Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Blaxploitation, Spoof, Drugs, Thieves, Marriage, Superhero, Satire, Campy
Tagline: Too cool for words
Plot: Women adore him. Children idolize him. Everyone wants a piece of him. Pootie Tang (Lance Crouther) is an international crime-fighting-singing star, yet he's often misunderstood. You see, Pootie doesn't speak English, Spanish, German, or any recognized language for that matter. He speaks a language all his own. Call it Pootie-Speak (or Pootie-nese if you will). Now if you don't understand him, then you're in trouble 'cause he is hot! He's got Elvis' charisma, Liberace's wardrobe and James Brown's vocabulary.Moreover, Pootie dispatches criminals with the stinging power of his belt, which he wields like a Kung Fu master. No one is a match for Pootie. Women are inextricably drawn to Pootie; none can thaw his icy-cool demeanor. Even his best lady friend, Biggie Shorty (Wanda Sykes,) has made it her life's mission to sleep with him. Unfortunately, not everyone loves Pootie. The filth-covered drug lord Dirty Dee (Reg E. Cathey) despises him, especially since Pootie put him behind bars (where he's forced to bathe). Dirty Dee is not alone. LecterCorp also wants to rid the world of Pootie and his do-gooder ways. Controlled by the deranged CEO Dick Lecter (Robert Vaughn), LecterCorp manufactures everything from cigarettes to switchblades to Lecter burgers. Pootie, however, preaches
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| Directed by |
Louis C.K.
2002 MTV Movie Awards, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live |
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Louis C.K.
2002 MTV Movie Awards, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live |
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