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Barbershop movie clips: THE MOVIE: miss the HOTTEST NEW Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) knows that there is only one rule at the barbershop: talk straight about anything.Subscribe: By almost any measure, the movie “Barbershop” is a Cinderella success story for Hollywood’s black creative community. Written, produced and directed by African Americans and featuring a cast They object to a few jokes by Cedric the Entertainer’s character, a gadfly barber who casts aspersions on such civil rights icons as Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and Jesse Jackson. Rev. Jesse Jackson is irked by the hit film Barbershop, in which a character played by Cedric the Entertainer complains that Rosa Parks gets too much credit for the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott. Number one: Rodney King should've gotten his ass beat for being drunk in a Hyundai in a white part of Los Angeles. Number two: O.J. did it! And number three: Rosa Parks didn't do nuthin' but sit her Black ass down! The movie, which captures the tart banter among customers in an African-American hair salon, has drawn criticism for a scene in which a character mocks the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Michael Eric Dyson Op-Ed article on outrage over some disparaging remarks made in movie Barbershop about civil rights icons Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr; says key to film is that a A smart comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin (Ice Cube), who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing Shortly after the film's theatrical release in late September 2002, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton protested over some of the statements made by Cedric The Entertainer's character Eddie about African-American historical figures Rosa Parks ("Rosa Parks ain't do nuthin' but sit her Black ass down; there was a whole lotta other people that sat down on the bus, and they did it way before Barbershop: Directed by Tim Story. With Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Cedric The Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas. A day in the life of a South Side Chicago barbershop. Barbershop 2 cuts back and forth in time, flashing back to when Eddie (garrulous Cedric the Entertainer), the shop's oldest and most outspoken barber, first came to work for Calvin's father. Glimpses of black history give weight to the modern-day struggles; most impressively, this device doesn't feel forced or cynical. Barbershop: Directed by Tim Story. With Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Cedric The Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas. A day in the life of a South Side Chicago barbershop. He says the thing that sets Rosa apart was the fact she was an NAACP secretary who knew Dr. King. Eddie tells his listeners that Blacks need to stop lying about Rosa Parks. Comedy or not, it was disturbing to see this movie carve out time to denigrate and diminish Mrs. Parks, and it was distressing to witness how the film portrayed Black women In the barbershop, hotly debated topics include reparations for slavery, Rosa Parks’ contribution to the Civil Rights movement, O.J. Simpson’s guilt and Rodney King’s beating. Eddie, the shop’s resident “old guy,” blasts fellow blacks for making Parks an icon while “a bunch of others” did exactly what she did and were rewarded Barbershop is a good comedy movie to watch but parents this movie has some mild comic violence some strong language used and some drug references. Rosa Parks, and Upcoming Movies and TV shows; Rotten Tomatoes Podcast; Barbershop: Official Clip - Rosa Parks, Rodney King and Jesse Jackson 2:23. Barbershop: Official Clip - Take This Money 2:12. Despite the threat of a boycott by the Rev. Al Sharpton, MGM says it will not remove a scene from the hit comedy Barbershop that mocks civil rights leaders Rosa Parks and the Rev. Martin Luther In the movie, the barbershop erupts in condemnation, even though the agitator’s point about Rosa Parks is that lots of black people went to jail for standing up to injustice, and no one knows Rosa Parks Won't Attend The Naacp Awards Rosa Parks Won't Attend NAACP Awards Fri Mar 7, 5:50 PM ET DETROIT - Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks will not attend Saturday's NAACP Image Awards because the event's host, Cedric the Entertainer, made jokes about her in the film "Barbershop" that she considered offensive.
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