Music Movies » Fear of a Black Hat http://musicmovies.org Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:39:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Fear of a Black Hat http://musicmovies.org/fear-of-a-black-hat.html http://musicmovies.org/fear-of-a-black-hat.html#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:00:29 +0000 Jazz http://musicmovies.org/?p=85 Fear of a Black Hat is a film satire on the evolution and state of American hip hop music. The film’s title is derived from the 1990 Public Enemy album Fear of a Black Planet. Released on June 3, 1994, Fear of a Black Hat was written and produced by, and co-stars, Rusty Cundieff.

Characters

Along with the film’s title and its central characters, there are other characters seen briefly who are parodies of real-life prominent figures in hip-hop:

  • Jike Spingleton: filmmakers John Singleton and Spike Lee (the character criticizes both filmmakers)
  • M.C. Slammer: M.C. Hammer
  • Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme: Salt ‘n’ Pepa
  • Vanilla Sherbet: Vanilla Ice
  • Yo Highness: Queen Latifah
  • Ice Tray, Ice Box, Ice Coffee, Ice Berg, etc.: variations of the name “Ice” and the overuse of it in general in the rap industry.
  • The Jam Boys: N.W.H.’s main rivals; though there is no direct comparison to a single contemporary hip-hop act, they may parodize hip-hop groups in general.
  • Marty Rabinow: N.W.H.’s manager; his name is similar to Rainbow, which is a joke on Jewish names containing colors (e.g. Goldman, Goldberg, Greenberg, Silverberg); he’s also a parody of stereotypical Jewish managers of African-American performers, such as N.W.A.’s Jerry Heller.
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