By Jonathan Klotz
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Comedy has always been difficult to do well, which could be the reason why the studios today have apparently abandoned the genre, because a great comedy requires taking an equally important risk. Few actors went to the Wayans, Marlon and Shawn brothers, when they decided to disguise themselves as white women would be the centerpiece of a feature film. White chicks Should never have worked, and if it had been done a few years before or after 2004, it would never have been enlightened, but what nobody could have gone, 20 years later, it would be a huge success on social networks and always find new fans thanks to the streaming on max.
White Chicks knows it’s stupid
Shawn and Marlon Wayans embody the FBI agents Kevin and Marcus, who are under cover under the name of Brittany and Tiffany Wilson, two rich stereotypical worldly, in order to prevent an abduction. The prosthetic masks that the ways wear are obviously false, but in the world of White chicksHe agitated following surgery, and in addition, it is not a film that requires a deep reflection. It’s raw, it’s obscene, it’s hot, and it’s also surprisingly healthy.
Once Kevin and Marcus, as Brittany and Tiffany, meet the girl’s friends, Karen (Busy Philips), Lisa (Jennifer Carpenter) and Tori (Jessica Cauffel), after the initial shock to pass “from Cameron Diaz to J-Lo”, the girls accept the explanation of surgery and her credit, White chicks Do not dwell on it, each character taking his nominal value that these two black men are white women. Even the star of basketball latrell Spencer (Terry Crews) is fooled, quickly falling in love with Marcus / Tiffany, even winning an auction (another relic of first auers). The real humor of the film is not agents of the black male FBI who publish white women, it is talented comic artists who stand out with an old -fashioned physical comedy and a constant dam of liners.
From the worst film of all time to a feeling of social media
When White chicks It was published for the first time, it was rejected as one of the worst films ever made, but once social media exploded and a new generation has got your hands on it, the dancing of the nightclub became a feeling, then there are Terry teams. In a scene that has been improvised and made in a single catch, the crew dances and sings the “thousand miles” by Vanessa Carlton and, in doing so, proves that he is a national treasure which must be protected at all costs. The big comedians know how to get the ass of the joke, and everyone on the set was willing to look like an idiot if it made the public laugh.
Although this has resulted in many incredible clips for Tiktok, and the nightclub dance battle was recreated 15 years later in the Philips late evening show, Busy tonighteven at the time, White chicks was considered controversial. With a rotten note of 15% of criticisms on Rotten tomatoesAnd only a 55%hearing approval rating, even today, the artistic reception of the film is pale compared to the impact he had on the general public.
The Wayans family has been devoted as one of the most successful comic forces in Hollywood, even today, with another Scary film on the way, and it is difficult to imagine White chicks Could have worked with a different team behind the camera. It is one of the greatest examples of the sum being larger than the parties, because each scene was, in a way, capable of meeting to create a film filled with rapid shooting liners, of clumsy physical comedy, and a brilliant withdraw from the tabloid culture which made 2004 in 2004 when the worldly could break the law and their behavior of “bad girl” only made them even more famous. The film is a success MaxA success on social networks, and at this stage, it is a classic of cult comedy that each year will only find more fans ready to watch the big titles and to judge the film for themselves.
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