I’ve been customizing the presentation jellyfin library, and this caused me to notice that the only brown faces visible on any of the thumbnails is on Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon. I probably should be more cultured than this. What movies about non-white characters do y’all think I should add to my collection?

BTW, if you haven’t watched The Last Dragon, go watch it right now. It’s like if Kung Fu Panda took place in Harlem; sure, our protagonist Leeroy “Bruce Leeroy” Green starts the movie at a level of kung-fu mastery that Po doesnt achieve until Kung Fu Panda 3, but the plotline is pretty similar to the 1st movie in that Leeroy is sent on a quest to find a wise master known as Sum Dum Guy so he can reach the final level. Leeroy also is a fucking weeb and never stops being a socially inept dorky loser to the end of the film. I will warn you, though, that the martial arts is very Shaolin from the start and only gets crazier from there, in case that’s a dealbreaker for you. Either way it’s my favorite movie.

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    Kung Fu Hustle is crazy. For me, it’s the best kind of absurdist comedy up there with Zucker Brothers or the Wayans’… but where movies like Scary Movie (series) or Airplane! is a laugh factory, Kung Fu Hustle also got me in the feels with the orphan romance story line thrown in. Every character seemed like they had a purpose.

    Holy shit, I need to go to bed and all I originally wanted to say was “hell yeah, dude.”

    Special shoutout to Mel Brooks; brother you were all over the place and the world is better for it.