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Tag: musings on film

What’s Iconic About Shaft?

  By Finn Odum July 28, 2023 July 30, 2023 Uncategorized
Shaft reads a magazine shirtless on the couch, with a roaring fire in the background.

|Chelli Riddiough| What’s iconic about Shaft? The theme song. The beige turtleneck and brown pleather trench coat. The sideburns and afro. The $50-an-hour detective fee. The fact that detectives are called “dicks.” The terrible one-liners lauded as wisecracks. The unnecessary sexual Continue reading

Tagged   blaxploitation, musings on film, Richard Roundtree, Shaft
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