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    It was a shoestring budget thing.” “Truck Turner” (1974), with Isaac Hayes as a pro football player-turned-bounty hunter, and Yaphet Kotto as his nemesis. "Isaac Hayes is so charming ... and Nichelle Nichols — she just gives this crazy performance." Sanders: “Yeah, Uhura from ‘Star Trek,’ who knew? Full Article at PopMatters
    Isaac Hayes is so charming ... and Nichelle Nichols — she just gives this crazy performance.
    – Michael Jai White SOURCE: PopMatters 1 month ago
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  1. That’s also the one that most influenced our plot.
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  2. They’re ‘The Dynamite Brothers,’ ‘Mean Mother’ and ‘Black Heat,’
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  3. It’s our curveball ... It’s true blaxploitation in the sense that there was next to no money put into these movies. ... It was a shoestring budget thing.
    – Michael Jai White SOURCE: PopMatters 1 month ago
  4. That took three of the most dominant black action heroes of the time ... and it’s a crash course in the blaxploitation genre.
    – Michael Jai White SOURCE: PopMatters 1 month ago
  5. It’s hard to find anybody cooler than that.
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  6. They’re all really, really low-rent. And ‘Mean Mother’ is primarily an Italian film, but because the blaxploitation craze was so huge, they took the actor from their movie and had him do a couple of scenes with a guy with an Afro, put those extra scenes in, and that’s the movie. I can just imagine peopl...
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  7. That pimp scene is hilarious ... and the star of it is ... Gordon from ‘Sesame Street,’ which is an added bonus.
    – Michael Jai White SOURCE: PopMatters 1 month ago
  8. Robert Hooks was one of the coolest human beings I’ve ever seen in a leading role to this day
    – Michael Jai White SOURCE: PopMatters 1 month ago
  9. For me, ‘The Mack’ is No. 1 when it comes to content, to story. ... If you had ‘The Mack’ done today, I think it would be nominated for an Academy Award. It’s that good.
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