At the movies
'Hollywood Shuffle' offers hilarious comedy
Entrance into the gilded
halls of Hollywood still re
quires eating crow, and the re
cent Robert Townsend
release, ‘‘Hollywood Shuf
fle.” spells out the system's
foibles in definitive detail.
Review by
Jackie Barry
A hilarious comedy, it’s the
story of an aspiring black ac
tor, Bobby Taylor (played by
Robert Townsend), and his
struggle against stereotyped
roles.
Townsend acted most
recently in "Ratboy,” and
also played in “A Soldier’s
Story." He produced, directed
and helped write the
screenplay for "Hollywood
Shuffle,” his first official ef
fort in these areas.
In "Hollywood Shuffle."
Taylor auditions for the
leading role in an upcoming
production from Tinsel Town
Pictures called "liveman
Jimmy's Revenge." If he gets
the role, he'll play a street
pimp: "jive, tough... Mur
phonic.” the producers tell
him.
Taylor vacillates in his
resolve to get this rule as he
runs interference with his
boss at the Winky Dinky Dog
hot-dog stand (where he wears
a white cap adorned with
hornlike hot dog halves) and
fields advice from co-workers,
family and fellow actors.
One co-worker criticizes
Taylor for what he thinks are
pipe dreams “You got an op
portunity here.” he tells
Taylor of his job at Winky
Dinky Dog. “After five years,
they let me lock up the
place!”
Peopled by a talented group
called the Hollywood Shuffle
Players, performances by
Taylor's boss (John Withers
poon) and his co-workers
(l.udie Washington and
I)amon VVayans) were par
ticularly great, but most other
supporting players were ex
cellent also.
The script, by Townsend
and keenan Wayans. stacked
up episodes from Taylor's real
life and his day dreams, blen
ding cliches and caricatures in
a riotous fashion.
One daydream depicted a
commercial for the first black
acting school where black ac
tors and actresses can learn
how to jive walk and talk frum
talented token whites.
Another daydream shows
Townsend and another player
as hosts of "Sneakin' In the
Movies." on which they rate
any movies they've been able
to sneak into during the week.
Townsend's crew blended a
variety of film stocks and fast
paced editing into visually
dynamic entertainment. The
editing also adds a few comic
touches of its own, as in a
dream sequence depicted the
two-faced white producers of
"Jiveman Jimmy’s Revenge."
'Assault' unconventional, unflinching Eddie Murphy s back
"The Assault " showing at the
Bijou is just that; an unflinching
assault on convention, morals,
betrayal, sacrifice and human
motivation, all put to the acid
test in this poignant tale of
World War II
Review by
Mary Courtis
Anton or "Tonny” is a
12-year-old Dutch boy waiting
out the war and winter with his
parents and brother Peter. Food
is scarse. fuel scant and morale
low. But the family clings
together and to the hope that by
remaining non-commital and
avoiding the Germans, they can
survive this time of conflict.
Then fate throws them a cruel
curve. Kake Pleug, a German
collaborator and suspected cut
throat. is shot on their street and
their next door neighbors move
the body in front of Tonny’s
house.
Tonny and the rest of his
family are arrested, their house
torched and more than 20
prisoners brutally shot on the
site.
The next day he learns his
parents have been exec uted and
the Germans bundle the boy off
to Amsterdam where he has an
uncle. Shortly afterwards the
war ends and the rest of the
movie focuses on the next -to
years of Tunny's life as he at
tempts to exorcise his
psychological demons and
make sense of what happened to
himself and his family on lhal
fateful night
In this regard. Tunny’s
pilgrimage is a sad and often
suprising one. Through his
eyes and later experiences we
come to see that observations,
which seemed obvious at first,
are really ambiguous, and true
motivations not so easy to pin
down.
Why do people act the way
they act in war? This thoughtful
movie suggests the answer to
this question is complex and
only half understood even in
retrospect. "The Assault” pro
ves it is an important film by
showing the line between vie*
tim and villan is a thin one and
blame as relative as morality.
"The Assault" shows nightly
at the Bijou through Thursday.
After receiving little critical
acclaim fur his rule in the movie
"GoldenChild." Kddie Murphy
has humoruusly dancer! his way
back on top in the newly releas
ed action-comedy. "Beverly
Hills Cop II "
Murphy, who has been on a
rollercoaster career ride since
his first film success."4H
Hours." in 10811. is again riding
high as he is joined by favorite
members of the original cast
from "Beverly Hills Cop I."
This time around, like last
time, Murphy's shenanigans are
supported by a seasoned group
of co-actors. Some of the
movie’s finest moments again
include the hilarious antics of
Rosewood (fudge Kinehold) and
Taggart (John Ashton). These
two. much Iikt> l.aurel and Mar
dv. never Minin to know
what's going OH as they struggle
to find the answers Itehiml the
attempted murder of their boss,
Lieutenant Bogomil.
Rosewood is still Taggart's
naive second-man hut a new
twist finds him obsessed with
heavy weaponry which accen
tuates his shy character just
enough to grab laughs.
Rosewood attempts ill
advised counseling which
sounds more like slapstick
comedy. Together the two are as
helpless as Siamese twins doing
the backstroke. Then Axel Foley
(Murphy) shows up!
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