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adultery
cigarette smoking
mirror
bar
independent film
fake commercial
fired from the job
family relationships
satire
marriage
brother sister relationship
character name in title
subjective camera
dancing
sweat
face slap
father son relationship
blood
new york city
jewish
fistfight
singing
boy
manhattan new york city
bus
male female relationship
success
drink
tied up
racial slur
breaking the fourth wall
laziness
execution
infidelity
recording
church
fellatio
recording studio
slacker
racism
lawyer
african american
divorce
actor
gospel music
race relations
american flag
money
religion
chicken
1960s
record player
controversy
dignity
lipstick
embarrassment
friend
jail
audition
dead body
based on true story
bullet hole
iowa
clown
policeman
applause
anger
drug use
split screen
hanging
live television
ambition
box office flop
boxing
erection
partner
talking to the camera
sexism
revolution
gloves
children
interracial relationship
computer
harvard university
politics
arrogance
slave
tv commercial
boxer
afro
hit in the face
court
assassination
animated sequence
crack cocaine
dressing room
band
holocaust
jew
comedian
backstage
championship belt
improvisation
sports man
comeback
pool hall
middle class
reference to sammy davis jr.
military draft
censorship
jewelry
death of brother
womanizer
black american
newsreel footage
theatre audience
doubt
housing project
racist
reference to abraham lincoln
repeated scene
affection
eviction
staff meeting
tap dancing
yale university
crowd
african americans
assassination of malcolm x
black athlete
black muslim
black white relations
boxing arena
boxing champion
boxing gloves
boxing match
boxing ring
boxing training
braggadocio
charisma
conscientious objection
conscription
defeat
draft evasion
draft refuser
draftee
egotist
elijah muhammad
exoneration
george foreman
glove box
heavyweight champion
howard cosell
islam
joe frazier
kinshasa zaire
louisville kentucky
malcolm x
martin luther king jr.
muhammad ali
nation of islam
racial discrimination
reference to ernie terrell
reference to sam cooke
racial relations
conscientious objector
racial issues
racist insult
poet
muslim
africa
new york university
narcissism
rumble in the jungle
sonny liston
sportsmanship
u.s. supreme court
zaire
u.s. government
rhyming
courage
victory
mockery
rehearsal
servant
narration from the grave
stand up comedian
harlem manhattan new york city
aunt nephew relationship
makeup
sidekick
boarding school
reference to frankenstein
abduction
face paint
blackface
melodrama
talk radio
slavery
alabama
tv producer
ridicule
white gloves
interracial marriage
unwed pregnancy
media
stereotype
reference to rudy giuliani
protest
demonstration
reference to charles darwin
ghetto
destroying property
bazooka
south carolina
sexist
gold chain
rapper
verdict
advertisement
revolutionary
assumed superiority
convict
headmaster
reference to mark twain
reference to al jolson
cnn
award ceremony
gold tooth
shaving head
integrity
inferiority complex
reference to bugs bunny
american broadcasting company
tv pilot
millennium
cotton
manifesto
phd
reference to clint eastwood
reference to mother teresa
nbc
welfare
reference to bill cosby
reference to diana ross
internship
reference to vanilla ice
reference to mike tyson
plantation
african american stereotype
black power
boycott
magical negro stereotype
reference to morgan freeman
gangsta rap
reference to danny glover
selma alabama
reference to muhammad ali
reference to samuel l. jackson
reference to clarence thomas
reference to denzel washington
reference to chris rock
reference to uncle sam
reference to bill bojangles robinson
reference to al sharpton
friendship
reference to shakespeare's hamlet
reference to william shakespeare
death
murder
brooklyn new york city
painted face
writer
puerto rican american
1970s
paranoia
racial stereotype
riot
street life
one word title
mother son relationship
rooftop
ignorance
voice over narration
violence
husband wife relationship
montage
tragic event
telephone call
terrorist
title spoken by character
hip hop
drinking
singer
song
extramarital affair
unfaithfulness
gun
punched in the face
shot in the chest
limousine
rifle
reference to o.j. simpson
police
penis
shooting
1960 olympics
african american history
african american studies
backstage magazine
chicken costume
chicken thief
cocoa butter
conference call
crack pipe
dancing on top of conference table
dixie
emmy award
fictional variety show
illegitimate child
lip enlargement
mau mau
minstrel show
north american aerospace defense command
oreo cookie
public access television
reference to aunt jemima
reference to bert williams
reference to bill clinton
reference to desmond piper
reference to eddie murphy
reference to james baldwin
reference to jimmie 'j.j.' walker
reference to johnnie cochran
reference to joseph
reference to little black sambo
reference to mantan moreland
reference to martin luther king jr.
reference to matt dillon the actor
reference to matthew modine
reference to pigmeat martin
reference to quentin tarantino
reference to rastus
reference to sleep 'n' eat
reference to spike lee
reference to ten little niggers
reference to the virgin mary
reference to topsy
reference to uncle tom
reference to wesley snipes
reference to whoopi goldberg
reference to will smith
self hatred
stealing a chicken
stupidity
superficiality
television industry
the white house
tv ratings
tv writer
united paramount network
hallucination
watermelon
times square manhattan new york city
unemployment
watching tv
tv studio
television