What makes 'Pootie Tang' the motion picture enjoyable is its no-brow ambitions; it's a joke action film. It slides through enough African-American pop culture signifiers to raise laughs out of those who will appreciate the references; it revels in more cheese per square inch than a soul food diner.
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Related A little of the sketch character Pootie Tang went a long way on HBO's now late, probably soon to... ELVIS MITCHELL It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON People constantly make pop-culture references. That's why it's called popular culture, becau... SETH ROGEN Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER 'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and wa... TIMOTHY DALTON Um, 'Soul Food'... Another wonderful little movie that could. Here's a film that, I thin... VIVICA A. FOX I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX The question I get more than any other is, 'What does it mean to direct an animated film?' A... LEE UNKRICH This world is a joke, and I'm in it OLIWAH GOUDEE This world is a joke, and I'm in it OLIWAH GOUDEE 'Pootie Tang' may be raw and slovenly - hey, it often is raw and slovenly - but it succeeds ... ELVIS MITCHELL It is a small world. You do not have to live in it particuarly long to learn that for yourself. Ther... NEIL GAIMAN People are trying to figure out what American food is; it's certainly an amalgamation. DAVID CHANG Bacon. Let's talk about bacon. There's no meat more glorious than bacon. You can add it to p... ROB MANUEL Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did f... CAMILLE PAGLIA There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports. J. C. WATTS 'Upstream Color' in particular, it's got to infect culture at some level in order to hav... SHANE CARRUTH The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's ... DIONNE WARWICK I'm meant to be an animation director. That world, and the culture of stop-motion, is where I wa... HENRY SELICK I can safely say that other than macaroni and cheese, there's no processed food in my life. Ther... GINNIFER GOODWIN It will tell the stories of African-American culture from slavery through civil rights. LONNIE BUNCH Loopy as the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings system is, it's better than wha... TIMOTHY NOAH It's just amazing to do something that's part of a pop culture phenomenon. CHASKE SPENCER Unborn children can experience pain even more so than adults as the baby has more pain receptors per... SAM BROWNBACK Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage st... JOHN OATES Film-making is not liberating. It drains a lot out of you, and it's fulfilling only temporarily.... XAVIER DOLAN A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. MAHATMA GANDHI Fashion, for me, is anything that's aesthetic and beautiful. Art, food, film. It's something... ST. VINCENT I think that when a film does its job, it poses questions rather than gives answers. It should act a... AUNJANUE ELLIS My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bi... ADAM BROWN Rather than subsidize 'American' exporters, it makes more sense to subsidize any global comp... ROBERT REICH One of the things I don't like about film is its incredible immersive quality. It's kind of ... ALAN MOORE Comparison is a thug that robs your joy. But it's even more than that - Comparison makes you a t... ANN VOSKAMP It's a classic error in American discourse: the conflation of race with culture. EUNY HONG Food culture is like listening to the Beatles - it's international, it's very positive, it... ALICE WATERS Since we launched the original 'Pop Idol' in England, I've remained close with Simon Ful... NIGEL LYTHGOE I'm a third-culture child. It's an interesting concept. Having an American father, a South A... MARIE-CHANTAL CLAIRE There's no more film. Film is gone. We photograph digitally and electronically. We don't rea... STANLEY DONEN The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audien... NEIL JORDAN With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i... STEVEN STRAIT I think what makes 'Maze Runner' so unique is that it is a brotherhood. It's really abou... DEXTER DARDEN 'Buncha Losers' comedy is one of those homegrown American art forms, up there with infomerci... ROB SHEFFIELD Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own countr... BALTASAR KORMAKUR Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist&... JACK WHITEHALL It takes more than just walking across the border to become an American citizen. It's what's... DUNCAN D. HUNTER I think Amsterdam is to Holland what New York is to America in a sense. It's a metropolis, so it... ANTON CORBIJN My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those wh... DAN MARINO The American movie, in part because America's a melting pot, the cultural hodgepodge that Americ... HOWARD STRINGER The most successful hyperpowers are the ones where there was actual intermixing. Tang dynasty China ... AMY CHUA Life is not living in the suburbs with a white picket fence. That's not life. Somehow our Americ... TOM BRADY Fortunately, the DC Universe is full enough and replete enough with every kind of character that you... MARC GUGGENHEIM One culture I find fascinating to juxtapose against American culture is the culture of Germany. They... CHRIS JORDAN What makes 'The Lorax' such a powerful fable is partly its shamelessness. It pulls no punche... LYDIA MILLET I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT The 'Station to Station' film is a fast-moving journey through the modern creative landscape... DOUG AITKEN It's one thing when other African-Americans try to threaten my race card, but when people outsid... ISSA RAE I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES I like to think I'm making films in the film business where movies are making enough numbers for... WES CRAVEN We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young... BARACK OBAMA We all know that people who've never been on a film set think it's way more glamorous than t... MARTIN FREEMAN The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a ... KATHRYN BIGELOW When I'm singing, it's a mixture of my innocence in the projects, my mom and dad. It's a... AARON NEVILLE In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama. JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME Hour-long TV is no joke. It tests you as a human being. It makes you a stronger person, but it's... REBECCA ROMIJN You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here. HARPER LEE You can buy a box of low-fat macaroni and cheese made with powdered nonsense. I'm not worried if... TOM COLICCHIO The nature of the beast is that film is a director's medium. It's not a Tracy Letts play, it... TRACY LETTS Oftentimes, WWE lives in its own bubble because it is forever moving. Oftentimes, a motion picture w... JOHN CENA Alzheimer's is literally killing us, and the only way to fight this 'crime' is through a... TESS GERRITSEN The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American histo... FRANK WATERS But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whet... EDDIE HUANG I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN If it's about what I like, I like opera as a music and deathstep and dubstep. DEYTH BANGER I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture turns out, I&... TOM CRUISE Running for me is a sport. It's not a joke. It's serious. J. R. MARTINEZ Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they ch... ROBIN WILLIAMS The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board. D.M. TIMNEY It's never fun having to bulk up for a job on an action film, then lose weight for another role.... OLIVER JACKSON-COHEN A mother's got to be there to raise the children. That's all there is to it. I feel badly fo... ERIC BRAEDEN Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE It's extraordinary to me - you cannot name a presidential candidate in history who has singlehan... PETER NAVARRO It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those... JAMES FRANCO Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism. TREVOR DUNN There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its childr... NELSON MANDELA You know what? As a black person, you see so much racism. Films are no different than the government... ELVIS MITCHELL It's always irritated me that people say, 'Where's the action? Oh wow, there's no ac... DAVID LEE ROTH The way we subsidize food makes it cheaper to go to McDonald's and get a hamburger than a salad,... ALICE WATERS Everyone talks about new love all the time, but there's so much to draw from when you've bee... DIERKS BENTLEY Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's g... ADAM LAMBERT Instagram is just a way of showing the world a little piece of what you're like. You're not ... SOFIA RICHIE I know it's really square but I'm one of those people who piles on the factor 50 as soon as ... FREEMA AGYEMAN Puerto Rico is beautiful. I mean, I love it. But it's hard to film here. It's hard to film a... JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN It's far better to shoot a good picture than a good-looking picture. ROBERT RICHARDSON
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