![]() ![]() ![]() Idlewild rose to the challenge and very successfully captured the times, which is often a difficult task in a period piece. The characters had that two-dimensional feel reminiscent of the melodramas so popular in the 1930's. Which was ideal because the storyline is actually just scenery for all the incredible musical numbers and didn't need to be complicated. It was clever and funny but also a little predictable. But unlike those Yankee tales, this story took place in the south before it became dirty or is it derty? (where's my ebonics dictionary?) It speaks to a time and place accurately and without insult. The film had the musical stage appeal of Chicago with the black gangsta love of movies like Harlem Nights and Hoodlum. Let us not forget, where there is a Big Boi and an Andre there will be a fair amount of quirky, a little bit of weird, a lot of imagination, and some stepping outside of the "speakerboxx". However, the music was done by Big Boi and Andre 3000. Idlewild, a film by Bryan Barber starred Antoine Patton and Andre Benjamin. ![]() Whether it's a murder mystery, a gangsta tale, or a love story can be debated after you see it…just go see it. All the players were there, the piano player, the singer, and of course, the bootlegger. What could Outkast do next to top the success of their double cd speakerboxx/love below? The Impresarios of Rap present Idlewild—a hip hop love story set against the daily grind of running a juke joint during Prohibition in the town of Idlewild, GA. ![]()
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