Episode 2: Putney Swope & Uptight Artwork

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A not-so-jive Blaxploitation movie review podcast talk show hosted by Phan Media creator, Phanatiks Entertainment owner & Hudsy TV co-founder Shawn Strong along with Newburgh native genius & educator Decarius McClearn. The show is more than a review of the Blaxploitation era of the '70s but an analysis. An exploration of the exploitation period. But not just the entertainment aspect of it but also the politics that had its hand in it before and during the makings of this cultured cinema genre. We are talking about the movies' cast, music, and today's continual connections, trivia, TV shows, and more.https://linktr.ee/Thegroovedpavement

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Episode 2: Putney Swope & Uptight

April 23, 2021 • Shawn Strong & Decarius McClearn • Season 1 • Episode 2

Hosts Shawn Strong and Decarius McClearn discuss 2 classics.

Putney Swope (1969) written and directed by Robert Downey Sr. starring Arnold Johnson featuring Antonio Fargas. Putney Swope elected advertising executive of a marketing firm who turns the coat on the company. The film satirizes the advertising world, the portrayal of race in Hollywood films, the white power structure, and the nature of corporate corruption.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPgId...

Uptight (1968) drama directed by Jules Dassin, on the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Starring a great cast. Julian Mayfield, Ruby Dee, Raymond St. Jacques, Roscoe D. Brown and Max Julien. This is supposed the be an updated version of John Ford's 1935 film The Informer, based on the book of the same name by Liam O'Flaherty. Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gam5Q...

Hosts Shawn Strong and Decarius McClearn