It’s a term for the type of comedy movies in the 70s where they would cast all black actors in these low budget films with cheesy dialogue and visuals. Most jokes heavily relied on stereotypes (e.g. lots of characters speaking “jive”) and were aimed at black audiences.
Think “Blacula” instead of “Dracula”
Most people consider them racist now for perpetuating stereotypes, although some point out that they were beloved by black audiences at the time and offered work to a lot of black actors who weren’t finding it otherwise.
It’s a term for the type of comedy movies in the 70s where they would cast all black actors in these low budget films with cheesy dialogue and visuals. Most jokes heavily relied on stereotypes (e.g. lots of characters speaking “jive”) and were aimed at black audiences.
Think “Blacula” instead of “Dracula”
Most people consider them racist now for perpetuating stereotypes, although some point out that they were beloved by black audiences at the time and offered work to a lot of black actors who weren’t finding it otherwise.
It’s a weird piece of US cinema history…