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Fifty Shades of Black is a 2016 American romantic comedy movies directed by [[wikipedia:Michael_Tiddes|Michael Tiddes]] and starring [[wikipedia:Marlon_Wayans|Marlon Wayans]]. A parody of the 2015 erotic romantic drama film Fifty Shades of Grey, the film co-stars Kali Hawk, Affion Crockett, Jane Seymour, Andrew Bachelor, Florence Henderson, Jenny Zigrino, Fred Willard and Mike Epps.<ref name=":0">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Black</ref>[[File:Fifty Shades of Black poster.png|thumb|Fifty Shades of Black poster]]
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Fifty Shades of Black is a 2016 American romantic comedy movies directed by [[wikipedia:Michael_Tiddes|Michael Tiddes]] and starring [[wikipedia:Marlon_Wayans|Marlon Wayans]]. This movie was created as a parody for an erotic hit drama movie ''Fifty Shades of Grey''. The movies features Kali Hawk, Affion Crockett, Jane Seymour, Andrew Bachelor, Florence Henderson, Jenny Zigrino, Fred Willard and Mike Epps.<ref name=":0">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Black</ref>[[File:Fifty Shades of Black poster.png|thumb|Fifty Shades of Black poster]]
  
 
==Plot==
 
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==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
  
There is a spoof where Marlon Wayans and Kali Hawk reenact scenes from the BDSM opus as though E.L. James’ characters no longer have filters on their id. Directed by Michael Tiddes, “Black” foregoes too much scene-setting, chronology and logic to stand completely on its own.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-fifty-shades-black-review-20160129-story.html</ref>
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The movie features a common use of the word "Nigga" in both provocative and a comedic manner. One scene shows  a white woman screaming to a black man in a club ''"Nigga who you callin' white"?'' However, the replies was unexpected. The man says to himself that the word "Nigga" turns him on. He even requests the woman to call him "Nigga" again before she leaves the scene. It depicts how black character in this movies are bad and horny person.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4667094/</ref>
  
A strong language profanity used, features the regular used of the word 'Nigga', in both exasperation and in a very comedic manner including one scene where a white woman screams at a black man in a club "Nigga who you callin' white"? before she stomps off, he is shocked before saying to himself "Did she just call me a nigga? Kinda turns me on.........." Before yelling to her as she leaves "Call me a nigga 'gain" excitedly.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4667094/</ref>
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The movie shows the complete opposite of how Fifty Shades of Grey movie is shown. The main character, Christian, who is in the original movie owns a company and earns money out of his own work, shows to be a drug dealer in this movie. There are quite many Black words used to present what a Black man is. Christian address that most black entrepreneurs get money as a drug dealer. There's also a dialogue where Hannah addresses back people negatively;
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'''Hannah Steele:''' I hate you the way black people hate cops.
  
There are quite many Black words used to present what Black man is, as quoted on dialogue:
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'''Christian Black:''' Wow.
  
Christian Black: I got my money the way most black entrepreneurs got theirs.
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'''Hannah Steele:''' I hate you the way Republicans hate Obamacare.
  
Hannah Steele: Real estate?
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'''Christian Black:''' Baby, come on now.
  
Christian Black: Drug dealing.
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'''Hannah Steele:''' I hate you the way Kanye West hates everybody else.
  
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'''Christian Black:''' Well, I'm kind of with him on Taylor Swift.
  
Hannah Steele: I hate you the way black people hate cops.
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(Tiddes, 2016)<ref>"Fifty Shades of Black." imdb.com. IM Global, 2016. Web. 1 Mar. 2021.<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4667094/characters/nm0005541></ref>
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Christian Black: Wow.
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During one sex scene, the camera moves over a series of Black's whip which is named as “12 Years a Slave” and “Django Unchained.” The movie is believed to take on Bill Cosby’s rape allegations in a cheap manner.<ref>https://seattlespectator.com/2016/02/03/fifty-shades-of-black-more-problematic-than-parody/</ref>
 
 
Hannah Steele: I hate you the way Republicans hate Obamacare.
 
 
 
Christian Black: Baby, come on now.
 
 
 
Hannah Steele: I hate you the way Kanye West hates everybody else.
 
 
 
Christian Black: Well, I'm kind of with him on Taylor Swift.
 
 
 
 
 
During one sex scene, the camera scans over a line of Black’s whips that have names like “12 Years a Slave” and “Django Unchained.” The movie also references Bill Cosby’s current rape allegations in a tasteless manner.<ref>https://seattlespectator.com/2016/02/03/fifty-shades-of-black-more-problematic-than-parody/</ref>
 
  
 
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[[Category:Black Racism in Comedy Movies]]
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[[Category:Black-Targeted Racism in Comedy Movies]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:09, 15 March 2021

Fifty Shades of Black is a 2016 American romantic comedy movies directed by Michael Tiddes and starring Marlon Wayans. This movie was created as a parody for an erotic hit drama movie Fifty Shades of Grey. The movies features Kali Hawk, Affion Crockett, Jane Seymour, Andrew Bachelor, Florence Henderson, Jenny Zigrino, Fred Willard and Mike Epps.[1]

Fifty Shades of Black poster

Plot

A shy college student named Hannah, is introduced by a black person named Christian, to romance world soon after she talks with him for her school paper. Their bizarre relationship keeps moving forward despite Christian's inadequacies as a lover and the antics of his bigoted adoptive mother Claire, his exceptional sibling Eli and Hannah's hyper-sexual flat mate Kateesha.[1]

Controversy

The movie features a common use of the word "Nigga" in both provocative and a comedic manner. One scene shows a white woman screaming to a black man in a club "Nigga who you callin' white"? However, the replies was unexpected. The man says to himself that the word "Nigga" turns him on. He even requests the woman to call him "Nigga" again before she leaves the scene. It depicts how black character in this movies are bad and horny person.[2]

The movie shows the complete opposite of how Fifty Shades of Grey movie is shown. The main character, Christian, who is in the original movie owns a company and earns money out of his own work, shows to be a drug dealer in this movie. There are quite many Black words used to present what a Black man is. Christian address that most black entrepreneurs get money as a drug dealer. There's also a dialogue where Hannah addresses back people negatively;

Hannah Steele: I hate you the way black people hate cops.

Christian Black: Wow.

Hannah Steele: I hate you the way Republicans hate Obamacare.

Christian Black: Baby, come on now.

Hannah Steele: I hate you the way Kanye West hates everybody else.

Christian Black: Well, I'm kind of with him on Taylor Swift.

(Tiddes, 2016)[3]

During one sex scene, the camera moves over a series of Black's whip which is named as “12 Years a Slave” and “Django Unchained.” The movie is believed to take on Bill Cosby’s rape allegations in a cheap manner.[4]

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