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Pootie Tang

2001 · 81 min

A wildly silly, joke-dense ride with a hero who speaks gibberish, mixing blaxploitation satire and surreal gags for a cult-comedy experience.

Directed by
Louis C.K.
Genres
Comedy, Action
Tagline
Too cool for words.
Overview
Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who try to steal his magic belt and make him sell out by endorsing addictive products to his people. Pootie must learn to find himself and defeat the evil corporation for all the young Black children of America, supatime.

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Directed by
Louis C.K.
Genres
Comedy, Action
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • corruption
  • power
  • love
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour9
Realism2
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Genres
comedy, action
Directed by
Louis C.K.
Written by
Louis C.K.
Starring
Lance Crouther, JB Smoove, Jennifer Coolidge, Reg E. Cathey, Robert Vaughn, Wanda Sykes, Chris Rock, Mario Joyner
Music
Quincy Jones III
Cinematography
Willy Kurant
Runtime
81 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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