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Encyclopedia > Pootie Tang
Pootie Tang

Movie poster for Pootie Tang
Directed by Louis C.K.
Produced by Caldecot Chubb
David Gale
Ali LeRoi
Chris Rock
Written by Louis C.K.
Starring Lance Crouther
Wanda Sykes
Chris Rock
Music by Louis C.K.
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) June 29, 2001
Running time 70 min.
Language English
Budget $3 million
IMDb profile

Pootie Tang is a 2001 cult comedy film, directed by Louis C.K.. The film was adapted from a comedy sketch which first appeared on The Chris Rock Show. The character Pootie Tang is a satire of the stereotyped characters who appeared in old blaxploitation films. His speech is mostly unintelligible to the audience, but the other characters in the film have no problem understanding him. Promotional poster for Pootie Tang, deemed This work is copyrighted. ... Louis C.K. or Louis Szekely (born September 12, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer and director. ... Christopher Julius Rock III[1] (born February 7, 1966)or February 7, 1970 is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. ... Louis C.K. or Louis Szekely (born September 12, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer and director. ... Wanda Sykes (born March 7, 1964), also known as Wanda Sykes-Hall or Adriana Bedoya, is an American stand-up comedian and actress. ... Christopher Julius Rock III[1] (born February 7, 1966)or February 7, 1970 is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. ... Louis C.K. or Louis Szekely (born September 12, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer and director. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Comedy film is a film genre designed to be humorous. ... Louis C.K. or Louis Szekely (born September 12, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer and director. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Chris Rock Show was a late night comedy talk show featured on HBO. It was a show that was created by Chris Rock which featured by various guests. ... Shaft (1971) Blaxploitation is a film genre that emerged in the United States in the early 1970s when many exploitation films were made that targeted the urban African American audience; the word itself is a portmanteau of the words “black” and “exploitation. ...

Contents

Plot

Pootie Tang, who is a folk hero of the ghetto and a ladies’ man, has always been a role model for children. Everyone looks up to him except Dick Lecter (played by Robert Vaughn), CEO of LectorCorp, a company that makes cigarettes, alcohol, and fast food. He attempts to steal Pootie's magic belt and coerce him to endorse their addictive products. Pootie has to defeat the corporation for the good of everyone, but without his belt he struggles to win. A ghetto is an area where people from a specific racial or ethnic background live as a group in seclusion, voluntarily or involuntarily. ... Robert Francis Vaughn (born November 22, 1932) is an American actor noted for stage, film and television work, and best known as suave spy Napoleon Solo in the popular 1960s TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., although he continues to be a popular television actor into... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...


Magic Belt

Pootie Tang inherits a belt from his dad that he uses as his weapon of choice. Daddy Tang used this belt to teach Pootie the difference between right and wrong. It is believed to be magical by Pootie and his friends, with it Pootie could supposedly "whup anyone's butt." It is later revealed that the belt is not magical and that Daddy Tang bought it at Piggly Wiggly for $0.95. Arse in English was first recorded circa 1400 (in arce-hoole) and is commonly used in English speaking countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, some former parts of the British Empire. ... Piggly Wiggly is a supermarket chain in the Southeastern and Midwestern states of the United States. ...


Tagline: Too cool for words


Reaction

Critical reaction was mostly negative, with Rotten Tomatoes only gauging 28% positive reviews. [1] Roger Ebert gave it a half-star rating, mostly for what he felt was its excessive use of vulgar language and demeaning portrayal of women.[2] Nathan Rabin at The Onion A.V. Club said Pootie Tang "borders on audience abuse" and "confus[es] idiocy for absurdity and randomness for wit". [3] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ... The Onion is a parody newspaper published weekly in print and on the Internet. ...


Kevin Murphy however, in his book A Year at the Movies, praised the film, saying: Mystery Science Theater 3000s Michael J. Nelson (left) and Kevin Murphy at an Exoticon 1 convention panel in Metairie, Louisiana, November 1998. ...

"Pootie Tang crosses all cultural barriers to become the dumbest movie I've seen in an entire generation. But it is also funny as hell...Pootie Tang strives for the dumbness it achieves, a feat few films can do...this is a good kind of dumb. Like mooning. Like a cat falling off a table."(Murphy, Kevin A Year at the Movies p.172 ISBN 0-06-093786-6)

Pootie Tangisms

Although Pootie Tang speaks in a completely unintelligible jive, everyone he meets seems to understand him. Here are some examples of his vocabulary: Look up jive, jiving in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

"Bammies." many interpretations and usages
"Sa Da Tay." generally positive interpretations
"Wa Da Tah." many interpretations and usages
"Sepatown." many interpretations and usages
"The Tipi Tais." generally accepted as "the kids"
"Dirty Dee, you're a baddy daddy lamatai tabby chai!" a threat, an insult, or both
"What's the Dabble Dee?" generally accepted as "What's the matter?"
"Main Damie." generally accepted as "Best Friend"
"Well Bob, I'm a pone tony." explains his achievement in many diverse fields
"I'm going to sine your pitty on the runny kine!" a warning to his enemies of impending punishment; also used to smooth-talk the ladies
"Ma Dilly." seems to refer to a female "Damie"; he refers to Biggie Shorty as his Dilly
"Nay-no" A convoluted way of simply saying "no"; "I gotta say the Nay-no, my brotha."
"Cole me down on the panny sty" Pootie's way of indicating complicity and friendship in his listener
"Cole me on the panny sty." Close to the above in sound, but gravely different in meaning. Cole me on the panny sty is insultingly non-sensical, as shown by the reaction of Bob Costas
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Pootie Tang

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Trivia

  • The original working title was Pootie Tang in "Sine Your Pitty on the Runny Kine".
  • The late 1990s female R&B trio 702 performed the movie's theme song "Pootie Tangin'."
  • Kanye West and Conan O'Brien are two of the many famous individuals who have referenced Pootie Tang. Conan mentions it on his late night NBC show while Kanye uses a Pootie Tang-ism ("See that's how dude became the young Pootie Tang, tipi tai") in his song "School Spirit" from his debut album The College Dropout.
  • The 2003 movie Scary Movie 3 references Pootie Tang numerous times, as a mix-up with it and a killer video tape results in the central story line.

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Cast

Jennifer Coolidge (b. ... Robert Francis Vaughn (born November 22, 1932) is an American actor noted for stage, film and television work, and best known as suave spy Napoleon Solo in the popular 1960s TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., although he continues to be a popular television actor into... Wanda Sykes (born March 7, 1964), also known as Wanda Sykes-Hall or Adriana Bedoya, is an American stand-up comedian and actress. ... Christopher Julius Rock III[1] (born February 7, 1966)or February 7, 1970 is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. ... Williams appearing as Bodie Broadus in The Wire. ... Mario Joyner (born 1962) is an American stand-up comedian best known for his work on MTVs Half Hour Comedy Hour from 1988-1992. ... Dave Attell (born January 18, 1965) is a popular American stand-up comedian and host of Comedy Centrals Insomniac with Dave Attell. ... Laura Kightlinger (born June 13, 1969, in Jamestown, New York, USA) is an American comedian. ... Rick Shapiro is a notable Los Angeles, California based comedian. ... Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia), better known as Missy Elliott, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, MC, and record producer. ... Cole Hawkins (b. ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Political Film Society - Pootie Tang (545 words)
All Pootie Tang’s speech is in a pseudo-Swahili tongue Tang.
We learn that Pootie Tang’s father (played by Chris Rock) was a strict disciplinarian, who used a magic belt to outfight any challenger and passed his belt onto Pootie Tang before he died.
Then, all alone, Pootie Tang falls into a delirium from all the hard work, and the spirit of his father speaks to him from a cornstalk, urging him to return to Chicago to right the wrongs of the world, or at least those of Lecter Corporation.
Modamag.com | Pootie Tang (Movie Review) (645 words)
Pootie Tang (Lance Crouther) is the baddest brother on Earth.
The character of Pootie Tang was born on the late HBO sketch-comedy program "The Chris Rock Show".
And fearlessly funny "Pootie Tang" is. It’s an old-fashioned gut buster that somehow comes up with a laugh for every minute of its tragically short running time (79 minutes).
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