Word: bugaloo
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There are a few other characters in the film--Kyle's clowning pal Bugaloo (Marlon Wayans), Kyle's wise old white coach (David Bailey), Kyle's no-nonsense single mother (Tonya Pinkins)--but they don't really have that much to do. However, none of these things matter once the movie reaches the climactic five-on-five streetball tournament...
FRITZ THE CAT is more than a hot-shot college feline chasing tail and getting pussy. It's a zoot-suited, claw-wagging crow shuffling to a Harlem bugaloo. It's three Mickey Mice breaking into cheers as USAF jets strafe New York City. It's stoned eagle at a Village dope party, and a mare raped by a sadistic leftist rabbit. It's pure unadulterated funk, and, aside from riots in the street--I can't think of much that suits the present moment better...
...performance was electrifying. What with his screaming, soft shoe, and a little bugaloo, Brown had the audience hypnotized. One song followed another without a break; Brown ended the show about seven times in the course of the evening and then kept right on going. You could feel him go beyond exhaustion, beyond his reserve until there was nothing left but the writhing, pulsating beat of a man who couldn't stop...
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