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Watermelon Man (1970)

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Watermelon Man (1970)

by Chris Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:06 am

Tonight/this morning, I watched Watermelon Man. It's a comedy-drama from 1970, directed by Melvin Van Peebles, about a bigoted White man who mysteriously turns Black. It's held up well for a forty year old movie, and it is kind of interesting to see a comedy from that era give its take on race issues and relations. I saw it on TV when I was a kid, probably twenty years ago. Thought about it last night, Google searched it and found the *entire* movie posted on YouTube. It was pretty good.

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Re: Watermelon Man (1970)

by Alan Smithee Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:56 pm

"The Uppity Movie"! Godfrey ("you can call me God") Cambridge was great. The plot of the tragic Vic Morrow segment of The Twilight Zone Movie was similar. G.C. had a seriocomic role in The President's Analyst (1967) starring James Coburn.