Review of Putney Swope (1969) by Wai T — 19 Jan 2008
I think I like this because it's so different from most of what I've seen lately... and I've been seeing a lot of boring, derivative shit.
This was way before I existed so I expect some of the social commentary about advertising and black people to be less poignant than intended, but the absurdity of the dialogue and characters are still fucking awesome.
Plus "Are you ready to die? Yeah I'm ready to die. I'm ready to go anywhere, do anything, walk, talk, smart, be anything, to do what I got to do man. I'm gon die. Dying mean nothin to me man." was sampled in the From The Abundance of the Heart The Mouth Speaks by Femme Fatale.
This review of Putney Swope (1969) was written by Wai T on 19 Jan 2008.
Putney Swope has generally received positive reviews.
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