August 20, 2008

Putney Swope (1969)



Last night's feature was Putney Swope: Robert Downey Sr.'s 1969 satire about a black man (whose voice is dubbed by Downey himself) unexpectedly becoming the CEO of a Madison Avenue Ad agency. The first twelve minutes of the film are outstanding. The highlight of the film's second half is the exchange: guy1 - 'I feel like an oreo cookie.' guy2 - 'You look like a pile of shit.'

One of Truth & Soul's commercials:

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