TMR 060 – Dolemite

Total Movie Recall

This week on Total Movie Recall, these two born-insecure honkies break down the seminal Blaxploitation movie of 1975 and do a pathetic job of trying to reconcile its progressive vision of black empowerment with the misogyny of the pimp game. It gets complicated. Dolemite (1975) d. D'Urville Martin Story by: Rudy Ray Moore Starring: Rudy Ray Moore D'Urville Martin Lady Reed Jerry Jones Hy Pyke

Dolemite is released from jail after being wrongfully convicted to take on rival pimp Willie Green, corrupt police officers who framed him and even the mayor! With the help of his friends: Queen Bee (the madame of his brothel), Creeper (the heroin addict Hamburger Pimp), Reverend Gibbs (the gun-running preacher), and his gang of female prostitute karate experts, Dolemite takes back his turf and club through martial arts prowess and sheer oratory showmanship.

Things discussed in the show: Blaxploitation films The Jerk (Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams) Black Mama White Mama (Eddie Romero, Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Sid Haig) Coffy (Jack Hill, Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui) Shaft 1971 (Gordon Parks, Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi) The Last Dragon (Michael Schultz, Taimak, Vanity, Christopher Murney) Wu Tang Clan Kung Fu and Hip Hop Fargo season 1 (Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman) Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian Blood Simple (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya) The Little Things (John Lee Hancock, Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto) The Midnight Sky (George Clooney, George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo) Dolemite is my Name (Craig Brewer, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan) Twin Peaks (Mark Frost, David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick) Mad Max Repo Man (Alex Cox, Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter, Zander Schloss) Rudy Ray Moore's influence on Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes and hip hop in general Three Penny Opera (Georg Wilhelm Pabst (as G.W. Pabst), Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher) The Mack (Michael Campus, Max Julien, Don Gordon, Richard Pryor) Song: Mack the Knife Gaspar Noe Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen) Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Rosanna Arquette, Eric Stoltz, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Walken, Kathy Griffin) Who Framed Roger Rabbit Thirstin Howl III - Skilligan's Island THX 1138 (George Lucas, Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley) Elvis level Karate Jackie Chan / Jet Li / Chuck Norris / Bruce Lee The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid, Flea, John Turturro) Titanic (James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane) Rudy Ray Moore albums (Eat Out More Often, This Pussy Belongs To Me, and The Dirty Dozens) Barry (Alec Berg, Bill Hader, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan, Henry Winkler) The Princess Bride The Human Tornado (Cliff Roquemore, Rudy Ray Moore, Lady Reed, Jimmy Lynch) Disco Godfather (J. Robert Wagoner, Cliff Roquemore, Rudy Ray Moore, Carol Speed, Jimmy Lynch) Big Money Hustlas (John Cafiero, Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, Jamie Madrox, Rudy Ray Moore, Insane Clown Posse) Blacula (William Crain, William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas) Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino) Pirates of the Caribbean They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (Gordon Douglas, Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair) Forest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise) James Bond E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote) Top quotes: "That rat-soup-eatin', insecure honky motherfucker!" "Ghosts? If you ever see a ghost, cut the motherfucker." "Dolemite is my name, and fuckin' up motherfuckers is my game!" "Man, move over and let me pass 'fore they have be to pullin' these Hush Puppies out your motherfuckin' ass!" "I'm waitin' for Dolemite! - For who? - Dolemite, motherfucker, you heard her." Next week: Napoleon Dynamite