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Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]

American Gangster

Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]

Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]

Comedy, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2020

⏱️ 107 minutes

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James, Jerah, and Jonathan return to review 2007's "American Gangster" starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ruby Dee, and rapper T.I. FOLLOW BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD]: https://twitter.com/blackmenpodcast https://www.instagram.com/blackmenpodcast BUY BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/black-men-can-t-jump-in-hollywood SUPPORT BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BMCJ BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Do you ever feel like life is a never ending series of lessons while you try to find purpose, meaning, and answers?

0:07.0

I am Vanessa Fontana, the host of Figuring Shit Out, a podcast where we undertake self-help, coming of age, and healing.

0:14.0

As I live my 20s in New York City, figuring shit out myself,

0:17.0

I've realized that if you spend your whole life trying to get your act together,

0:20.0

you don't have a life. You have an act.

0:22.0

On figuring shit out every Sunday you get to normalize the journey of not knowing

0:26.0

and be guided into living your life with more intention and ease.

0:30.0

Forever!

0:32.0

Dog! Forever! I mean you know it's so funny because I finally did finish the Irishman

0:49.4

Which it typically what is that I took me three months

0:53.0

Rona baby Rona, baby?

0:54.0

Rona.

0:55.0

I was up at like four, like, all right, well, this thing is fine.

0:57.8

So I finished it and it's something that's so fascinating.

1:00.4

Because in that movie they referred to, I mean very quickly just like the blacks I guess like the black gangsters if you will and

1:10.3

It's so interesting because I know we talked about it before as far as like classic black

1:18.7

I mean because mops is a drug dealers or like criminals. So like as far as like you know organized crime

1:25.2

movies starring black people I was trying to think about the ones that I would consider

1:29.5

like my favorites like classics and it also how often do we know about any of these actual people because

1:36.0

apparently there were quite a few especially in modern time like actually like in

1:40.4

modern time you had freeway you had 50 cents actual 50 cents, I mean you had like Rayful

1:45.6

Edmonds, you had all these guys who are doing a lot and it's so interesting that we don't have

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