Review – Hustle and Flow

This got an Oscar nomination? Terrence Dashon Howard does a craftsmanlike job in the role of a pimp who wants to make it big in the music business. However, Howard’s skill does little to overcome the fact that this is a movie about a pimp who wants to make it big in the music business. The picture comes across as Rooney/Garland “Let’s put on a show” goofiness grafted onto the uncomfortable myth that black people are poverty-stricken criminals who can only achieve success as entertainers. Honestly, I liked MTV Films better when it stuck to movies about guys who talk to cockroaches. See if desperate