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Jun 14, 2023 · Barkey serves up a movie recommendation for Pride Month. Namely, "Norman... Is That You?" (1976), a comedy starring Redd Foxx. In this one, on top of having ...
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Buy the VHS on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3bryiGi NORMAN…. IS THAT YOU? Movie Review - Redd Foxx discovers something surprising about his son!
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Sep 29, 2021 · A black man is distraught when he discovers his son is gay and is determined to set him right. #BLGBTHSBecome A Member BLGBTHS.org
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Reviews. Norman … Is That You? ‧ 1976. Roger Ebert. October 4, 1976. 3 min read. It must have been all those years of hammering out punch lines in noisy nightclubs: Redd Foxx is able to step into a lukewarm comedy like “Norman . . . Is That You?” and actually invest it with some energy.
The answer is yes. It's racist, misogynistic and homophobic, and yet a head-scratching piece of "woke" entertainment from the late-70s, that deals with a black father accepting his son is gay. Here's a little taste: “It’s not like Norman was marrying a Puerto Rican. It’s more serious than that!”.
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Betrayed by his wife, the boorish manager of an Arizona dry-cleaning establishment is dealt a second blow when he discovers his son Norman living in a hideous Los Angeles apartment with a camp ...
Preachy, but quite revolutionary comedy. It's not especially funny, but the idea - Redd Foxx tries to adjust to his son being in a mixed-race gay relationship, that idea but from the black perspective is especially interesting.
