Robert Townsend
Bobby Taylor/Jasper/Speed/Sam Ace/Rambro
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Hollywood Shuffle is a 1987 American satirical comedy film about the racial stereotypes of African Americans in film and television. The film tracks the attempts of Bobby Taylor to become a successful actor and the mental and external roadblocks he encounters, represented through a series of interspersed vignettes and fantasies.
Mar 20, 1987 · Hollywood Shuffle: Directed by Robert Townsend. With Robert Townsend, Craigus R. Johnson, Helen Martin, Starletta DuPois. An actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity, dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer.
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May 14, 2021 · Looking to make an indie movie? Robert Townsend would tell you to do it all yourself! Townsend wrote, directed, produced, and starred in his iconic debut sat...
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The story behind "Hollywood Shuffle" is more thrilling than anything on the screen. It's the story of Robert Townsend, young black actor from Chicago, talented, ambitious, who wins supporting roles in "Cooley High," "Streets of Fire" and "A Soldier's Story" but fails to gain stardom in a Hollywood where most roles for blacks are stereotypes and the rest go to people named Murphy, Pryor and Glover.
Hollywood The aesthetics in Shuffle are quite impressive for an independent movie. You wouldn't know it was a five-figure budget unless you noticed a few actors who were performing many roles ...
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Mar 20, 2017 · From Samuel Goldwyn/Everett Collection. Long before Get Out was crushing box-office expectations, Robert Townsend and Keenan Ivory Wayans hit a similar nerve in 1987 with Hollywood Shuffle, a ...
