The plot is ridiculous (although Pinkett steals the movie). However, one character stands out - Pinkett's gay roommate, Waymon. And he doesn't stand out in a good way.
The scene where the audience (and Wayans) meets Waymon begins at 1:06 and it is HIGHLY offensive.
And if you think that scene is bad, check this one out:
Waymon appears in a third scene where Wayans actually saves him from being shot.
Whoop te do.
I don't have a good memory of this movie. Before I even saw it, I heard some young people at my church talking about Waymon - and they weren't using polite terminology to describe him.
No doubt some folks may being saying "lighten up, Alvin. Waymon was funny."
Fair enough.
Waymon was funny in the same manner Stepin Fetchit, Mantan Moreland, and all of those other bug-eyed, shiftless black characters in old black and white movies were funny.
I'm glad we all agree on something.
Past Know Your LGBT History postings:
Know Your LGBT History - Fortune and Men's Eyes
Know your lgbt history - California Suite
Know your lgbt history - Taxi (Elaine's Strange Triangle)
Know your lgbt history - Come Back Charleston Blue
Know your lgbt history - James Bond goes gay
Know your lgbt history - Windows
Know your lgbt history - To Wong Foo and Priscilla
Know your lgbt history - Blazing Saddles
Know your lgbt history - Sanford and Son
Know your lgbt history - In Living Color
Know your lgbt history - Cleopatra Jones and her lesbian drug lords
Know your lgbt history - Norman, Is That You?
Know your lgbt history - The 'Exotic' Adrian Street
Know your lgbt history - The Choirboys
Know your lgbt history - Eddie Murphy
Know your lgbt history - The Killing of Sister George
Know your lgbt history - Hanna-Barbera cartoons pushes the 'gay agenda
'Know your lgbt history - Cruising
Know your lgbt history - Foxy Brown and Cleopatra Jones
Know your lgbt history - I Got Da Hook Up
Know your lgbt history - Fright Night
Know your lgbt history - Flowers of Evil
The Jeffersons and the transgender community
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