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Actors: Robert Townsend, Leon
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Five Heartbeats |
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This movie is a fictionalized account of the development of R&B during the 1960s. Robert Townsend is brilliant as the lead singer of the Five Heartbeats. In addition, there are many more spectacular performances by actual groups of the '60s, including the Temptations and the Dells.
--Teddy, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Five Heartbeats |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- singer
Strong "rags to riches" component?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- Chicago
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- resort/hotel
- school
- sports arena
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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