Both allude to the endemic racism that’s rooted deep in American power, and both movies link racism to official corruption. (He’s played in the earlier film by Ron O’Neal in the remake, by Trevor Jackson.) Both depict a criminal with peaceful dreams, who took to crime in lieu of the kind of legal business from which circumstances excluded him. ![]() Both movies tell the story of Youngblood Priest, a coke dealer looking to make one last big score and then get out. ![]() “Superfly” (one word) the remake and the original “Super Fly” (two words, from 1972) are in many respects similar.
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