Boomerang(1992) 25th Anniversary

[root_eruditorium_org]

Yeah I remember hearing Tariq say that one time, and I was kinda like because I always knew I had mad amounts of love for the movie but never knew why it resonated so much with me. I think cause I could actually see myself living it. I had a job in the World Financial Center when I was in school, where a lot of the office scene stuff was filmed, so it kind of had a "reality" feel about it to me. Same thing with Strictly Business, it was really refreshing to see brothas on some fly, upwardly mobile steez. I need to make my wife sit down and watch this; she tried to get a n1gga to sit down and watch Blind Side with her and I had to sit there and break down to her why I hated movies like Blind Side, and shows like Different Strokes, Webster, and even the Jeffersons to a certain extent.

Jefferson's was on point though breh. The waay george jefferson used to clown his white ass neighbor in the interracial relationship lmao. No way would that make it on television in 2016.

 

[root_eruditorium_org]

see this is why i like the coli. this is the type of thread that wouldn't exist anywhere else on the web. i can just imagine it being buried with the quickness on CACass reddit

 

[The_Truth]

Top 5 movie of all time for me. It stays in rotation. I think yall right, white people stay mad at our creativity and artistic values.

Now that I think of it, many good black movies get shytted on by whites. I think it's because they're simply incapable of seeing things from a black person's perspective.

 

[Abstract83]

You notice, you never hear white people like, why aren't we in hood movies?

They want our fashion our rebellious attitude. Our positive outlook on life no matter what we been thru. Our looks strong prideful. Our intelligence. Our lingo. Our love for one another. But they dont want our struggle. They don't wanna wake up and be look upon as the laughing stock of all races. Not knowing that deep down we're stronger than all of them. Been thru it all and still here. We just gotta work on us in house and open the door blazin like a ak47.

 

[Abstract83]

Black Pop Culture was just better overall back then. The music, the television shows, the resurgence of black pride. Everything was clicked back then. Today's Black Pop Culture has been infiltrated by New Blacks and talent-less hacks who washed out all the flavor.

And can we mention the overall sensitivity of people with a "voice" that wanna get up in arms when we do pat ourselves and each other on the back. Or fight for one another.

 

[#1 pick]

They want our fashion our rebellious attitude. Our positive outlook on life no matter what we been thru. Our looks strong prideful. Our intelligence. Our lingo. Our love for one another. But they dont want our struggle. They don't wanna wake up and be look upon as the laughing stock of all races. Not knowing that deep down we're stronger than all of them. Been thru it all and still here. We just gotta work on us in house and open the door blazin like a ak47.

It's much deeper than that but yeah, that's part of it.

 

[LV Koopa]

David Allen Grier shared some great stories about the filming of this recently. .

During the scene with him, Martin and Eddie shooting pool, Denzel showed up on a break from filming Malcolm X. He was method acting and wouldn't break character. He made them all feel like heathens for talking about fukking hoes during that scene..

where this at? podcast?

 

[Abstract83]

It's much deeper than that but yeah, that's part of it.

To quote Zo Williams Go deeper heavy pause for yall pause n1ggas.

 

[big_controversy]

These professional blk women act just like Robin Givens in Boomerang...they think their nvccas

 

[Ol’Otis]

Anyone think Hav Plenty was a Boomerang cousin..

it was cool
wouldn't say the cousin tho it was too short

 

[BlackSuperman]

Classic RC right there. They don't make em that way much anymore

I was thinking that while watching movies around that era. Boomerang was like a black Hollywood all stars movie.

 

[NigerianDonDada]

great thread

 

[BlackSuperman]

John Witherspoon said on the Breakfast Club that that entire scene with Eddie was Ad-Libbed

Lank?

 

[Abstract83]

I was thinking that while watching movies around that era. Boomerang was like a black Hollywood all stars movie.

True. So many fine women in there.

 

[BlackSuperman]

True. So many fine women in there.