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Jun 15, 2018 · “Superfly” reflects the gun-madness of modern American society, with drug dealers and police alike bearing arsenals-worth of military-style firearms and using them with a chillingly...
Aug 4, 2022 · Since then, the movie's gritty, authentic depiction of street life and its flamboyant lead character – a sharp dressing, karate-kicking drug dealer looking for one last, big score before leaving...
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Jun 13, 2018 · The best way to describe why "SuperFly" doesn't surpass Gordon Parks Jr.'s creation is to describe Director X's take on the original's infamous cocaine montage. Ron O'Neal objected to this sequence of people enjoying Priest's product, saying it was "a commercial for cocaine."
Aug 5, 2022 · The movie, directed by Gordon Parks Jr., marked a turning point in how Blacks presented themselves, even looked at themselves, after feeling invisible in America for so long.
Jun 12, 2018 · Hyper-current as it is, this “Super Fly” remake is still the story of an enterprising young man who’s trying to escape the cycles of violence that rule the world around him.
Oct 19, 2021 · On August 4 of that year, Super Fly, starring Ron O’Neal as the Harlem drug dealer Youngblood Priest, appeared in theaters. Today we think of Super Fly as a blaxploitation classic.
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Jun 13, 2018 · Summary The movie is a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly. Not available in your country? This high-gloss take on Gordon Parks Jr’s funky vision of the hustle goes so far into sheer, unabashed rap-video excess that calling it gratuitous would miss the point. Until it suddenly, brutally isn’t.
