Best Drama In A Contemporary Urban Environment

DemocratSinceBirth

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Sun Jan-16-05 11:37 AM
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Poll question: Best Drama In A Contemporary Urban Environment

Edited on Sun Jan-16-05 11:39 AM by DemocratSinceBirth

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DemocratSinceBirth

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Sun Jan-16-05 11:39 AM
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1. I Could Watch Boyz In The Hood A Hundred Times...

Edited on Sun Jan-16-05 11:39 AM by DemocratSinceBirth

Ice Cube

Cuba Gooding

Laurence Fishburne

Baby Boy was good with Vin Rhames too...

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slackmaster

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Sun Jan-16-05 11:39 AM
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2. Other

Escape from New York

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DemocratSinceBirth

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Sun Jan-16-05 11:41 AM
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4. I Was Trying To Get A Better Handle On The Genre...

I really meant movies with a primarily African American cast or a theme that resonates in that community...

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Mayberry Machiavelli

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Sun Jan-16-05 11:40 AM
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3. Menace II Society VERY VERY GOOD also...

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DemocratSinceBirth

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Sun Jan-16-05 11:41 AM
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5. Never Saw It...

but I have seen almost everything by Spike Lee and John Singletary....

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Sun Jan-16-05 12:22 PM
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6. Other: Falling Down. (nt)

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DemocratSinceBirth

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Sun Jan-16-05 12:27 PM
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7. With Michael Douglas...

That was good but it's not what I was trying to get at...

Mainly films with African American themes....

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McKenzie

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Sun Jan-16-05 03:01 PM
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8. not contemporary in the context of today but

"The Watermelon Man" (1970) uses humour to devastating effect as regards race issues in the US.

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imenja

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Sun Jan-16-05 04:07 PM
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9. HBO series "The Wire"

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Sun Jan-16-05 04:13 PM
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10. The Fugitive, 25th Hour

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Sun Jan-16-05 04:20 PM
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11. mystic river

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