Harlem
Nights: thoughts (Part 2 of 2)
-Danny
Aiello: He's great as the highly corrupt police detective that
works for the mob. Danny almost steals the show in every scene he's
in. He seems to be having a lot of fun being the total
asshole-villain. And, the way they leave him in a closed bank is
pretty amusing too. I think they just left him in the bank vault and
he died. However, they do say they would call someone to let him
out. I like that he hates the fact the black people are living the
life and he's lives in a shitty apartment.
-Redd
Foxx: It is good to see him back in his r-rated element. Foxx is a
dirty comedian that went to the PG side of things with a his sitcom.
White people knew him as the junk man, but the black community
listened to his dirty comedy albums. I love the glasses scene. He's
not in the movie much, but it is great to see him.
-Jasmine
Guy is an interesting choice: I remember watching her on A
Different World. She played a younger college student, but in this
movie she played a more mature woman. Her character has an
interesting relationship with the main villain (mob boss). She seems
to be part prostitute and part assassin. Plus, there are strong
hints at cuckolding. And, technically she is the love interest for
Eddie's character, but not really.
-Lela
Rochon is Sunshine: Every time I see Lela I think of her role in
this movie and I just call her sunshine. Maybe Lela's “stuff” is
that good. BTW, I had the biggest crush on her. She was also
in Boomerang
with Eddie later.
-The
Alleyway Fight: This famous fight between
Della
Reese
and Murphy is one of the
funniest things put to screen. Quick basically fights an older woman
and gets his ass kicked. He throws a trashcan and shots her. This
is the kind of humor you can't do today. And, this goes into the
thing that Quick isn't really a good guy and more of an anti-hero.
Della
is brilliant in this scene. Also, make sure to listen for the James
Brown “hey/scream”.
-Quick
shoots another woman and straight kills her. Despite removing her
bullets, Quick still kills her.
It
is a bold move to color this character such as dark light and this is
supposed to be our hero.
-Arsenio
Hall's cameo: It is sort of an extended cameo, but a nice callback
to Coming to America. “Don't shoot that little shit.”
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