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Mar 13, 2013 · Directed by series coproducer Tucker Gates, the premier episode effectively introduces character dynamics that hold promise for revelations to come: Norman is clearly struggling with intensifying “mommy issues,” and raging hormones only add to his bottled-up anxieties.
Foxx takes the bus to Los Angeles to seek consolation from his son, Norman, and finds a male roommate in the bedroom. What happens then will set Gay Liberation back months. The movie claims one in six people is homosexual; after this, the ratio may go up to one in 10.
When his father, Ben, finds out that his son is gay, he pays his son a visit in hopes of changing him. The title comes from one of the funniest lines in the movie--when Ben gets to Norman's apartments he runs into a female prostitute and thinks it's his son in drag ("Norman... Is that you?"). The movie had me laughing from start to finish.
Ben (Redd Foxx) loses his wife, Beatrice (Pearl Bailey), to his own brother, so he takes a bus to Los Angeles to seek consolation from his son, Norman (Michael Warren). Instead of comfort, he...
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- George Schlatter
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- Redd Foxx
Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Jan Shorter Gay Community News (Boston) The film is a nightmare of blatant sexism, racism, and homophobia. Full Review | May...
Ben and Beatrice Chambers discover that their son Norman is gay and so Ben is intent on setting him right.
Michael Shawn ★★★★. A dated but very funny situational comedy starring Redd Foxx as Ben Chambers, who drops in on his son, Norman (Michael Warren), in L.A., only to find out that he is gay and living with his lover, Garson (Dennis Dugan).
