Everything you said. In the end, I did enjoy the film, and I am a native Chicagoan who left and is back. I read Lysistrata years ago so I get the "funny."




>The issues people covered above (Nick was great but miscast,
>the BET uncut era choreography, some clunky lines).
>
>But it's nice seeing him go batshit insane at this stage of
>the year with such immagination. Funny enough id do a
>compare/contrast with this and another directors return to
>form this year Mad Max...at this stage of the game George
>Miller's ass shouldn't be trying to kill his stuntmen in an
>african desert with a dude playing a guitar flamethrower. At
>this stage of his career Spike doing a hip-hopera with a
>magical pimp narrating cop killing is as out there. He
>doesn't land all the shots, but the ones he nails are all net
>and amazing.
>
>Also, everyone brought their A acting game acting even if
>casting/writing/direction got their their way...my fav's were
>Dave Chapelle as himself and Cusack as a pretty damn
>convincing 'black' preacher.


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