Film Man Friday !

[nebsen]

Man Friday" with Richard Roundtree & Peter O'Toole came out around 1974 or 1975 ..I saw this film about that time & never forgot it..most know Roundtree from the ground braking film" Shaft" about 1972 which changed Black films forever & films in general ...now this film is about Robinson Crusoe...which I had seen films about Crusoe as a kid...but this interpretation is a whole new ball game...!! I know some will have a" knee jerk" "reaction to this film.. but for those who have more of a critical thinking mind & can see beyond what takes place on the surface can see a satire about " Race & Colonialism"..stay with this film till the end & one will hopefully see...! Richard Roundtree goes" toe to toe "with Peter O'Toole who was one Britain's finest actors of the 20th century ..I happen to be fans of both Roundtree & O'Toole..but check it out for yourself & see how this films impact's you...enjoy

[zarahan]

Yeah I remember this one from reruns years after it came out, back in the day - Shaft and the "Lord Jim" guy, lol.
It had a good ironic twist. Rather than the noble white guy tutoring the backward savage, Shaft, in the end, its
Peter O'Toole as RObinson, representative of "civilization," who gets schooled.

A good one I have seen in reruns is CATCH THE BLACK SUNSHINE.

One of the characters is the guy who played the warrior training leader in "Roots".
But he changed his name by the time "Roots" came along to Ji Tu Cumbaka.



I dont know why the website below lists it as a "blaxploitation" film. Could be how it was marketed. It would
not win any awards but it actually has a fair plot, a theme of redemption, struggle etc etc, unlike some of the
cheaper drek that passed for film in those halcyon days of the 1970s. WHo can forget such masterpieces as
"Panther Kung Fu"- a cheap cash-in on Panther notoriety and the CHinese martial arts boom? lol Then there
was the whole BS "Mandingo" line of films..



www.cinemaofsoul.com

[zarahan]

The above being said I have great respect for the man below..

[nebsen]

Aug 5, 2019 20:57:41 GMT -5 zarahan said:

Yeah I remember this one from reruns years after it came out, back in the day - Shaft and the "Lord Jim" guy, lol.
It had a good ironic twist. Rather than the noble white guy tutoring the backward savage, Shaft, in the end, its
Peter O'Toole as RObinson, representative of "civilization," who gets schooled.

A good one I have seen in reruns is CATCH THE BLACK SUNSHINE.

One of the characters is the guy who played the warrior training leader in "Roots".
But he changed his name by the time "Roots" came along to Ji Tu Cumbaka.



I dont know why the website below lists it as a "blaxploitation" film. Could be how it was marketed. It would
not win any awards but it actually has a fair plot, a theme of redemption, struggle etc etc, unlike some of the
cheaper drek that passed for film in those halcyon days of the 1970s. WHo can forget such masterpieces as
"Panther Kung Fu"- a cheap cash-in on Panther notoriety and the CHinese martial arts boom? lol Then there
was the whole BS "Mandingo" line of films..



www.cinemaofsoul.com

Did not see many of the Blackploitation films of the late 60's & early 70's a few that featured marital arts ..I did see..but most I had no desire to see...but you might remember a few years back 2 films that did a great job of spoofs of the genre that I did really like was Jackie Brown with the fine Pam Grier who was a star of the genre that was a good heist film.. & Black Dynamite with my boy Michael Jari White who is a marital arts Black Belt that had me rolling on the floor with
laughter...!!!

[zarahan]

LOL Black DYNOmite!