The street committee released a report that indicated a certain young tellem cat is playing another certain dead (but not really) legend's most memorable role in a movie about oranges. Translation: How the hell Soulja Boy Tellem gon' play Bishop in Juice when that role was and still is immortalized by the dead (but not really) Tupac Shakur? This bothers me on a few levels: not just that Soulja Boy thinks he can fill Tupac's tattoos, but can the dude actually act? Is he gon' try and bring Waka Waka Waka and crew to remake the soundtrack? Replace "Shoot 'Em Up" with "Crank Dat Juice Up?"
Another thought: why are we resuscitating the hood (sub)genre and other early 1990s aesthetics? I'm pretty sure it's not out of nostalgia for days that swiftly past. Is it to introduce this generation to a set of movies that marked an era of Hip Hop's early introductions to mainstream culture and (re)production?
Soulja Boy, follow the path of your rapping forefathers and 'nem: do a cameo on Law and Order as one of Finch's long lost kids, and THEN we'll talk about you taking on a role of this magnitude.
I'm sayin: Tupac didn't dance.
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Another '90s classic being ruined by a generation that doesn't understand the importance of those years. This is sad. ::sighs:: I'm too old to even mess with a remake of something I grew up on.
ReplyDeleteFrist, I would like to say, I am huge fan of your writing, so please take this critique whatever way you want to take it.
ReplyDeleteI think you're putting way too much on this post. You're nostalgically revering a role that was Tupac's first break. He burst upon the scene with this role and, arguably, method-acted Bishop for the rest of his public life.
Soldier Boy, regardless of, IMO, his inferior rapping skills or immature posturing, deserves the same respect Tupac was given when embarked on his FIRST starring movie role.
And BTW Tupac did dance (Digital Underground) to begin his career, with, again arguably, a just as large Hip-Hop dance (The Humpty Dance) as Soldier Boy's "Crank Dat."
I'm not really defending Soldier Boy's essence lol, but I think it is unfair to say he will do the special role Tupac played a disservice before he shows what he can do.
I do agree with the lack of creativity in black movies. Even though there are 2011 versions of Bishop still running around America, and their stories always must be told, we should have more variety of roles instead of remakes of stories that aren't that old...At least try to fool me with a different name lol (Godfather/Goodfellas)
@sdot: thanks for commenting! This post was moreso sarcasm than serious analysis so the over the toppedness (new word!) was intentional.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious to see how this goes down. And if Soulja Boy should indeed do Law and Order first lol