He also worked on fakin da funk 1997 and jackies back. Julian is uniquely challenged to embrace his chinese. Lottery ticket 2010 official trailer ice cube, terry crews. Fakin da funk fakin da funk the soundtrack discogs. The film s soundtrack combines hiphop, funk, and asian instrumentals. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Dante bascos opinion of the liveaction avatar movie duration. Dec 27, 2008 9 videos play all fakin da funk movie vancouver breakdancers dante bascos opinion of the liveaction avatar movie duration. Pam grier is a popular american actress who came to limelight after starring in numerous blaxploitation films. Fakin da funk 1997 streaming vostfr hd film complet hd. The movie basically shows the misadventures of two asians in the hood. Apr 04, 2020 pam grier was born as pamela suzette grier is an american actress. Check out this biography to know about her childhood.
Overview of fakin da funk, 1997, directed by timothy a. Fakin da funk 1997 where to watch it streaming online. An interracial comedy that explores the concept of identity in the context of culture, set in the south central, fakin da funk is a satirical and wider look at what it is to be like as an asianamerican growing up and assimilating into african american culture. Julian is accepted into the family and his tightknit atlanta neighborhood, but the search for a better life takes the family to south central l. Pam grier biography, age, husband, children, net worth and. Chey, margaret cho, dante basco, duane martin, john witherspoon, tone loc, pam grier, rudy ray moore, directed by timothy a. A mixup at an adoption agency leads to a chinese boy being sent to a black family. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, family life, achievements and other facts about her life. I used to have this movie on my hard drive, but dont know what happened to it. Now, ive never been one to knock the next man for gettin his you know what im sayin. Lottery ticket 2010 official trailer ice cube, terry crews movie hd duration.
Find out where to watch fakin da funk streaming online. The film also has a great soundtrack mixed with oldschool music and newschool music. Its a comedy movie with a better than average imdb audience rating of 7. She received her honorary doctorate of humane letters from the university of maryland eastern shore in 2011. Chey on allmovie a theme of racial harmony underlies this. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto. She attended east high school and metropolitan state college. Chey, with ernie hudson, pam grier, margaret cho, at turner classic movies. Fakin da funk is fairly typical of this current cycle. Fakin da funk is a 1997 comedy film starring pam grier and dante basco about a chinese son adopted by black parents who. Titanic became the highestgrossing film of all time to that point, and won the academy award for best picture. Firstly, asian american actresses margaret cho and kelly hu butcher their chinese lines while playing chinese exchange students. Considering the film is produced, written and directed by asian americans, it is a surprise that fakin da funk contains some inaccuracies and exaggerations in the portrayal of asian characters.
She was born may 26, 1949, in winstonsalem, north carolina, to gwendolyn sylvia and clarence ransom grier, jr. Right, right and i do realize that hip hop is now a form of showbiz uh huh. In the seventies and the early 2000s, moore devoted his time to various credits, such as petey wheatstraw 1977, martin fox, 199197 and b. The movie fakin da funk starts out with a black mother and father waiting to receive their young baby. The films soundtrack combines hiphop, funk, and asian instrumentals. When you are pretending to be something you are not, capable of a skill or trait you do not possess, or in some other way misrepresenting yourself. A second story involves mailing, an exchange student played by margaret cho, who by. A theme of racial harmony underlies this comedydrama. An accidental switch at an adoption agency sends a. Fakin da funk dvd 1997 for sale dante basco pam grier ernie hudson. With ernie hudson, pam grier, margaret cho, dante basco.
Fakin da funk is a 1997 english film stars ernie hudson, timothy a. A second story involves mailing, an exchange student played by margaret cho, who by another twist, gets sent to the wrong hood. Fakin da funk is in my opinion one of the greatest comedies ever and pam griers and even margaret chos best movie. Why does the little chinese boy sound like tommy from the rugrats. Julian, a chinese descendant, adopted by a black american family, falls in love with a black woman named karyn.
It pays lip service to tearing down stereotypes and preconceptions based on race and ethnicity while exploiting those stereotypes for all theyre worth. Dante basco stars as the adopted asianamerican son of a proud, religious africanamerican couple ernie hudson and pam grier. Moore last worked on the horror feature session 9 2001 with david caruso. Fakin da funk dvd 1997 dante basco pam grier ernie hudson. Wikimedia commons has media related to films of the united states, 1997. A chinese girl ends up in the same hood for the summer with a black family. An accidental switch at an adoption agency sends a chinese baby to an africanamerican family. Pam grier was born as pamela suzette grier is an american actress. Vinyl 12 main source fakin the funk 1992, vinyl discogs. Neek the exotic discover this songs samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. To get a reliable analysis result, the song length should be at least 10 seconds.
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