![]() ![]() And that is exactly why Sucka is so memorable. ![]() He excoriates the hypocritical ex-radicals, still drawing a cheque from the Man, some of the more suspect manifestations of modern street culture, and even those old, bold superheroes themselves. Wayans hard-hitting parody (he has written for Eddie Murphy) doesnt let up. He discovers that an entire generation of ghetto youths are similarly afflicted by, and addicted to wearing, the gaudy, electroplated gold chains that the evil white gangster Mr Big is responsible for pushing. The dead mans brother, Jack Spade (Wayans), a big-chested incompetent whos been having a less than heroic career in the Marines, returns to the mean streets to avenge his brothers gold-platerd death. Hes OGd, says the cop who uncovers the body wrapped from head to toe in the gold chains that are ubiquitous on the streets of ∺ny Ghetto, USA. Petty hustler Junebug Spade (sic) dies of an overdose, not of drugs, but of gold chains. The central premise has been updated to take account of the hip-hop generation of city kids, in their regulation uniform of tracksuits and gold jewellery. ![]() Written, starring and directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans, who co-wrote 1987s Hollywood Shuffle with Robert Townsend, this hilarious spoof of the Sexploitation films of the early 70s in which a variety of dubious black superheroes like Shaft and Black Gunn got to kick whiteys ass is reminiscent of Shuffle in several ways, not least its terrier-like refusal to allow anyone, no matter how righteous theyre meant to be, escape its wicked parody. Made in 45 days on a budget of $3 million, Im Gonna Git You Sucka recouped its outlay many times over. ![]()
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