Hollywood Shuffle
Hollywood Shuffle is a 1987 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. Produced, directed, and cowritten by Robert Townsend, the film is semiautobiographical, reflecting Townsends experiences as a black actor when he was told he was not black enough for certain roles.
After the audition, Bobby talks with Mr. Jones, who questions Bobbys dedication to Winky Dinky Dog. A limo then pulls up and the man inside is revealed to be B.B. Sanders Brad Sanders, who plays Batty Boy in Theres a Bat in My House. Ecstatic, Bobby asks Sanders how to tell a good part. Sanders tells him that if his character does not die in the script, then its good part. Sanders also says that it is not about art, it is about the sequel.After this vignette, Bobby is at home when he gets a call from his agent and learns that his audition went well, but they wanted an Eddie Murphytype. Regardless, Bobby gets a callback. That night, he has a nightmare in which the director Eugene Robert Glazer, writer Dom Irrera, and casting director Lisa Mende hound him to be Eddie Murphy. Waiting in line with a group of Eddie Murphy clones, Bobby starts turning into Eddie Murphy himself until he wakes up in shock. ........
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