Word: pimp
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...movie "Hustle & Flow," the life of a fictional pimp became mainstream entertainment. In several other movies about pimps, their real-life exploits are serving a more dismaying purpose: as vocational instruction, according to detectives and prosecutors in several U.S. cities. The law-enforcement officials say that pimps are using widely available movies to teach minors how to be prostitutes. The documentaries - available online and in video stores - explain the vocabulary and rules of pimping in the words of real people in the trade. Produced to give the public a window into an illegal and degrading business, the films...
...you’re a wee bit turned on when Tramp fights off evil dogs/rats for his Lady. 7. At every reference to Tramp’s immense sex appeal and his numerous girlfriends. 8. When you realize that Tramp is…um…kind of a pimp. 9. When you realize that Tramp gets...um...more action than you have since college started. 10. If you ever wonder why Lady isn’t named ‘the Tramp’ after she spends the night in the park with a random mongrel and gets arrested...
Host John Stewart said it best at Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony: “It just got a little easier out here for a pimp.” Yes, and that’s just what we need—for it to get just a little bit easier to pigeon-hole black performing artists into demeaning roles and to reward them for upholding the negative stereotypes that so many have spent years trying to break down...
...Crash,” portraying an upper-middle class black man struggling to maintain his dignity and hope in an oppressive white world, and was unsurprisingly nominated for the former role. The Academy’s choice to nominate Howard for his portrayal of a stereotypical pimp, rather than to reward his much less predictable and more nuanced role in “Crash,” suggests a sadly familiar unwillingness to accept black actors outside of the traditional, offensive roles...
...cleared its last pop culture hurdle?an Academy Award for best song. Three 6 Mafia became the first rap act to win on Oscar night, for Hustle & Flow?s It?s Hard Out Here for a Pimp. They also introduced the Academy to the latest high-end accessory?diamond-encrusted teeth. How about a set in next year?s swag...