bold experiment
This film was revolutionary because it was made by a black man when black men did not make films. And if not for Bill Cosby loaning Melvin 50k when Melvin alsmost had to shut down production and not finish it, it might not have been made at all. But the film itself, well, looking at it now, and reading what the critics have to say, makes me realize, it is just some unrealistic fantasy that misses the mark. Melvin had to make the money back and so he gave the public what he thought they would want. A lot of sex and violence. But this is not some film about the black experience of being discriminated against. No, this is just a fantasy.
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