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This week on Total Movie Recall, these two born-insecure honkies break down the seminal Blaxploitation movie of 1975 and do a pathetic job of trying to reconcile its progressive vision of black empowerment with the misogyny of the pimp game. It gets complicated.

Dolemite (1975)

d. D\'Urville Martin

Story by: Rudy Ray Moore

Starring:
Rudy Ray Moore
D\'Urville Martin
Lady Reed
Jerry Jones
Hy Pyke

Dolemite is released from jail after being wrongfully convicted to take on rival pimp Willie Green, corrupt police officers who framed him and even the mayor! With the help of his friends: Queen Bee (the madame of his brothel), Creeper (the heroin addict Hamburger Pimp), Reverend Gibbs (the gun-running preacher), and his gang of female prostitute karate experts, Dolemite takes back his turf and club through martial arts prowess and sheer oratory showmanship.

Things discussed in the show:

Blaxploitation films

The Jerk (Carl Reiner, Steve Martin,\\xa0Bernadette Peters,\\xa0Catlin Adams)

Black Mama White Mama (Eddie Romero, Pam Grier,\\xa0Margaret Markov,\\xa0Sid Haig)

Coffy (Jack Hill, Pam Grier,\\xa0Booker Bradshaw,\\xa0Robert DoQui)

Shaft 1971 (Gordon Parks, Richard Roundtree,\\xa0Moses Gunn,\\xa0Charles Cioffi)

The Last Dragon (Michael Schultz, Taimak,\\xa0Vanity,\\xa0Christopher Murney)

Wu Tang Clan

Kung Fu and Hip Hop

Fargo season 1 (Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman)

Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian

Blood Simple (Joel Coen,\\xa0Ethan Coen, John Getz,\\xa0Frances McDormand,\\xa0Dan Hedaya)

The Little Things (John Lee Hancock, Denzel Washington,\\xa0Rami Malek,\\xa0Jared Leto)

The Midnight Sky (George Clooney, George Clooney,\\xa0Felicity Jones,\\xa0David Oyelowo)

Dolemite is my Name (Craig Brewer, Scott Alexander,\\xa0Larry Karaszewski, Eddie Murphy,\\xa0Keegan-Michael Key,\\xa0Mike Epps)

Sweet Sweetback\'s Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales,\\xa0John Dullaghan)

Twin Peaks (Mark Frost,\\xa0David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan,\\xa0Michael Ontkean,\\xa0M\\xe4dchen Amick)

Mad Max

Repo Man\\xa0(Alex Cox,\\xa0Harry Dean Stanton,\\xa0Emilio Estevez,\\xa0Tracey Walter,\\xa0Zander Schloss)

Rudy Ray Moore\'s influence on Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes and hip hop in general

Three Penny Opera (Georg Wilhelm Pabst\\xa0(as G.W. Pabst), Rudolf Forster,\\xa0Lotte Lenya,\\xa0Carola Neher)

The Mack (Michael Campus, Max Julien,\\xa0Don Gordon,\\xa0Richard Pryor)

Song: Mack the Knife

Gaspar Noe

Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel,\\xa0Tim Roth,\\xa0Michael Madsen)

Pulp Fiction\\xa0(Quentin Tarantino,\\xa0John Travolta,\\xa0Uma Thurman,\\xa0Samuel L. Jackson,\\xa0Tim Roth,\\xa0Amanda Plummer,\\xa0Bruce Willis,\\xa0Ving Rhames,\\xa0Rosanna Arquette,\\xa0Eric Stoltz,\\xa0Steve Buscemi,\\xa0Christopher Walken,\\xa0Kathy Griffin)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Thirstin Howl III - Skilligan\'s Island

THX 1138 (George Lucas, Robert Duvall,\\xa0Donald Pleasence,\\xa0Don Pedro Colley)

Elvis level Karate

Jackie Chan / Jet Li / Chuck Norris / Bruce Lee

The Big Lebowski\\xa0(Joel Coen,\\xa0Ethan Coen,\\xa0Jeff Bridges,\\xa0John Goodman,\\xa0Julianne Moore,\\xa0Steve Buscemi,\\xa0David Huddleston,\\xa0Philip Seymour Hoffman,\\xa0Tara Reid,\\xa0Flea,\\xa0John Turturro)

Titanic\\xa0(James Cameron,\\xa0Leonardo DiCaprio,\\xa0Kate Winslet,\\xa0Billy Zane)

Rudy Ray Moore albums (Eat Out More Often,\\xa0This Pussy Belongs To Me, and\\xa0The Dirty Dozens)

Barry (Alec Berg,\\xa0Bill Hader, Stephen Root,\\xa0Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan, Henry Winkler)

The Princess Bride

The Human Tornado (Cliff Roquemore, Rudy Ray Moore,\\xa0Lady Reed,\\xa0Jimmy Lynch)

Disco Godfather (J. Robert Wagoner,\\xa0Cliff Roquemore, Rudy Ray Moore,\\xa0Carol Speed,\\xa0Jimmy Lynch)

Big Money Hustlas (John Cafiero, Violent J,\\xa0Shaggy 2 Dope,\\xa0Jamie Madrox, Rudy Ray Moore, Insane Clown Posse)

Blacula (William Crain, William Marshall,\\xa0Vonetta McGee,\\xa0Denise Nicholas)

Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood,\\xa0Andrew Robinson,\\xa0Harry Guardino)

Pirates of the Caribbean

They Call Me\\xa0Mister\\xa0Tibbs!\\xa0(Gordon Douglas, Sidney Poitier,\\xa0Martin Landau,\\xa0Barbara McNair)

Forest Gump\\xa0(Robert Zemeckis,\\xa0Tom Hanks,\\xa0Robin Wright,\\xa0Gary Sinise)

James Bond

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial\\xa0(Steven Spielberg,\\xa0Henry Thomas,\\xa0Drew Barrymore,\\xa0Peter Coyote)

Top quotes:

"That rat-soup-eatin\', insecure honky motherfucker!"

"Ghosts? If you ever see a ghost, cut the motherfucker."

"Dolemite is my name, and fuckin\' up motherfuckers is my game!"

"Man, move over and let me pass \'fore they have be to pullin\' these Hush Puppies out your motherfuckin\' ass!"

"I\'m waitin\' for Dolemite! - For who? - Dolemite, motherfucker, you heard her."

Next week: Napoleon Dynamite