I was in the mood for some urban/inner city dramedies recently, so I watched Ice Cube's entire Barbershop franchise, Beauty Shop (2005) with Queen Latifah, and the Indie film CornerStore (2011). Barbershop and Beauty Shop had their poignant moments and a few laughs, I liked that the former franchise had been filmed in Chicago and not some studio in LA.
My fave was the low budget, filmed in Detroit CornerStore though, the humor was quite sharp. It also helped that I was familiar with the pop culture of the time.
What all of these movies had in common was an excellent soundtrack - Motown, R&B, old school hip-hop... yeah, I'm down with that.
My fave was the low budget, filmed in Detroit CornerStore though, the humor was quite sharp. It also helped that I was familiar with the pop culture of the time.
What all of these movies had in common was an excellent soundtrack - Motown, R&B, old school hip-hop... yeah, I'm down with that.