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Bookmark or Share- Hollywood Shuffle - WikipediaHollywood Shuffle is a 1987 American satirical comedy film about the racial stereotypes of African Americans in film and television. The film tracks the attempts of Bobby Taylor to become a successful actor and the mental and external roadblocks he encounters, represented through a series of interspersed vignettes and fantasies.
- 30 Years Later, the Searing Critiques of Hollywood Shuffle Still StingLong before Get Out was crushing box-office expectations, Robert Townsend and Keenan Ivory Wayans hit a similar nerve in 1987 with Hollywood Shuffle, a caustic satire about the dearth of...
- Watch Hollywood Shuffle (1987) - Free Movies - TubiLampoons Hollywood's treatment of non-white talent through a Black actor’s endless rounds of insulting casting calls, hoping to catch his big break.
- Hollywood Shuffle movie review (1987) - Roger EbertIt's the story of Robert Townsend, young black actor from Chicago, talented, ambitious, who wins supporting roles in "Cooley High," "Streets of Fire" and "A Soldier's Story" but fails to gain stardom in a Hollywood where most roles for blacks are stereotypes and the rest go to people named Murphy, Pryor and Glover.
- Robert Townsend looks back on making 'Hollywood Shuffle' - Los Angeles ...“Hollywood Shuffle,” Townsend’s 1987 debut feature film as director, producer, co-writer and star, has just been released on disc by the Criterion Collection, in a newly restored 4K transfer ...
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