one of the funniest quote in movie history
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Hershe — 15 years ago(August 18, 2010 10:19 PM)
No, they don't write lines like that anymore because "jive ass turkey" has been replaced with less hostile terms like "bitch-ass n***a." sarcasm alert
This is a damn funny comedy but it's a satirical work. The jive turkey sh9t was funny because it was so ridiculous and played on stereotypes of Blackness in tv and film.
Who's too P.C.? What is P.C. anyway, being mindful and sensitive to the experience of marginalized, often powerless groups? It's not a matter of being "PC," a term that immediately raises my brow because it's mostly used pejoratively, but one of no one caring enough or having the balls or ovaries to take people to task over the crap on screen today. Since Hollywood Shuffle, I can think of three films that addressed the buffoonery pushed and propagated by the tv/film and music industries: Bamboozled, CB4, and Fear of a Black Hat.
"I ain't be got no weapon!" -
249 — 15 years ago(September 03, 2010 07:20 AM)
the jive turkey aint be got no weapon stuff is funny because it's based on blaxploitation era slang
it was dated and not even true to the characters.nobody talked like that but some script writer felt that this was authentic "street dialogue" -
DSo1976 — 14 years ago(March 15, 2012 09:04 AM)
Hands down, the best line in the movie is this: "I believe this movie. A dude could jump off a mountain and not hurt himself, 'cause he did brace himself, and knew something about the levels of gravitivity and polarity."
WTF is "gravitivity"????
"You're going to need a bigger boat." - Chief Brody