Word: urban
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...except in a couple of lame one-liners. It's more about sex, or at least juvenile double entendres about sex, and potty humor. But the central character--unlike those on the old series Martin on Fox, Def Comedy Jam on HBO and many of the other so-called urban-oriented programs that have drawn large African-American audiences in recent years--is no buffoon. In fact, as played by portly Chi McBride, he's the smartest character on the show...
This is the kind of Woody Allen comedy Woody Allen no longer makes, the story of Z (voiced by the master himself), a timid, neurotically oppressed, sexually obsessed, glumly funny urban male who somehow stumbles his way to conditional happiness. That his urb happens to be an ant colony, his beloved (Sharon Stone) its overindulged princess and his nemesis (Gene Hackman) a fascist general mounting a coup adds a nice weird touch to the tale, as does the dark-toned computer animation. Kids may be puzzled by rebellious worker ants chanting Marxist slogans, but their parental guides may welcome...
...Urban Legend...
When a string of violent and bizarre murders occur on the campus of Pendleton College, spunky and independent student Natalie (Alicia Witt) realizes that a psychopath has decided to turn urban legends into reality. Her friends are predictably skeptical and go on to die in ways corresponding to how nasty they have been. There, the plot: now you don't have to see it. Maybe, you say, "Given that its is a horror film, I really would like to see a bit of mild violence and creative forms of slaughter." I'll tell you. There's a drive-by hanging...
...Joan Wallace--Benjamin, panelist and President of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts agreed, saying, "To think we can place women into gainful employment without a high school diploma is foolhardy...