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Bringing Down the House
(Reviewed February 28, 2003)
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The studio should have simply called this stupid, TV-sitcom-level unfunny, cheerfully racist film "Negro in the House." What is the worst possible thing that could happen to an uptight white lawyer?
Why, coming home
to find a "Negro in the House," of course! She's rude, she's lewd, she's crude--and she's gonna invite over all of her scary black friends to par-tay in your mansion while you're away! Then she'll show
up at your country club, and deliver some black-mama ghetto-style whoop-ass on a skinny white bitch! Eventually, of course, whitey Steve Martin will realize that big, black Queen Latifah is actually a
blessing in disguise...and a real help with the kids, too! And you can be sure that Martin will get down and funky in homeboy mufti before the credits roll, in a scene that is roughly as hilarious as Al Jolson
eating watermelon and fried chicken while tap-dancing in blackface. Which he probably never did, but I'm just making a point, otay? Sheesh! (NOTE: It turns out that Mr. Jolson actually DID do a scene
like that; go here: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0026007 . I was stunned when I received this info from A Loyal Reader Who Probably Prefers Anonymity.)
"Bringing Down the House" is shiznit, pure and simple. Word!
Back Row Grade: F
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