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IS THAT YOU? Movie Review - Redd Foxx discovers something surprising about his son! PAYPAL DONATIONS - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr...
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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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Jul 13, 2019 · When one harebrained scheme after another fails to set his son "straight," Ben finds consolation by spending a night on the with Norman's live-in lover — and actually enjoys it! Beatrice sudden...
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Jul 12, 2014 · Ben (Redd Foxx) travels to L.A. to visit his son Norman (Michael Warren) after his wife Beatrice (Pearl Bailey) leaves him for his brother. However, unbeknownst to Ben Norman has come to terms with his closeted homosexuality and is now living with Garson (Denis Dugan).
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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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.
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.
