Yep, you had to see this one coming
From the commercials, it looked like Soul Plane 2. I kept saying to myself during Hot Ghetto Mess “Man, it looks like folks picked the wrong thing to protest against.” Anyway, here is blacktalentnews.com’s take on the movie “Who’s Your Caddy?“
America wasn’t laughing this weekend. “Who’s Your Caddy?” the much anticipated first film from Our Stories Films (a partnership between BET founder Bob Johnson and the Weinstein Bros. and run by Tracey Edmonds to produce urban family comedies that tell ‘our’ stories) opened this weekend with an estimated $2.9 million, averaging only $2,846 from 1,019 screens. No one should be surprised that in addition to the poor box office showing, the film’s insultingly stereotypical content and creative team (a white writer/director) have come under fire.
The film is about a superstar rap mogul, C-Note (Big Boi), who runs into fierce opposition when he tries to join the super stuffy Carolina Pines Golf and Polo Club. Undeterred, C-Note gets the brilliant idea to buy the land adjacent to the golf club’s 17th hole, which he cleverly leverages to gain membership. C-Note’s crew wreaks havoc as they bring their larger-than-life style to the club. As the club’s hoighty-toighty leadership desperately tries to revoke C-Note’s membership, our hero realizes that his family’s honor – and secret record-breaking golf history – is at stake. As he takes on the fight of his life, C-Note pulls out all of the stops to bring down the club’s backwards establishment and welcome them to the 21st century.
Full of crass racial stereotypes including crude, lewd and wantonly irresponsible black characters, fart jokes, midget jokes and never-ending slapstick humor, if this demeaning movie had been made by mainstream Hollywood, it would be courting charges of racism. Moreover, many are questioning the choice to launch the new studio with a project written and directed by a white man (Don Michael Paul).
During an interview at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel last week, I asked Edmonds why hire a white writer/director for the first film out of Our Stories Films if the point is to tell ‘our’ stories. She…more
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