Pootie Tang
Pootie Tang is a 2001 American comedy film written and directed by Louis C.K. and adapted from a comedy sketch that first appeared on The Chris Rock Show. The character Pootie Tang is a satire of the stereotyped action heroes who appeared in old blaxploitation films. The title character's speech, which vaguely resembles pidgin, is mostly unintelligible to the audience, but the other characters in the film have no problem understanding him.
Plot
Pootie Tang sits down for a TV interview, at which the interviewer (Bob Costas) asks about Pootie's upcoming movie. At this point, a movie clip is played. Although initially unclear, the events described below all appear to be part of the movie clip played during the interview as revealed at the end of the movie.
More details
| author | Louis C.K. |
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| director | Louis C.K. |
| editor | David Lewis Smith Doug Abel |
| genre | action comedy satire |
| keywords | chicago chief operating officer date end gary indiana help married nothing public service public service announcement restaurant chain small town small town outside steel mill teenage prostitute unveil young adult |
| musicBy | Prince Paul |
| producer | Ali LeRoi Caldecot Chubb Chris Rock David Gale |
| productionCompany | Alphaville Films |
| publisher | Chris Rock Productions MTV Films Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | New Jersey |
| theme | action comedy blaxploitation independent satirical |