Talk:Blaxploitation
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[edit] Pictures
This article definitely needs some images to liven things up. I'll add some images of posters from a few related articles --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 12:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
- Hmmm, does that violate fair use? --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 13:07, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] site resource tag
which part exactly need to "cite resource". this article seems pretty supported by examples and directed to each specific explanation sources, i think. GSPbeetle complains Vandalisms 15:14, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "by, for, and about black people"?
"This film [Sweet Sweetback's] is also noteworthy in that it was written, directed, produced, and funded by Melvin Van Peebles, an African American. This remained the premise of the early blaxploitation films; film by, for, and about black people."
The concluding statement here seems to me wrong. While Sweetback was 'by black people,' the genre it in some ways spawned was for the most part NOT by black people. While the films did star black actors, they were mostly written, produced and directed by white people. And in the few 'blaxploitation' films that attempted to break out of the B movie/exploitation film ghetto to some cross-over success, white actors were cast in lead roles, paired with black actors, as it was felt there was no 'mainstream' audience for a film with only a black lead - see, e.g., 'Across 110th Street."
The quoted statement from the article actually has a citation, but it is only to the homepage for the fan website blaxploitation.com, and this homepage does not contain anything supporting the statement. Even if it did, though, the claim would still be wrong. Zerodeconduite 00:07, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
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- I changed it. Be bold, guys, don't leave things lying there for 10 months.142.167.163.202 23:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merging with Jewsploitation?
No way. Two different things entirely. Guroadrunner 03:52, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
- I concur. CynicalMe 03:59, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
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- They are not even related subjects. It would be very misleading to merge the two topics. One is a farce, the other is a serious topic but also a bit misleading in a different sense. Stevenmitchell 08:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)