of women.[2] Nathan Rabin at The Onion A.V. Club said Pootie Tang "borders on audience abuse" and "confus[es] idiocy for absurdity and randomness for wit". [3]
Kevin Murphy however, in his book A Year at the Movies, praised the film, saying:
- "Pootie Tang crosses all cultural barriers to become the dumbest movie I've seen in an entire generation. But it is also funny as hell...Pootie Tang strives for the dumbness it achieves, a feat few films can do...this is a good kind of dumb. Like mooning. Like a cat falling off a table."(Murphy, Kevin A Year at the Movies p.172 ISBN 0-06-093786-6)
Cast
- Lance Crouther – Pootie Tang
- J. B. Smoove – Trucky
- Jennifer Coolidge – Ireenie
- Reg E. Cathey – Dirty Dee
- Robert Vaughn – Dick Lecter
- Wanda Sykes – Biggie Shorty
- Chris Rock – JB/Radio DJ/Daddy Tang
- J.D. Williams – Froggy
- Mario Joyner – Lacey
- Cathy Trien – Stacy
- Dave Attell – Frank
- Laura Kightlinger – Anchor Woman
- Christopher Wynkoop – Sheriff
- Benjamin Deeb – Radio Personality
- Rick Shapiro – Shakey
- Missy Elliott – Diva
- Cole Hawkins – Young Pootie Tang
- David Cross – Pootie Tang Impersonator
- Kristen Bell – Record Executive's Daughter
- Todd Barry – Greasy
External links
- Pootie Tang at IMDb
- Screen Testhttp://www.louisck.com/pootietest.mov