Dissecting the Casual Racism of “Airplane!”
Airplane! (1980) is a fun spoof comedy with lots of laughs, right? I watched this film for the first time the other night. I loved it. Then came the racist jokes.
Brown Sugar 2
The follow-up to the racy Brown Sugar anthology - this time three up-and-coming directors put their dark and surreal spin to the sensual collection of short stories.
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The follow-up to the racy Brown Sugar anthology - this time three up-and-coming directors put their dark and surreal spin to the sensual collection of short stories.
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Genre:Drama, Thriller, Romance, Science Fiction
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Runtime:102 minutes
Studio:Baa-Ram-Ewe, Sahamongkolfilm
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