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Actors: Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, D.J. Qualls
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Hustle and Flow |
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DJay (Howard) is a small time pimp and drug dealer in Memphis, hustling as best he can to provide for himself and those working for him. he's no ordinary pimp. As the film opens, he is having a deep conversation with one of his whores (Manning). DJay is approaching 40, the age at which his father died, and he's frustrated that he's gone nowhere and seems destined to continue going nowhere.
One fateful night in a stripclub parking lot, a local looking for some pot barters with him, giving DJay a small keyboard that sparks his imagination and reignites a passion for rap. Within days, DJay learns that Skinny Black -- a local made good in the rap game -- is due in town for the Fourth of July, returning to the club where he got his start. DJay thinks that if he can possibly make a demo good enough to pass along to Skinny Black it just might be his ticket out of poverty and out of Memphis.
The pieces seem to fall in place almost effortlessly. He sees an old high school friend, Key (Anderson), in a chance meeting at the convenience store. Key has a small recording business, a home, and a wife. DJay asks for his help in recording. Key brings along Shelby (Qualls), a church acquaintence, to help in setting up a make-shift studio in DJay's home. But DJay still has to balance this burning ambition with his need to hustle to make a living.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Hustle and Flow |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- midlife crisis
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- musician
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- Chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a deadline
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Style
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
Any profanity?
- A huge amnt of foul language
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Rap/hip-hop
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