I can say without a doubt that I wasn't the target audience for this movie. It wasn't the least bit funny. I only watched because Lou Gossett Jr. Was in it and what a mistake that was. How or why they would turn slavery into a light matter is beyond me.
Tell me one Black person that would play such a game as being sold and escaping as a con. I can't think of a riskier or dumber con than that. What's the upside and what's the downside? If it works you've gotten a couple hundred dollars. If it doesn't work:
A. You're a slave for life and all that entails (which is too much to list).
B. You get caught and killed.
So let's do that equation again. Plus a couple hundred dollars, minus your freedom or your life equals hell no. And it isn't remotely funny.
Tell me one Black person that would play such a game as being sold and escaping as a con. I can't think of a riskier or dumber con than that. What's the upside and what's the downside? If it works you've gotten a couple hundred dollars. If it doesn't work:
A. You're a slave for life and all that entails (which is too much to list).
B. You get caught and killed.
So let's do that equation again. Plus a couple hundred dollars, minus your freedom or your life equals hell no. And it isn't remotely funny.