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si im;kDEALSReviewBy JAMES LAWRENCEMar inafterrVO* m+»heavy fo seeI MM week Kldmu presented the premiere Show»nf of the much talked aboutmovie 'Super Ry I wouid say fhe vary controversial SoP«r Fly as many people believe it to bo, but in my opinion I saw nothing in itscontentsuppress orwould ..... 1wit onlysheer realism _-Sopor Fly[former C leveianOer^^H ^Alumnu.. Ron 0'| |Nr»a^3eals with a segment o*life as it realty exists. despitethe wishes of many whowooovertook The plot deals with a blackchanges that he has to gothrough to disenfranchise himself from dealing drugs' Priest displays the full stereotype image of a drugdealer with his customized EJDorado Cadillac fly clothes!* *Priest (Ron the manyM good Mam of lilNv he stiff dissatisfied and wantsgive it up for something -------- Th.lt S. ........ •„ ' ewas never malty defined butit rust might hawlHfitkMlB mass M*tehectuaitywhat Super Fly is all ar*MThis Is what * cannot sen whysoma fo* frorn around the country are so uptight aboutmovie’s emphasis on Soper Fly does not the usage oferem.thedrugsbeen the ^courageEfb Of 0ipLlt; as many groupshaving the pretty little wife, ohargtng it stmpty deaN witha forty hour a week fhe feet that the drug cultureWh ■ . is a life sty* tfO'Neal did a splendid job Aside from that very ,mthe frustra- ponanf message the movie. agonies, end achieve- pringe forth the excellentments of s dope posher He taients of the new emergingprotrayed e “dude who ^yi king. Curtis Mayfieldcould be' cold'1 when it came Curtis dtd the movie s e*to his business and warm and nU»site music score that can compassionate when came to his woman Actrass played the role of his mainlady Georgia a tenuous subtle strong-willed womanblack Pusher ManSupertly isn t loaded with alot of ' beat'em up. shoot'em up type action as often displayed in most of todays super nigger flicks, but itmakes up tor its “----* action withfine women and business like message it conveysHe confessescharacterOne need not be in*safety placed in the same category as tstac HayesShaftWith numbers such asFreddies Dead end I'm your** Curtis keepsthe audience attentive andwaiting to hear what tuna willbe next. By the way Curtisdoes perform m one scene ofthe movie where he sings I'm your Pusher Man If your r# not interested in what Super Ft-, is really about, then fje it anyway just to hear Curtis sing#1#
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Call and Post
Cleveland, Ohio, US
Sat, Sep 30, 1972
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