
Ass kickin' a-plenty! Dolemite showing off
his martial art skills.
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to hear Dolemite describe himself.
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The Human Torando will kick your ass
George Stiehl and I were sitting in Wok n’ Roll Friday
night, eating sushi and drinking beer and unfiltered sake. We were having
a great time getting drunk and checking out the groups of ladies who were
out showing off their wears. After we left the restaurant we got a bottle
of bourbon. I was buzzing with excitement. I had finally, at long last,
got a copy of Rudy Ray Moore’s magnum opus “The Human Tornado”.
For those of you who don’t know who Rudy Ray Moore is, he’s
a comedian who gained stardom with his first record “Eat Out More
Often”. This allowed him to gain enough funds to make his first
film “Dolemite”. This film had everything for greatness…violence,
sex, dancing, and comedy. Needless to say it became a success. What more
can you say about a movie with lines like “You insecure-born, rat
soup eating, jock-jawed, motherfucker!” other then greatness is
bound to ensue.
Moore made “The Human Tornado”, the sequel to “Dolemite”
in 1976. According to Moore this film is his favorite movie. One can see
why. The film opens with a party at Dolemite’s mansion. While his
friends are having a good time (a young Ernie Hudson is in the film as
one of Dolemite’s friends), Dolemite is screwing some white chick
in his room. Well, in Dolemite’s world, if there’s a group
of brothas and sistas having a good time, some crazy-ass, racist sheriffs
going to show up and rain on the parade. But are you ready for this? The
aforementioned white chick is the sheriff’s wife! “He
made me do it!” she cries, in which Dolemite replies “Bitch,
are you for real?” Insert shootout here. Dolemite is now on the
run.
The film goes into overdrive from there. There are some scenes that make
you both laugh your ass off and scratch your head. When he has sex with
the villain’s wife, he literally destroys the room with his “sexational”
abilities. He is after all the Human Tornada’! The fight scenes
offer sped-up footage, and over dubbing that doesn’t sync to the
footage. Moore’s main martial art form consists of him engaging
the enemy while sporadically shaking his head back and forth, making a
sound similar to when you get into a really cold bath tub (see the sample
to the left).
Do your soul a favor and see this film. I watched this film 4 times in
two days. Everyone who watched it wants to see the rest of his films.
There is a power with this film that takes you on a magical ride into
film-watching ecstasy. Scorsese? Spielberg? They can lick Rudy Ray Moore’s
balls. My new goal is to see him live. Then I can die happy. For more on Rudy Ray Moore, see his site.
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