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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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- 1987-03-20
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 ...
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The most famous scene from Shuffle involves a fantasy sequence called Black Acting School in which Townsend’s version of himself, Bobby Taylor, imagines white actors instructing black...
Oct 5, 2012 · As he makes his rounds, the film takes a satiric look at African American actors in Hollywood. MGM - 1987. Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6hSubscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly ...
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