Films like Bamboozled
Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
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Dear White People
Film · 2014 · also comedy and dramaA campus culture war between Blacks and whites at a predominantly white Ivy League college comes to a head when the staff of a satirical magazine stages an offensive Hall...
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The Middle Man
Film · 2021 · also comedy and dramaFrank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionall...
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A King in New York
Film · 1957 · also comedy and dramaA recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communi...
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American Fiction
Film · 2023 · also comedy and dramaA novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness...
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Hollywood Shuffle
Film · 1987 · also comedyAspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime...
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The Infidel
Film · 2010 · also comedy and dramaBased in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Ars...
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The TV Set
Film · 2007 · also comedyAs a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny...
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The Legend of Barney Thomson
Film · 2015 · also comedy and dramaBarney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he ent...
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The Onion Movie
Film · 2008 · also comedyVenerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts...
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Irresistible
Film · 2020 · also comedy and dramaA Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.
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