Friday, June 12, 2009

'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'

I thought this was a pretty dumb and unwatchable film. I get that it probably means a lot more in context of the time and also of the African American zeitgeist of the "blaxploitation" film and art, but that doesn't make it not dumb.

Every time a kid uses crayons to draw something, just because it's his or her first drawing or because it's the greatest picture that that kid's ever drawn or we don't want to criticize because it might hurt his or her feelings doesn't mean it's not awful.

This film is bad and has little or no redeeming value and I can not be convinced otherwise despite there being enough evidence to the contrary.

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