Word: harlemization
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...walkers, not to mention the "Springtime for Hitler" extravaganza. The big "Puttin' on the Ritz" number, with the monster (Shuler Hensley) stepping out in top hat and wails, comes the closest. But give Irving Berlin a lot of the credit - with a small nod to Astaire's "Bojangles in Harlem" number from Swingtime...
...with excitement were quite a departure from the room’s usual bleary-eyed inhabitants—but then again, the night ahead of them was a far cry from lecture. Apollo Night, hosted by the Black Students Association (BSA), is a nod to the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, where audience members take control of the show during amateur nights. The crowd’s reaction dictates all—offending acts are booed off-stage, and the winner is voted in by enthusiastic cheers. The show’s acts varied in genre as well as skill, including...
...seems to me that studies of the modern criminal have not advanced very much in that time. As evidence we might consider Ridley Scott's American Gangster, which is based on the true story of a drug lord named Frank Lucas, who in the 1970s cornered the Harlem heroin market and thereby made millions upon millions. He is a black man, no less a member of a struggling underclass than his Italian and Irish movie predecessors, and he has a couple of gimmicks that they (who were never drug dealers) didn't have. For one thing, he eliminated the middle...
...seems to be the question of most members of the New York City Police Department in Ridley Scott’s new big-budget biopic, “American Gangster.” Starring audience and Academy darlings Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, the film follows the rise of Harlem gangster Frank Lucas (Washington), who became one of the most successful drug lords of the late ’60s early ’70s by cutting out the middlemen and buying heroin directly from Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Did I mention that Frank Lucas is black? Throughout...
...when meager American currency, with its virtually worthless hundred-dollar bill, is too small for you. Just look at the newly re-ghettofied Jay-Z. The video for his “Blue Magic,” the first single off his upcoming album, juxtaposes the gritty streets of Harlem against a plush world more akin to Jigga’s own, replete with champagne bottles, Rolls Royces, 500-Euro banknotes, and yes, even some bling! More prominent than the bling and the foreign currency is the crack. Not to say there’s anything wrong with a little...