City Boys OUTWITTED By Country Bumpkins! | Life Film Criticism Pt 1
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- Join Heit & Cheri as they breakdown one of the funniest Black Cinema classics, Life (1999).
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This is one of the saddest comedy movie ever, can you imagine getting 65 years of life in prison for something you didn't do at all ?
It would be a horrific thought.
Unfortunately it was common ...supposedly this is based on a true story
Yea this movie was super sad to me as a kid the soundtrack still gets me down sometimes lol
That’s why she kC and Jojo sing lyfe the way they sing and yu think of the story I tear up😢😂 awesome movie
It happens all the time!!! That’s why you have organizations that advocate on behalf of the wrongly incarcerated
Somebody once said Life is just The shawshank redemption as a comedy
I can see that. Shawshank is an amazing film.
Orange is the new black is the female version of Shawshank
Rip GoldMouf(bear talifero), Clarence Williams III, Rick James, Ned Beatty, Heavy D, R Lee Armey, Ernie Barnes & Ted Demme..God rest their souls & thank them for sharing their talents with us
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@@hip1474 HOW COULD i FORGET BERNIE? def rest in peace to him
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We know Ray and Claude were innocent, but really it would have been easy work to frame them. You got 2 out of towners from New York who no one knows, you have everybody in the bar who will testify to Ray yelling about being cheated and how he was gonna get his revenge. You had the waitress who would testify to Ray being physically agressive with her, then finally you got Ray and Claude kneeling over the dead man picking his pockets. Its really an open and shut case.
That’s very true. And all they had to do was just leave after making the deal.
Yep, they went down there thinking they were better bc they are from the ‘Big City’ but played themselves
Open and shut case how?
1. Ray never had blood on him
2. Where was the weapon
3. Between the time they left the bar and found him and the white farmers finding them, it wasn’t enough time to kill a man.
4.Someone killed him and we know his cane doubled as a sword and guess who had a drag cut that night? Sheriff. That should’ve been investigated
Idk how I never looked at it like that 🤯🤯 as a kid/preteen when I first watched this, when Ray said “what’s the worst that could happen” and then the judge yelled “LIFE!!!” I was like “AYOOOOO!!!! He’s innocent tho😮😮😮😮” but looking at it from the jury’s stand point (how you worded it) we the jury find Ray Gibson and Claude Banks guilty of murder, bootlegging/transporting illegal substances and domestic violence 😢😢😢😢
Yeah but youre overlooking the fact they’re in south Mississippi and whether they did it or not the word of a white sheriff was all they needed…remember this was jim crows era….
We know The reason Claud acts that way in the diner over pie is because they are from NYC, it was less outwardly racist there at that time so he wasn’t getting that he wasn’t in NYC that’s what Ray knew and stepped in. 36Cases
Of course! That why we explained that it's different there. 😊
Because of this movie i always ask someone with me if they’re gonna eat their corn bread 😂
🤭😂🤭 "You gone eat yo cornbread?"
RIP to Big Bear Talifero..he was a nice guy
Listen! The way I laugh and snort when somebody responds with what Claude said. 😂😂😂
@@sweetjanejonez my friends be as serious as he was too 😂😂
Rick James ( Spanky) I was surprised to see him in the movie back then!!Hip- Hoo's Heavy D, and "Bonez Malone"too!! Everyone was in this film!!!
I thought I Remembered Malone from X❗️... The Bro N Jail Scene‼️.
They weren’t outwitted, they were just 2 black men in the south.
They WERE ABSOLUTELY outwitted by Winston and his crew that hustled them by having the waitress passing cards. 😊
Claude was hustled by that girl to for the last $2
Yep! They out outwitted by all of 'em 😆
Don't whittle their identity to just "black men", they're more than that. Just blk men is the past excuse for their mistreatment
They were out witted.
Like some northerners to this day, they thought because they talked fast that they were smarter and better.
17:38 For The First Time After All These Years, I Realized That Ray Didn't Get Claude Into This Situation, He Actually Saved His Life!
There Was No Money In Claude's Wallet When He Stole It!
🤯🤯🤯 Wow!
He absolutely saved his life and Claude was very ungrateful!
I thought New York people was supposed to be Smarter than Southern people. Ray got outsmarted by a country bumpkin, he was an easy target. I'm proud to be a part of the South.
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Easy now, I'm a New Yorker (Bronx, NY to be specific) Not all of us are easily duped like Ray and Claude! One thing about us New Yorkers is we have a lot of pride in our city and we are not scared to let people we are from New York; but that does not necessarily mean we dislike people from other parts of the country. I have relatives in the South, specifically Virginia, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas.
LOL at one point in history the south was richer than the North so they weren't that dumb lol
@@mercermercepanama6334 This is true. I live in Massachusetts and I often run into New Yorkers wearing their Yankee Hats and shouting their borough or cities all day and everyday. I recall running into one New Yorker who was way diff from the others. He would tell me how in NYC they couldn't openly wear goldchains. They would have to tuck them in their shirts. The thing I wasn't crazy about was some would think they better because they were from a bigger city. Naw. Your blood red just like me.
They assume because of your country drawl that means you aren't just as smart because you can't "talk" as good as them 🤣
I’m the pappy🥴 RIP to the Mac man
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The other inmate is Bonz Malone. He use to write for Spin Magazine. He was in Slam, WhiteBoyz, Brooklyn Babylon and Shaft 2000.
they werent out witted by country bumpkins. They just were in the wrong place at the wrong time and got a life sentence in a racist south!!!!
AMAZING MOVIE THO!!! IT HAS A BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT, WE DON'T GET THAT TYPE OF CHEMISTRY ON SCREEN THESE DAYS!!!
They WERE ABSOLUTELY outwitted by Winston and his crew that hustled them by having the waitress passing cards. 😊
Lisa Nicole Carson was a temptress in “Devil In A Blue Dress” as well.
Yes!!! I forgot about that one!
She also played Alonso's girlfriend in Jason's Lyric.
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I actually went to a strip club and they had a bathroom attendant..he hand lint rollers and everything and was selling blunt wraps, condoms etc. it was quite peculiar 😂😂 it sophisticated and hood
"it was quite peculiar 😂😂 it sophisticated and hood"
This Nashville ain’t it? Or east coast?
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Selling blunt wraps in the bathroom😂😂😂 gotdamn😂😂
Y’all know me by now lol I always got more points!
For one Claude has showed how selfish of a person he is. It’s literally all about him. Ray is constantly saying how he’s going to get them out of it. Claude only says “us” because he’s included. Ray includes Claude in everything for good and bad. Honestly I think Ray was always just…lonely. And even though Claude pisses him off, he saw a kindred spirit.
As far as the Sheriff Pike jail scene, I bet you that POS would go to church and not lose a wink of sleep. But it also shows the hypocrisy of white supremacy and how a certain someone just got convicted. When it’s us it’s ’if you did nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about’ or ‘we take the law seriously’
This movie and its themes are still so relevant to this day.
This is honestly one of my top 5 movies of all time. It’s so funny and good, but it does hit so close to home. I’m from Louisiana and I had an uncle who was sentenced to life in Angola when he was a teen for a terrible crime he did not commit. & unfortunately he ended up passing in prison. & it’s so crazy how the movie is able to portray such a traumatic event in such a funny and captivating way. It really makes you think about all of the people who were wrongfully convicted and forced to live a life they didn’t deserve. I’m looking forward to the other parts!
Yes! Wrongful convictions are a real problem, and I like to think that there were so many meaningful messages in this movie! ❤️
Sorry to hear about your uncle.
@@mercermercepanama6334 thank you! 🫶🏾
36 Cases! I was so excited for this video. Heit and Cheri, I'm sure you hear this all the time, but I just have to say how amazing your channel is. You don't just break down the movie, you include research and historical facts that younger people probably don't know. I think that's great. Please keep doing what you're doing because you do it so well. Thank you!
Wow, thank you so much! We appreciate the folks who get what we're trying to do here! ❤️❤️❤️
My mom and sister had this movie on repeat 24/7 back in the day. I even have it on DVD now! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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I have this on DVD too!
36 Cases !
🎶16 Carriages.. driving away.. while I watch them ride. With my Dreams Awayyyy ! -Beyonce FARMER voice -😂😂😂
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This movie is among my favorites of all time. Glad y’all are doing this! And of course TH-cam is messing with the algorithm again.
They stay messing with it! 😞
Say lil clock always my fav part 😂😂😂😂
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I had no idea that rick james was in this movie
He looked different than usual to me.
@@AxiomAmnesia we remember him when he had long hair.
I didn’t realize he was Spanky Johnson until almost 20yrs later when I noticed it on the end credits.
Same and it’s one of my favorite movies! 😂
Lol
Axiom Amnesia is covering another one of my favorite films! Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence has excellent chemistry in the movie Life!
Yes their chemistry was amazing!
My uncle was a pool hall hustler for yearsss! He used to catch the 'out of towners' during our Derby week here and tear they asses up! By the time they probably noticed they'd been hustled he'd be in the wind like a ghost! His reputation was crazy. Somebody finally caught up with him though😔🤷🏿
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I heard a fan theory that Harlem Nights and Life are connected or have a reference. To Hell if I know😂
I think because the cast is overlapping and the setting is in the early 20th Century, people naturally draw these parallels. I can't remember or never knew the fine details of this theory though.
When Ray is fighting Goldmouth he says I know a bitch named Della that hit harder than you of course Della Reese is the actress that beat Quick (Eddie) up in Harlem Nights
It's mainly due to Eddie Murphy character "Ray Gibson" telling gold mouth "I know a bish named DELLA that hit harder than you" which was a direct reference to the fight scene in Harlem Nights
I can believe it… they never tell us where everyone went after they blew up bugsy… could’ve went back after the older ones passed and changed his name
I heard that a couple of times as well
This is one of my fav movies. Its funny and sad at the same time. I still say stuff like Willy Long. "Whats that you talmbout that last night?" 😂😂😂
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When Eddie Murphy said "Do I smell French" WE ALL FRIGGIN KNOW!!!
36 Cases, my parents had this movie on VHS so I've watched this so many times throughout the years, and everytime i eat some cornbread i think of this movie🤣
😎Fun Fact ✨ Rick James Wrote The Song "Party All The Time" For Eddie Murphy Back In The 80s 😎✌️
36 cases......I actually live in Natchez and remember where they filmed that here. It's a very small town and although historic it was a big deal to have Eddie and Martin here filming a movie. Get On Up and Ma also filmed parts here.
Ma was such a a good movie! Maybe we should talk about that sometime.
Get On Up is so undervalued
Rick James played Spanky Hayes wow I was today years old 😮
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I love yall so much😂 yall keep me in nostalgia mode 🔥🔥😩😩😩
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As a kid, I found this movie so depressing when I saw it in theaters.
I rewatch the movie every few years to see what I missed about it this is one of my favorites. 12:41 as far as loan sharks no 😂😂😂 the pay day loan places will mess up your credit if you don’t pay.
Yes!!!
I was always afraid of this movie as a kid cause they got such a raw deal lol now I can fully appreciate the greatest of this film
This movie had its moments but it definitely tapped into my biggest fear of getting hemmed up and being imprisoned. I just cannot imagine and its a hard reality that there really are people in prison right now or on death row that truly are innocent 😢
This is such a reality for so many people. The sad fact is tat you don't actually have to be guilty to be caught up in the system--even today.
I was at work when this post 😢 I'm home now tho I clicked so fast thank yall for this breakdown 🤪
Hope you enjoy it! ❤️❤️❤️
Yes I always do you gut work so hard on your channel 💐 💐 and I agree with heit I don't like the old flash backs when they do it on sitcoms
🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️Life only made a comical mockery of the unjust and unfair treatment of minorities in this country. Yes it was a funny movie.. if you are a part of the 85%.. but us 5% know the truth. The system and constitution was designed to work against us.. it can be added to, but not taken from. Even the old man at the part where the hunting accident gave you a glimpse into the mindset of the justice system. “ At least the state of Mississippi got 40 years of cheap labor out of the deal’ 🤬🤬🤬
Yeah, that was some BS how it was also about exploitation of labor.
Exactly, I like this movie and although it has comedic moments, it gets progressively sad and depressing, especially as Ray and Claude age.
The film could’ve easily ended right there. It turned into a different movie for the last thirty minutes and it’s haunting to this day. They had some bad luck over the years trying to escape.
36 Cases 😂 Y'all crazy, outstanding as usual, can't wait for the next one!
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21mins in this video i would like to say he picked Claude because he knew he can trust he wouldn't stab him in the back no comedy in that
I have thought about that line a lot, and I'm still undecided on whether that was really the truth, or whether he was simply BSing to try to save Claude--maybe both. I need to think about this one some more! 😊
Thanks again you two for taking me back to my childhood with this movie review.
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I'm from Mississippi So them 'Farmer'/Country Jokes ' hit different 😂. And still hilarious at the same time.. Folks Still Ask if we still Drive on Dirt Roads 🤡😂😭😂..
&& Deflee Big Facts On Most of not All African Americans having Southern Lineage 1way or another.. It makes me think about how Mississippi coined the Birth place of Music & you can see thee influence Galore .. Not to mention how many Famous Musicians are actually From Mississippi whether they openly claim it or not.
Girl, where in Mississippi are you from? Let me find out we're related! I've got family there!
@@AxiomAmnesia 😄. I personally am from the Midpoint area of Jackson & Byram.. My Mommas side is from Lexington, MS & scattered about the Delta w/ links to Louisiana (New Orleans)& Illinois (Chicago).. My Daddy side is From Terry, Crystal Springs, & Utica w/ some links to TX. ☀️🌹☀️
(Links= some elders/family migrated to...)
Okay! ❤️ We just drove through Jackson about a month ago!
@@AxiomAmnesia ayyeeeee. Y'all gotta start hosting some Events. And make Mississippi one of thee Spots 😄🤸🏿♀️🎉🥳
$22 was close tov$500 in today's money
At the end I was hoping they would made part 2 I was curious to know how they live after they sneak out of prison and if they found them and return them back
I think Claude was breaking the 4th wall with the Yankees tickets with his gf in 1999 that would have been a hell yeah.. I bet they dated for like a month or something maybe 1 or second real date.. he was flexing the bank job lol
Your channel makes me realize that we really have some classics! I love revisiting my favorite movies through your lenses.
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I always thought is as a drama with comedic elements, drama marketed as a comedy
RIP to Rick James who played Spanky Johnson in this film. Not many recognized him in the film💯💪🏾
One of the greatest movie🎉❤😢 Rip Mac
And heavy D and rick james!
34:56 you also have to consider that Claude is from the north. There was a little bit more tolerance.
Yes, that's what we were talking about with them being in the South but being from the North.
36 Cases.
It has been years since I last watched this. I remember finding it funny in some scenes, but other parts were sad. I can't wait for Part 2.
The ‘Country Bumpkin’ trope needs to die … it’s old tired & played. I’m a transplant to Atl from NY, been here 25+ years and I love it here. But I’m talking about in real life not in this movie. This is one of my favorites.
Yeah that trope needs to die!
36 cases. This reminds me of the movie Deliverance. Great movie! They go and think the back woods country folks are beneath them when they arrive. Laugh and talk to them how they want when they meet the people who live and work at the gas station. Even don't want to pay them for what they think driving their cars downriver is worth doing them a favor so they can canoe and get home after their trip. I grew up in the country. Don't ever underestimate someone because you are better off than them financially. I'm going to have to watch Life again now. They don't make movies like this no more sadly.
36 cases! This movie is one of my favs!
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36 cases I've seen this movie several times and it is really good. One of Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence best
If you wanna know another one y'all may wanna break down. A good movie for y'all to break down would be A soldier's story. Esp MSG waters. That movie also hits similar to this.
Great suggestion!
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Fan theory question: Do you think Slim was in on Claude and Ray to get hustled by the southerner?
I asked Heit and we don't think he was in on it. What makes you think of this as a possibility? Maybe just because he told them to go there and have some fun?
@AxiomAmnesia Slim may have not been in on it but he should've gave Claude and Ray a little more info on characters such as Winston and Sheriff Pike. Maybe Claude wouldn't fell so hard for the prostitute tricks
36 cases! Can’t wait for part 2.
“I BE THA PAPPY!”
Strip clubs have bathroom attendants
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"Idk bur i'll get fronted"🤣🤣⚡️
Excellent movie review
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36 cases, I love this movie honestly. This just makes me wanna rewatch it
Watch it!
i was good and grown when I found out spanky was played by Rick James 🤣
In my opinion this is not a comedy. It's actually a sad story
It is sad...
Yes indeed!!! Ya'll going off now!
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I've loved this movie since it came out.
I never welcomed the negative energy from this film. It's all social engineering, by non-indigenous entities.
Okay... The rest of us will discuss the pertinent themes. Sorry you won't be joining us. 😊
Bathroom attendants are everywhere in Vegas. It’s funny seeing them in normal life 😂
😂 Really? I have never been to Vegas -Cheri
@@AxiomAmnesia You gotta come. They have cheap hotel deals. Dont gamble on the strip or buy liquor or basically anything on the strip. Actually just go to Fremont lol
😂 Heit has been, but I'm gonna get him to take me! It's on the list!
I love when movies and tv shows go back in time!!!!
Heit low key the king of one liners 😂 “idk but I’ll get fronted “
Yes he is! 😂😂😂
Great video! Rick James Played Spanky Johnson
I love it!!! You guys are so awesome!
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One of my favorite movies of all time!
36 cases ... Life is my favorite Eddie Murphy movie
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36 Cases another dope episode and as usual informative and hilarious
This Lowkey Harlem Nights 2
I've seen quite a few people say that now. It's funny because I didn't like Harlem Nights as much as I like Life.
See, I was gone leave sheriff Pike. But chore wife.........she begged me to stay😤🔥🔥🔥
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One of the best films ever made.
There are still street level loan sharks because there's always going to be an element of people that can't get a legit loan for whatever reason.
I was shock to find out spanky johnson was rick james
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Life is the sole reason behind my dark humor 😂 I love this movie. Yet it’s so sad
47:26 this is the second time in the movie where we’ve seen a black character react what we believe would be uncharacteristically, for this time. Especially, to a white character. I wonder if this was based on stories that have been told of Black people who actually did have this amount of courage to do this, or if this was artistic license for the movie specifically.
36 cases! "That's spanky's booze"
Part 2 !!!!!! Bumpy’s cases of moonshine !!!
I belive Claude said he went to night school to earn the credentials for his bank job and most likely worked a lower level job previously and gambled on baseball games as a side hustle which he recently lost his bets and owed Mr Riley the $50.00
I might have missed the part where he was doing the side hustle. Thanks for mentioning that! 😊
Y’all know me by now lol I always got more points!
For one Claude has showed how selfish of a person he is. It’s literally all about him. Ray is constantly saying how he’s going to get them out of it. Claude only says “us” because he’s included. Ray includes Claude in everything for good and bad. Honestly I think Ray was always just…lonely. And even though Claude pisses him off, he saw a kindred spirit.
Claude is the snitch “those were Spanky’s booze!” Ray was just gonna fess up “yeah you have us on the bootlegging but we didn’t kill anyone.” He was being so honest and heartfelt.
As far as the Sheriff Pike jail scene, I bet you that POS would go to church and not lose a wink of sleep. But it also shows the hypocrisy of white supremacy and how a certain someone just got convicted. When it’s us it’s ’if you did nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about’ or ‘we take the law seriously’
This movie and its themes are still so relevant to this day.
Facts! Claude was so selfish.
I always thought Claude borrowed the money to go to accounting school
What he owed wasn't enough for school... Unless it was multiple loans🤔
My all time favorite movie, Rick James looked good in this film❤ Enjoyed yalls review ❤
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Fun fact Rick James played Spanky😅😅😅
Good call onnthe rick james i honestly didnt know ❤
He got the idea from cool hand Luke
36 cases also i want to know a what if of sorts if they never went to jail and only dealt with spanky would be like interesting
That's our Booze, but We Ain't Killed Nobody
LIFT HIM!!! - Rick James ❤
Rick played that role!
lol I’m from Mississippi, I’m a country bumpkin? I thought that was some Appalachian shit lol
😆 I was born there too! The notion of country bumpkin is from the perspective of Clyde and Ray on the movie. It's certainly not an objective truth!