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American Pimp is a 1999 documentary directed by the Hughes Brothers (Albert and Allen Hughes) who where made famous by movies such as Menace II Society and Dead Presidents. The film examines the pimp subculture in the United States. Jump to: navigation, search 1999(MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ...
The Hughes Brothers is the collective named for twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes (b. ...
Menace II Society is a 1993 drama film starring Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate and Jada Pinkett Smith. ...
Dead Presidents is a 1995 thriller directed by the Hughes brothers and stars Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, NBushe Wright and Bokeem Woodbine. ...
Jump to: navigation, search A pimp is an informal term for a man who runs a brothel or otherwise oversees prostitution. ...
As understood in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a set of people with a distinct set of behaviour and beliefs that differentiate them from a larger culture of which they are a part. ...
The documentary consists of first person interviews of people involved in the pimping lifestyle. The interviews are separated by short clips from 1970's blaxploitation films such as Willie Dynamite, The Mack, and Dolemite. Blaxploitation is a portmanteau of the words black and exploitation. ...
Willie Dynamite is a blaxploitation film which features Roscoe Orman (of Sesame Street fame) as a pimp who lives the life. This film, unlike Superfly, is more dramatic to which someone intervenes. ...
The Mack is a 1970s blaxploitation movie starring Max Julien and Richard Pryor. ...
Dolemite is a 1975 blaxploitation film, and is also the name of its principal character, played by Rudy Ray Moore, who co-wrote the film. ...
The first portion of the documentary focuses on pimps working illegally. The illegal pimps that are interviewed are from all over the United States, e.g., Charm from Hawaii, Filmore Slim from San Francisco, and Payroll from Las Vegas. These pimps, and many others discuss their theories on the history of prostitution. The pimps go on to talk about their philosophy on pimping, and how they live their daily life. Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Aloha State Other U.S. States Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle (R) Senators Daniel Inouye (D) Daniel Akaka (D) Official languages Hawaiian and English Area 28,337 km² (43rd) - Land 16,649 km² - Water 11,672 km² (41. ...
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The film also discusses the legal sector of prostitution. Dennis Hof, the owner of the Bunny Ranch in Nevada, is interviewed. He feels that Nevada is much smarter than the other states because they have imposed the proper health and background checks on prostitution, instead of trying to suppress prostitution by making it illegal. Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
The majority of the documentary glorifies the pimping lifestlye. The pimps and prostitutes interviewed mainly discuss the perks of the lifestyle. They talk about the money they have made, and the expensive suits and cars they were able to buy; however, near the end of the film, the interviews involve prostitutes that have died from the lifestyle as well as pimps who are now in jail.
Interviewees
- Rosebudd
- Filmore Slim
- Gorgeous Dre
- Mel Taylor
- Danny Brown
- Ken Red
- Charm
- Latrice
- Jade
- Sir Captain
- Bradley
- Payroll
- Too $hort
- Mr. Ivy
- Bishop Don Magic Juan
- R.P.
- Dennis Hof
- C-Note
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