Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) by Stephen Holden for The New York Times — 25 Oct 1986
If Sweet Sweetback is unforgettable, it is also deeply flawed. The acting is mediocre at best. And in depicting women as grotesque, flailing sex machines serviced by the indifferent stud hero, it matches today's gangsta rap in arrogant misogyny.
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This review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) was written by Stephen Holden and published by The New York Times on 25 Oct 1986.
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song has generally received mixed reviews.
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