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...threats, the nice girl our hero flirts with and the even nicer one he winds up with. Lots of wit in the pop-tune lyrics; too much raw-mouthed slurring of women and homosexuals in the dialogue. The difference here is that the filmmakers and the lead actors (including rap artists Kid 'N Play and Full Force) are all middle-class blacks. The script virtually carries warning labels for unwary teens. Drinking is bad; sex without a condom is irresponsible. Rude and righteous, House Party is John Hughes divided by Spike Lee. "I wanted to make a movie that...
...filmmakers pepper House Party with a wide range of cultural references, from Public Enemy (the rap group) to Public Enemy (the Cagney classic). But most of their humor is homeboy, or what Reginald calls "Afro-Americana. Little bits of junk culture that tie the black community together." That's what the Hudlins hope to do now that, as Warrington puts it, "every studio in Hollywood has said they'd finance our next movie." As a kid, Warrington thought "movies were like magic that was performed in Hollywood." Now he and his brother have learned that if you believe in magic...
...restrictions on abortions and an image of indecisiveness, Florida's Republican Governor Bob Martinez will have trouble winning a second term. He is trying to boost his chances by leaping on an unlikely issue. He has asked the state prosecutor to bring obscenity and racketeering charges against a popular rap-music band, the 2 Live Crew, for recording an album whose title, As Nasty As They Wanna Be, aptly describes its contents...
...products of the slick tradition of Europop that combines street sounds (usually American, like rap and house music) with disco glitz. The result is a kind of musical fashion show in which the look is as seminal as the sound, the moves more decisive than meaning. The Millis appear in their videos snazzily dressed, or half-dressed ("Our clothes style is to go for fashion"), whirling like cotton candy around a spool, executing dance maneuvers that fall a bit short of def. They are musical mannequins, modeling, selling and finally buying their own line...
...sickness is in the consciousness [of Black youth]," said KRS-1, who founded Stop the Violence, a coalition of rap artists committed to curbing violence within the Black community...