Bobby Taylor (Robert Townsend) is an aspiring black actor from a middle class LA neighborhood. He and Donald (Keenen Ivory Wayans) work at fast food joint Winky Dinky Dog. His family, his friends, and girlfriend Lydia are generally supportive despite the degrading stereotype roles.
This tackles the issue of race in Hollywood. It needs a more concrete central plot. His search for acting work gets scattered. The structure is vignette in nature. Townsend is a little too old to play this wide-eyed character. He's 30 and should be more weary. It does have a lot of individual sections that work. The film criticism is fun. The auditions are pretty standard. The acting class is hilarious with the white guy doing jive. The black and white does not suggest noir but rather blaxoploitation. The Rambo speech is great but it needs to be more epic. Some of this works more than others but when it works, it's fresh.
This tackles the issue of race in Hollywood. It needs a more concrete central plot. His search for acting work gets scattered. The structure is vignette in nature. Townsend is a little too old to play this wide-eyed character. He's 30 and should be more weary. It does have a lot of individual sections that work. The film criticism is fun. The auditions are pretty standard. The acting class is hilarious with the white guy doing jive. The black and white does not suggest noir but rather blaxoploitation. The Rambo speech is great but it needs to be more epic. Some of this works more than others but when it works, it's fresh.