Episode 248 - Sweet T

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Episode 248 - Sweet T

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Episode 248 is our annual, Black History Month show. We look at a couple of VERY different, but equally badass lead actors who are fed up with the man and push back...hard! We start off with the legendary "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" from 1971. The brainchild of multi-hyphenate Melvin Van Peebles, it follows the eponymous character around as he settles some hash, and avoids arrest, with help from the community. It's brave, shocking, psychadelic stuff. It does have some questionable material in spots, but you can't deny the artistic impact of the message. We follow that with 1972's "Trouble Man", starring the incredible Robert Hooks as "Mister T", who is settling scores in the neighborhood and runs afoul of a wealthy criminal overlord. It drips with coolness and is really well made and we can not recommend it highly enough.

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