Now with that said, Id like to concentrate on these movies protagonists: Bobby, Wayman and Malcolm. Also, Bobby gets into the trainee program and Wayman gets Natalie at the end. Shortly after the deals made, the white co-worker who sabotaged Waymans deal confesses and Wayman is made a partner at the firm. After Wayman tells Bobby his plans to quit, Bobby uses his ingenuity to make Waymans deal happen with some Black men who own a Harlem Bank (The Holloran Brothers/Brothas). Once Wayman realizes this, he finds Bobby and apologizes. In the midst of the scandal, Wayman is tricked into believing Bobby's responsible for delivering a wrong set of documents to his intended clients.įortunately Waymans secretary discovers the error and lets him know Bobby wasnt at fault. Ultimately what happens is the deal Wayman is banking on to make him a partner gets sabotaged by one of his white co-workers. The deal is this: If Bobby introduces the uptight, token-ish Wayman to his dream-girl Natalie (Halle Berry), Wayman will get Bobby into the firms broker trainee program. Strictly Business is about ∛obby (Tommy Davidson) a mail-room clerk who works for a big firm and how he strikes up a deal with one of the firms Black executives, Wayman Tisdale (Joseph C. Now, unlike ∝ope, Strictly business had a limited release into theaters or in industry terms, it was made available to a selected audience. And it was produced by Andre Harrell, Diddys former boss over at Uptown records. This movie was directed by Kevin Hooks and written by Nelson George (the famous music journalist) and Pam Gibson. Strictly Business is a comedic film released into american theaters on November 8th, 1991. And from this same scheme, Malcolm extorts a guaranteed acceptance into Harvard out of the drug-dealing interviewer.Īnd my apologies for 'spoiling' the film to those who haven't seen it, but Im trying to make a point. And basically, they set up a scheme where the Harvard interviewer will be exposed for his drug-dealing if anything happens to Malcolm. Malcolm, Jib and Diggy devise a plan to sell the dope with the aid of a veteran stoner/hacker theyd met in band camp years ago. But if Malcolm fails, the Harvard interviewer lets him know hell suffer dire consequences. And if he accomplishes the task hell make sure Malcolm gets into Harvard. Once Malcolm realizes this, the Harvard interviewer (played by Roger Guenveur Smith) orders Malcolm to sell the dope. While hiding from the invaders, Dom puts the drugs, a gun and a cellphone into Malcolms back pack.Īfter Malcolm discovers the drugs and receives instructions to return them, he runs into several characters that lead him to the house of his Harvard interviewer, who happens to be the person the drugs belong to. Malcolm attends the party where Dom tries to buy some dope but the transaction gets interrupted by rival drug dealers. While biking home, a drug-dealer named ∝om (A$AP Rocky) asks Malcolm to invite a certain girl to his birthday party, the girl becomes so enchanted with Malcolm that she lets Dom know she wont come to the party unless Malcolm does too. The counselor then tells Malcolm he should find another way to impress the Harvard interviewer hell have to meet in order to get into the school. Malcolm is a straight A student with high SAT scores who dreams of going to Harvard, but his ambitions come under fire from a school counselor who says the colleges administrators will be dismissive of his achievements due to where he lives. The plot of this flick is as follows: Malcolm (Shameik Moore) is a high school senior whose best friends Jib and ∝iggy all live in the Inglewood, California neighborhood known as the bottoms. So the freemasonic agenda is deeply embedded in this piece of propaganda posing as a movie. This film was produced by Forrest Whitaker (The Butler, upcoming Roots remake) and co-executive produced by Sean Combs (Diddy) and Pharrell Williams. Hes been quoted as stating how this movie is semi-autobiographical and shows some of the travails he encountered trying to stay on the right path in that community. The movie Dope was written and directed by Rick Fumuyiwa, a brotha who grew up in the city of Inglewood, California, where this story takes place. A short time later, the flick was re-released on September 4th, 2015 during the Labor Day weekend. It won such critical acclaim that on June of that year, the film was released into american theaters by Open Road Pictures. In January of 2015 the movie ∝ope debuted at the Sundance Film festival. Monday, MaThe cult of Black and white cinematic symbolism (Part 7).'Dopey' white fascism and brothas who are 'Strictly Business'.
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