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</tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="575"><div> Reviewed By George O. Singleton</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="549" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="545"><div> <I>Superfly,</I> it Ain't </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="580" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div> Leon: Tim Meadows</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="280"><div> Julie: Karyn Parson</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div> Lance: Will Ferrell</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="280"><div> Barney: Lee Evans</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Honey DeLune: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Janitor in bar: John Witherspoon</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div> Lester: Billy Dee Williams</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="280"><div> Teresa: Tamala Jones</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="293"><div> Director: Reginald Hudlin</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="280"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="280" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>30 Second Bottom Line</B>: After a foul mouth disc jockey is fired, he chases one of the women he had an affair with while the husbands and boyfriends of the numerous women he has serviced chase him.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Story Line:</B> Leon (Tim Meadows) is a DJ who loses his job when he crosses the line and starts talking about anal sex. He tries to find another job with the help of his sidekick Julie (Karyn Parson). Lester (Billy Dee Williams) owns the local bar where Leon spends a lot of time. Leon lives on a house boat and he sleeps on a water bed, as there is "More motion in the ocean."  Please be patient with me as this is what the story is about. It was painful to watch and even more so to write about.</div> <bR> <div> Leon gets a letter signed by `Sweet Thing' saying she wants to run away with him. It's clear the woman has money and that's great because Leon is unemployed and does not want to work. The problem is that <I>all </I>of his conquests are called `Sweet Thing' so he starts knocking on the doors of his former lovers searching for the right one.</div> <bR> <div> At a self-help meeting (of some sort) there is a group of men who've all had Leon sleep with their significant others at some time in the past. Lance (Will Ferrell) is the husband of Honey DeLune (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen). He seeks revenge and leads the band of 20 or so men on a search and destroy mission to get Leon. In this mock musical Lance and his friends break into song and dance on a number of occasions. A lady sitting in front of me told her girlfriends after the first number "That wasn't even necessary."</div> <bR> <div> Eventually Leon finds his true love and all ends well.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Tell Me More About It</B>: As with a number of lightweight comedies, the best scenes are shown in the film's trailer. Such is the case here. At best it should be a one-hour special on HBO. There are numerous "Saturday Night Live" cast members in the film and the laughs last about as long as on the TV show.  </div> <bR> <div> <I>The Ladies Man</I> is exactly what Spike Lee was satirizing when he made <A HREF="id617.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bamboozled"><U><I>Bamboozled.</I></U></A> In some ways this film is no worse than other junk films which don't feature an African American as the lead. The difference is that this movie takes on gross dejure topics, in addition to oral and anal sex. It also throws in a racial twist with an infatuation with penile size along with the Afro hairstyle and dress of the <I>Superfly</I> days of the 1970's. Not only is the movie not funny, it's black face in a not so subtle way. Leon actually says he wants to "Get money without having to earn it."</div> <bR> <div> Just in case the no work, welfare mentality of this character has not convinced you that this is black face without the make up, consider the delicacies that are served in Lester's bar. They start out with pig's feet, chitterlings, and go down from there. The only thing left off the menu is watermelon. White folks eat plenty of that but the only place I've seen pig's feet on the menu was at a restaurant in France. </div> <bR> <div> The only reason I have given this a ½* rating is that progress of sorts is made when a gang of mostly white men is chasing a black man to kill him and that part of the plot is without racial overtones. </div> <bR> <div> A soon to be released film called <I>The Visit</I> stars Billy Dee Williams and that will atone for his performance in this crap. As the credits rolled and I walked from the theater I could only think about Eddie Murphy's voice as he impersonates an old lady excited about a good looking man when she says "Billie Dee, Billie Dee"… yes, Billie Dee what have you done?</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="591" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="587"><div> R (sex; language)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="587"><div> George O. Singleton © 2000</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="587"><div> <A HREF="mailto:Reelmoviec@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Reelmoviec@aol.com"><U><U>George@reelmoviecritic.com</U></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Mini Filmography </div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="622" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Tim Meadows: <I>Saturday Night Live</I>- TV</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="329"><div> Karyn Parsons: <I>Lush Life</I>-TV</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> Billy Dee Williams: <I><B>The Visit</B></I><B> </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Lee Evans: <I>There's Something About Mary</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Julianne Moore: <I>The End of the Affair</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="329"><div> John Witherspoon: <I>Bulworth</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> Will Ferrell:<A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Drowning Mona"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Drowning Mona"><U><I><B>Drowning Mona</B></I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="329"><div> Tamala Jones: <I>The Wood</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Tiffani-Amber Thiessen: <I>Love Stinks</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Reginald Hudlin: <I>The Great White Hype</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="407" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="401"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="401" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>