But Puffy never funkified white entertainment's pattern this well. OK, it is something of a lift, in the same way Puff Daddy's reimaginings of Sting and Christopher Cross are lifts. Tempting as it may be to dismiss "Undercover Brother" as an "Austin Powers" rip-off, don't sell it short. operatives, consisting of Conspiracy Brother (Dave Chappelle), Smart Brother (Gary Anthony Williams), Sistah Girl (Aunjanue Ellis) and their white affirmative-action hire Lance (Neil Patrick Harris), train UB to infiltrate the establishment by instilling in him a tolerance for Michael Bolton and mayonnaise. It seems that through mind control, The Man has taken General Boutwell (Billy Dee Williams), the first black government official with a viable run at the presidency, and brainwashed him to toss away his political career to instead open a chain of fried-chicken shacks. to aid them in their mission of protecting the Afro-American way against the incursion of The Man and his culturally conflicted right-hand guy Mr. The Brother is an independent agent until he's tapped by an underground organization called the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. He wears his leather leisure suits, black-power medallion and perfectly picked afro orb with pride. Powers' faux Bond for a minute and groove with Undercover Brother (Eddie Griffin), a super-stylin' Shaft of a hood hero. "Undercover Brother" smartly mixes everything bad and beautiful about '70s black culture - Jim Kelly and orange soda, Cadillacs and "Soul Train" - into a colorful, cool and completely hilarious ride that'll have you rolling through the outtakes.įorget Mr. With the arrival of "Undercover Brother," consider the drought ended. There's been a real dearth of outstanding spoofs.
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When was the last time you went to a movie and laughed, I mean giggled until it hurt, from the opening scene to the end credits? Been a long time, hasn't it?
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