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Soul
Man
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Starring:
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Thomas Howell Rae Dawn Chong Arye Gross Leslie Nielsen James
Earl Jones James B. Sikking Melora Hardin Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Max Wright Jeff Altman
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| Released:
1986
Rated:
PG-13 |
| Synopsis:
Harvard
Law freshman Mark Watson, having been cut off by his millionaire
dad, tries to fund his education by tinting his skin with tanning
pills and passing as African-American. But after being nearly
evicted by his landlord, arrested by the police, and subjected
to an endless barrage of "no offense" racist jokes, he learns
that being black isn't the easy way out by far. But he must
face the real repercussions of his ruse when he falls in love
with a hardworking black single mother, who is the rightful
recipient of the scholarship he received. A surprisingly effective
treatment of race and affirmative action issues, comfortably
ensconced in conventional "campus comedy" fluff.
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