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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Major Payne |
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Major Payne (Wayans) is a decorated soldier in the US Army, but there is no one left to kill. He has killed them all. Battling everyday life, he takes a job as Commander of the Madison Academy Junior ROTC program. Wayans teaches the children how to become lean, mean fighting machines by putting them through basic training, military style.
--Steve Polizzi, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Major Payne |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
If a parody... of
- war movies
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- bulging muscles
Setting
United States
Yes
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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