When I think of action films I do not think of the same films that most people think of, because I grew up on Blaxplotation films, what is Blaxplotation? Films that contain high violence, racy sex scenes, and often times very stereotypical content. The plot is often always the same the hero who is always black has to fight the crime which the police and government neglect to fight. I can put aside the flaws of these films because of the social commentary they makes and the fact that they gave blacks an opportunity in the movie industry most of these films were wtitten and produced by African Americans. My all time favorite blacxplotation actress is Pam Grier, I have chosen Roger Ebert's review of her 1973 film Coffy which features every element of the blaxplotation film. Blaxplotation is often considered tainted because of the way it stereotypes blacks, I raise the question has black film diverted from using stereotypes or are these same stereotypes still there but presented in a different way.
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Your post was very interesting. I had never heard the term Blaxplotation. It would have been interesting to study this in class. The movie you chose sounds very interesting, I may just rent it one of these days.
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