Legend Of Dolemite: Bigger And Badder

Year: 2003

Grade: B-

Country: USA

Director: Guidici

Review

documentary about rudy ray moore and his work (music and movies). production values are low, but it’s a good overview of the man and his impact on black culture. rappers (ice-t, snoop dogg, eazy-e, mike d, etc.) and comedians (eddie griffin, paul mooney, etc.) contribute the majority of the interviews. whether you’ve seen any of the dolemite movies or heard any of his albums or not, chances are you’ve been exposed to rudy ray moore either directly or indirectly. he’s been sampled all over the place and the imitators are countless. his stand-up stuff didn’t really crack me up, but his music stuff was good and i appreciate what i saw of the dolemite flicks. i’ll have to check them out. not as good as in the realms of the unreal, but more educational because of the subject.