Review of Head of State (2003) by Buddy K — 18 Aug 2011
Prophetic of Obama getting elected I suppose but that actually happening sort of takes the zaniness out of a movie about (GASP) a black man running for President. There's also not many parallels other than skin color and party because the Chris Rock character is portrayed as sort of a common man's president.
As for the actual film, I did not care for it, the humor is flat, the satire uninspired and it parades around so many black stereotypes (and other stereotypes too) that you're surprised to see that not only was it written by somebody who is not an ignorant white southern person but Chris Rock himself wrote and directed it.
Perhaps people will stop portraying African Americans as broad stereotypes once white people stop laughing at it and once African Americans stop portraying themselves as such.
This review of Head of State (2003) was written by Buddy K on 18 Aug 2011.
Head of State has generally received mixed reviews.
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