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Jinx'd (2000)
Stereotype-laced comedy about an African-American comedian. Down-on-his-luck AM Radio comedian Ryan Lawson is given the wrong directions to a gig by his agent and ends up performing his outrageous hip-hop comedy for a redneck white supremacist group. Causing an uproar, Ryan rockets to celebrity status and finds himself in a whirlwind of hilarity as he meets comedian after comedian in his climb to the big time. Ryan takes them on, finally going joke-to joke with Master Jinx, the guru of sleaze comedy in a national comedy contest that could make or break Ryan’s career.
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Stereotype-laced comedy about an African-American comedian. Down-on-his-luck AM Radio comedian Ryan Lawson is given the wrong directions to a gig by his agent and ends up performing his outrageous hip-hop comedy for a redneck white supremacist group. Causing an uproar, Ryan rockets to celebrity status and finds himself in a whirlwind of hilarity as he meets comedian after comedian in his climb to the big time. Ryan takes them on, finally going joke-to joke with Master Jinx, the guru of sleaze comedy in a national comedy contest that could make or break Ryan’s career.
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