Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
Fifty Shades of Black is a 2016 American romantic comedy movies directed by Michael Tiddes and starring 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.[1]
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
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.[2]
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.[3]
There are quite many Black words used to present what Black man is, as quoted on dialogue:
Christian Black: I got my money the way most black entrepreneurs got theirs.
Hannah Steele: Real estate?
Christian Black: Drug dealing.
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.
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.[4]
