Why do I just have a feeling that this man does his ‘Loqueesha’ voice for friends and he definitely says the N-word when he does, because they all find it _hilarious._
I REALLY wish I filmed my friends and I watching this movie. There were quadruple takes when that happened. We couldn't believe what we were hearing! 😶
Just discovered your channel and thank God I did. This might officially be my favorite TH-cam video of all time. I could not stop hysterically laughing for the majority of it.
The one good thing Soul Man had was that the blackface reveal was so sudden it actually made me laugh, even though it was only because it was a case of crossing the line twice. Loqueesha's reveal was literally making my brain implode from the cringe. Also, the woman they picked to act as Loqueesha is honestly so precious and probably the only good actress in the entire movie... which says A LOT.
My first time watching Soul Man, I was shocked by the reveal, but I NEEDED to see how my friends reacted... which was better than how we all reacted to Loqueesha. So much cringe and embarrassment. And that poor actress, I legitimately feel bad for her...
The "drunk guy" at the bar sounds like a teenager who pretends to be drunk after their mom lets them have a quarter glass of wine at the family Christmas dinner
I never heard of lequessha until today, and now I felt like all my innocence has left my body and flew to heaven. I’ll take you’re advice and avoid this movie like the plague from now on.
to be fair Amazon will take anything on prime video... but before the conclusion i was thinking he was the Dollar store Norm McDonald. he even has his same hair style.
I started noticing Amazon and Netflix buy crap in bulk, just fill space in their libraries. It's scummy. Though, it's funnier to me if Bezos hand-picked Loqueesha. 🤣
@@mattammarofficial going into the realm that is Amazon's horror section is an adventure when it's 3am and you need something to fill the void that sleep should be consuming.
@@mattammarofficial I normally pay the idiot tax for my friends to find the ones that are good or so bad I need to make them suffer with me. Like Blackside mountain lol
The premise of “The Test” could actually be hella funny IF it was framed as a black comedy about a sociopath a la Dennis Reynolds or Rupert Pupkin, but given “Loqueesha”’s execution… it’s probably not that
Always a good sign when I see myself thinking "Oh, Matt posted something new". Great video. This movie hits particularly hard because I live in the Detroit area. Can confirm: Nothing like my home town.
Thank you! I'm trying to get right to work on the next one, so I don't disappear so much. And I used to live in Wisconsin, I know it's not super close to Detroit, but I know the Midwest doesn't look anything like this! Good to know that's 1000% the case from a native. 😂
@@mattammarofficial Just watched the movie. The dialogue is forced and the opposite of subtle, the relationships between characters aren't very believable and the movie takes too long to get going, could've cut a good 20+ minutes out of the run time and had the same movie, if not better. All conversations with the wife/son were extremely cringey and forced. That being said, there were a few minor parts where I chuckled, like the long hair guy being a superfan of Loqueesha and acting like a teenage girl seeing one direction or something, the main dude asking his wife if her sex change was successful (reminded me of Billy Madison, "oh Eric is pregnant!") the lady who came in to act as Loqueesha thinking it was a porno got a few laughs, her failing miserably when she tried to take his job and just abusing people was worth a chuckle. Overall, quite a mediocre movie, not much comedy or drama and nothing really of note. It made some good political points about racism and sexism, like how it's wrong to only hire for diversity (and that is discriminatory, in and of itself). I can't say it's the worst movie I've ever seen. I can't even say it's the worst attempt at comedy I've ever seen (see: Masters of Disguise or Meet the Spartans), but it's definitely a forgettable movie that wasn't really worth the time watching. There aren't even any parts that are worth a meme because they're so bad (see: The Room or any of Neil Breen's movies). 2.5/10 wouldn't recommend.
Love your videos Matt, always happy to see you’ve updated - even a total turd like Loqueesha is made more bearable via one of your smart, funny reviews :)
I remember when I was doing research on this film when I was working on a video about it, I recalled there being something fishy about the amount of 5 star reviews on its amazon prime listing. If you go look, its very obvious that Jeremy Saville loaded the movie with fake 5 star reviews trying to blast the critics for being too harsh. A good amount of them only ever reviewed Loqueesha ever on Amazon, one of them reviewed his first film when it came out, along with like 2 random product reviews until it made its own Loqueesha review blasting critics. There was also one that was promoting a book written by Dwayne Perkins, who played Jeremy's accomplice in the movie. A very weird attempt to salvage a movie that was dead on arrival, after being very disingenuous to the public already and pissing off Marlon Wayans.
These troglodytes think no one will notice when they do crap like this, but it's so obvious and embarrassing. I remember I studio I used to work for encouraged us to do that, and it was humiliating.
Like bad movies? Boy i got something for ya... A 2003 italian comedy called "Natale In India" (Christmas In India) If you can find a subtitled version or a translator i highly recommend to review it because it's everything wrong with cinema
This is the sort of thing that can best be summed up by our man on the street. Take it away, Syr! "YIKES! Yeah, that's gonna be a fuckin yikes from me, dude! HOLY SHI-" - Eddy Burback
Thank you so much! I don't know why I'm always so shocked to find movies like this. But I for sure thought it wouldn't exist in 2019. Boy, was I wrong...
The whole concept of white-washing characters is a huge problem with the movie industry, but when movies actually depict white people impersonating people of color be it physically with black face or utilizing stereotypical mannerisms and voice it’s racist and creates more harm than good. It’s interesting you brought up White Chicks as a counter argument being similar in terms of being racist, sexist, and unfunny as most people see that movie as a cult classic and funny. I absolutely would love to see you review it and analyze it, because the movie is supposed to be a indirect satirization and commentary of white privileged women, and along the way the Wayans brothers better appreciating women be it their wife or woman they are trying to date. Granted the humor is hit or miss, but I think you could definitely get a lot of material from the movie as the act of “white face” used in the film is more for comedy rather than satire with Loqueesha, which makes it similar to Soulman, but at least the message in White Chicks the Wayans Brothers was trying to tell was that men should better appreciate the little things the women in their lives do. But I absolutely understand why someone might not like White Chicks
I guess, to be fair, it's been over a decade since I've seen White Chicks, but it oddly stuck with me. I didn't find it funny then, but I'm totally willing to give it another shot. I could be either pleasantly surprised, or it can conclude my racism trilogy. 😂
As someone whose dealt with depression for a good portion of his life, that part where he was talking to the girl who was wanting to die...... made me ill. I don't think a movie clip had ever upset me so much. This movie kind of reminds me of Neil Breen's movies. Where Neil writes himself as this messiah, untouchable being who can do no wrong. Joe's never in the wrong in this movie 🙄🤮. The fact he gets a happy ending made me sick. What's more upsetting is that there could have been an ok story here, hear me out. Take out all the stupid racist and sexist stuff (and while we're at it Jeremy also) and have it simply be about a guy trying to start a podcast or talk show and in order to do it he becomes more abrasive and upfront but in turn, it starts effecting his life since he's basically putting on an act for entertainment. What started out as a simple talk show is now turning into something horrible and negative. Stuff like this happen in real life and itd be an interesting journey for a character to go through...... Oh wait, if the main character is put into a negative light and goes through "*cough*" hardships, then how can the other characters suck their dick and praise them like super jesus 🙄 Because we all know, every great story centers around characters who do no wrong and are seen as great despite being horrible people Atleast Soul Man tried to have a moral at the end....
It’s absolutely disgusting how Saville depicts depression in this movie. At least Neil Breen’s stuff rides a line closer to Tommy Wiaeau than Jeremy Saville. And I agree! Actually, I think no plot is inherently off limits. It’s all about execution. But your plot sounds infinitely better than what we ended up with in Loqueesha. 😊
@mattammarofficial Yeah, st least Neil Breen seems somewhat self aware. But movies like this co.fuse me as to why they exist to begin with. Even sadder when great writers are often disregarded or ignored. Then stuff like this gets enough attention to not only be made, but also manage to get other people's involvement
Dude, don't you EVER talk about Neil Breen like that. He's a master of cinematography and doesn't do the hollywood thing of going big budget and getting big actors. You wouldn't understand the man, the myth, the legend that is Neil Breen. Note: Neil Breen is terrible but his movies are worth watching to laugh at and meme, this movie wasn't even worth that. There was nothing racist or sexist either, except that they only wanted to hire minorities (i.e. discriminating against race in the workplace), and that was only used as a dramatic device, nobody really agreed with it in the movie anyway.
I think "Fokkin genius" guy might have overtaken Calm Eddie as my favourite sketch character.... Also, you gotta do To Boldly Flee... I know it's been done by other people but... cahmahnnn.
Haha I've been holding onto the "genius" phrase for almost ten years, so I'm glad it paid off! And I love playing Calm Eddy, so you'll see more of all the characters in the future! As for To Boldly Flee, I'm saving a certain something for 10,000 subs, so let's hope I get there!
Even Jeremy's shtick of mocking his closeted homosexuality is a rip-off of one of Norm Macdonald's jokes: he is a man who is so deeply closeted as a gay man that he won't admit that he is gay! "Hey, Jeremy, stop stealing my moves!"
All Jeremy needed to say was "phone" and let his audience fill in the blanks lol. It's such lazy amateur writing. Also, I think he gets a hard on every time he gets to show off one of his accents.
Lazy AND unfunny. I'm of the mind that you can joke about anything, with the right context. Saville just slapped the word "satire" on the film, and called it a day. It doesn't work like that.
You're a far braver man than I for putting yourself through this. What an awful movie. It's easy and accurate to sum up the whole thing with words like "racist" and "LGBT-phobic" but I think one word that really captures the movie's essence is "insecure." The be yourself message falls flat not only because of the poor writing, but also because Seville has revealed too much of himself with it. He's a small man whose sense of self feels threatened by successful minorities, especially Black people, and he has so little security in his identity that the mere suggestion of him being gay or trans terrifies him. He desperately wants to seem brilliant compared to us plebs, but he lacks actual skill to prove it, so he made this flick to have a cast of characters praise him. I don't know what his intention was with making this movie, but the result is that he outed himself as insecure and lacking talent.
This has to be the best description of Jeremy Saville I've seen yet. You're 100% right. He comes across as insecure and angry. Kinda reminds of Tommy Wiseau and the Room, except the Room is fascinatingly bad. This is pathetic.
I could see the show being a hit if the audio made it to TH-cam and Loqueesha became a meme and in turn sparking an interest in traditional talk radio again. Local TV clips have become memes before. But the movie isn't creative enough to do that. Joe wants to benefit from pretending to be a black woman without the day-to-day racism and sexism. The white guy on the phone would have hurled the N-word at him and hung up if this was realistic. At no point does he have to see the racism and misogyny that black women get. "You are a better black woman than me", seriously? He has never experienced the bad stuff that happen to black women all the time. The radio station could have also sued him for fraud because he took their money and had to sign legal documents to do this show. Fraud is a crime.
He said some pretty questionable things to his ex-girlfriend when she was going through difficult mental health episodes. The whole situation is a mess.
Wait....BOB and KEN?....Something sounds suspiciously familiar about the pairing of those names. Is this an attempt to slam KFI...or...or even prop it up? I have to wonder. John and Ken have been regarded as racist loudmouths for years and years by now, and the actors even resemble them a little bit. Wondering if some other assbackward twist of GEEEEEEENYUS was attempted by this glorious moron that was shut down by those guys once they found out about it - or at least by the same lawyer who maybe thought saying iPhone would be a bad idea. Weird shit. I'm stunned a movie like this could get funding by anyone in these times, honestly.
I didn't even know about these guys until I read this comment, but that is a eerie coincidence... I guess, to be fair, I'm pretty sure Loqueesha was self-funded, and I know most of filming locations are spaces low budget productions can rent out. But it was incredibly hard to find anything about the making of this besides BTS photos...
Jeremy Seville is to racism, what Sia is to ableism. Like Sia, Seville belives that he's helping treat unpopular issues, but only winds up showing his backside..
I thought people hate Loqueesha because it's a 100% whitewashed movie, but I never expect the movie to screw up so bad in many things other than black stereotypes.
100% whitewashed? Did you even watch the movie? There's only a few White people in the movie, his love interest is a black woman, the actress they hire to play Loqueesha is a black woman, his best mate who he gets to do his technical stuff for radio is a black man....do I need to go on?
Just watched the movie. The dialogue is forced and the opposite of subtle, the relationships between characters aren't very believable and the movie takes too long to get going, could've cut a good 20+ minutes out of the run time and had the same movie, if not better. All conversations with the wife/son were extremely cringey and forced. That being said, there were a few minor parts where I chuckled, like the long hair guy being a superfan of Loqueesha and acting like a teenage girl seeing one direction or something, the main dude asking his wife if her sex change was successful (reminded me of Billy Madison, "oh Eric is pregnant!") the lady who came in to act as Loqueesha thinking it was a porno got a few laughs, her failing miserably when she tried to take his job and just abusing people was worth a chuckle. Overall, quite a mediocre movie, not much comedy or drama and nothing really of note. It made some good political points about racism and sexism, like how it's wrong to only hire for diversity (and that is discriminatory, in and of itself). I can't say it's the worst movie I've ever seen. I can't even say it's the worst attempt at comedy I've ever seen (see: Masters of Disguise or Meet the Spartans), but it's definitely a forgettable movie that wasn't really worth the time watching. There aren't even any parts that are worth a meme because they're so bad (see: The Room or any of Neil Breen's movies). 2.5/10 wouldn't recommend.
@@mattammarofficial Not sure how to explain. haha The rapid cuts from further away to closer while speaking. I've got multiple cameras of varying quality I was planning on cutting to from different angles, but I'm now reconsidering.
Honestly, I can see something like this working. With all of the tales of affirmative action going pretty far recently, I'd think a story about a straight(?) white male using the appearance/voice/etc of a non-white person for a job could be interesting. Especially if it tackles the issues that comes with it with a clear understanding and tack for both, or more, sides. The attempts of being funny via trans 'jokes' and 'Are you gay?' comments, the pretentiousness writing, and the overall ego and attitude that can come up when writing a story with you as the main character really ruins this movie just as much as the bigotry. At least Soul Man was just a typical "X disguised as Y for profit. Hijinks ensues" comedy movie, but obviously pushed it in the wrong direction.
It all depends on context, subtext, talent, and intention. I'm never going to say "this can't work" because you never really know. But Soul Man and Loqueesha are NOT the direction to go.
Christ, this movie is so racist that it makes Birth of A Nation look like a protest against segregation!!! It's like an amalgamation of every shitty/racist Rob Schnider performance from those Happy Madison movies!!!
One more thing. While I like your video, I want to point out that when "White Chicks" is criticized, they ignore dominant culture power dynamics. "Loqueesha" is punching down on a marginalised group. "White Chicks" isn't. Other than that, good video.
I swear I could write something at least a slight bit better (and probably a lot less racist/sexist) than this garbage, and I write pokemon fanfic a majority of the time :/
Tell me what is racist or sexist in this movie? Other than the notion that people shouldn't be hired because they're White (i.e. discrimination based on race), which was used as a plot device that none of the characters really agreed with (other than the employers, perhaps)?
Hey! I don't know much about Nebula, but I'm open to other platforms. I'm taking this month to really work on TH-cam, and try to learn the ins and outs of TikTok. So, I'm not opposed to it, but my plat is full at the moment. 😅
Dude, I know it doesn’t help, but it’s crazy to me you only have 6k views on this vid. I’ve watched reviews on this crap ass movie by others who have hundreds of thousands of views that aren’t near as good as yours. I even somehow have vids with tens of thousands of views that are actually terrible lol. The algorithm is nonsense and I hope you start steam rolling and blowing up.
Dude, thank you so much. Sometimes, I’m not gonna lie, it gets disheartening for me, dealing with the algorithm, and trying to make videos people will like while staying true to myself. But it makes my day when people say they like my stuff and are surprised it doesn’t have more views. Thank you again. 😊
I really hope you were using Sarkeesian as an example of a straw man and not actually accusing her of misandry... It is absolutely baffling to me how much people hate her.
I really tried to give her the benefit of the doubt, because I really don't like internet vitriol. But, in doing my own research, not persuaded by anyone, I really don't jive with her.
@@mattammarofficial That's fair. I get if people disagree with her or maybe don't like her personality or whatever. I watched her video games trope videos as they were coming out and found them pretty insightful and she always made it clear that a criticism of one aspect of a game didn't mean the game was bad or people were bad for liking it. I can't understand the people who watched those videos and decided what she was saying was that she hated all men and therefore she deserved to be threatened with death and rape and stalked for years and years. I haven't kept up with her work other than that series so I don't have a strong opinion on her outside of it. But there are so many people out there that just straight lie about what she said in order to turn her words into what they think feminism is. It's so insane. Anyway, that's not to say everyone has to agree with or like her. Good on you for making your own opinion.
@@mattammarofficial okay, the date/year of release of the video I'll agree to, but you showed her photo when you talked about a misandrist TH-camr. she's an academic feminist who tried to do first-year collegiate-level feminist studies videos. most of the assumption that she's misandrist comes largely from people who hear her say "patriarchy" to refer to the system itself (where men are more likely to be advantaged) and think she's talking about a shadow government.
As a feminist, I feel like she did a lot of harm to how people view feminists. Her saying “patriarchy” is not why I dislike her. But you’re right, it’s 2023. I haven’t even thought about her since I made the video. I actually had to scrub it to see what you were referring to.
@@mattammarofficial thank for you understanding. and props to the Loqueesha video - I watched the movie back in 2019 and it was...arduous. very. so this review is very cathartic.
Thanks for watching! Like I said, it had been recommended to me, and it made for an… interesting watch. I always try to see every facet to an argument, the whole “you’re either pro or con” is so conservative and not at all who I want to be. So, trying to find positives here was a challenge! 😅
Why do I just have a feeling that this man does his ‘Loqueesha’ voice for friends and he definitely says the N-word when he does, because they all find it _hilarious._
Oh, you know he does! His little echo chamber loves it! 😂
You are talking about Matt right?
"You're a better black woman than I am."
That line filled me with every kind of rage.
I REALLY wish I filmed my friends and I watching this movie. There were quadruple takes when that happened. We couldn't believe what we were hearing! 😶
That line made me have to primal-scream into my throw pillow.
@@PhoenixRising87 If you're screaming into your pillow because of a line in a movie, you don't have the emotional maturity to be on the internet.
@@mattammarofficial In the movie, he was the better black woman.
That random clip of Bezos cackling tho!🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
The most forced cackle!
Just discovered your channel and thank God I did. This might officially be my favorite TH-cam video of all time. I could not stop hysterically laughing for the majority of it.
I know this is a late response, but, wow! Thank you so much! This means a lot to me. 😊
The one good thing Soul Man had was that the blackface reveal was so sudden it actually made me laugh, even though it was only because it was a case of crossing the line twice. Loqueesha's reveal was literally making my brain implode from the cringe.
Also, the woman they picked to act as Loqueesha is honestly so precious and probably the only good actress in the entire movie... which says A LOT.
My first time watching Soul Man, I was shocked by the reveal, but I NEEDED to see how my friends reacted... which was better than how we all reacted to Loqueesha. So much cringe and embarrassment. And that poor actress, I legitimately feel bad for her...
I'm so glad I decided to watch this video on my [SMART PHONE]
Haha I wonder how David Lynch would feel about watching it on your telephone. Get real. 😆
Matt Ammar, braving the worst human impulses ever spun into moving pictures, doing it for us. Thank u Content Colossus.
Haha thank you for watching! I'm totally using that, "Content Colossus." I love it! 😋
@@mattammarofficialYou earned it!
...you rock too hard for the pun to fully work but I was gonna say you can also be "Colossus of Odes" lol
Dude doesn't even sound like a woman, African-American or not.
Haha I know, right?! The voices sound identical, one just has a hint of racism. 😆
The "drunk guy" at the bar sounds like a teenager who pretends to be drunk after their mom lets them have a quarter glass of wine at the family Christmas dinner
Haha 100%! 🤣
Reminds me of bad impressions me and the guys would make during lunch in elementary school while drinking chocolate milk pouches.
I never heard of lequessha until today, and now I felt like all my innocence has left my body and flew to heaven. I’ll take you’re advice and avoid this movie like the plague from now on.
Haha luckily, it's hidden behind a paywall, so you'd be saving your time AND money avoiding it! 😂
@@mattammarofficial Wrong again, you can watch it on youtube for free, which I did.
This is the type of movie enjoyed by boomers who complains that comedy is "ruined" because no one is ok with racist caricatures in TV shows anymore.
Exactly! There are far cleverer ways to be funny than stooping to stereotypes, unless that's the point.
to be fair Amazon will take anything on prime video...
but before the conclusion i was thinking he was the Dollar store Norm McDonald. he even has his same hair style.
I started noticing Amazon and Netflix buy crap in bulk, just fill space in their libraries. It's scummy. Though, it's funnier to me if Bezos hand-picked Loqueesha. 🤣
@@mattammarofficial going into the realm that is Amazon's horror section is an adventure when it's 3am and you need something to fill the void that sleep should be consuming.
@@RukixReklats my friend Michael in this video constantly recommends terrible Amazon horror trash he’s stumbled upon late at night. 😄
@@mattammarofficial I normally pay the idiot tax for my friends to find the ones that are good or so bad I need to make them suffer with me.
Like Blackside mountain lol
The premise of “The Test” could actually be hella funny IF it was framed as a black comedy about a sociopath a la Dennis Reynolds or Rupert Pupkin, but given “Loqueesha”’s execution… it’s probably not that
Haha I doubt it's that too. But I can see that premise working as well! In fact, why ISN'T this a sunny episode? 😂
Matt Ammar I watched “The Test” like a week ago with my friend. It is not that
As a friend of someone with DID, something about the scene at 25:00 makes my blood boil.
He's got a checklist of yikes in that scene alone!
Always a good sign when I see myself thinking "Oh, Matt posted something new". Great video. This movie hits particularly hard because I live in the Detroit area. Can confirm: Nothing like my home town.
Thank you! I'm trying to get right to work on the next one, so I don't disappear so much. And I used to live in Wisconsin, I know it's not super close to Detroit, but I know the Midwest doesn't look anything like this! Good to know that's 1000% the case from a native. 😂
I've been waiting for this video and it's finally here, thank you so much for reviewing this movie!
Haha you're welcome! Thanks for recommending it! 😄
This film is like a Dahr Mann video if it was made by a middle aged libertarian who doesn't know podcasts and live streaming are a thing.
Well, he still thinks late-night FM (?) radio is a popular and lucrative business, so you might not be far off... 😆
0:43 🎵A four course meal of No Siree.🎵
I've been trying to find an excuse to use this stupid joke forever. 😂
I'm glad that you covered this film, I hadn't seen a lot of people discuss it. This was a great video
Thank you so much! I actually was trying to make this video under 20 minutes... but there was so much wrong with it...
@@mattammarofficial Just watched the movie. The dialogue is forced and the opposite of subtle, the relationships between characters aren't very believable and the movie takes too long to get going, could've cut a good 20+ minutes out of the run time and had the same movie, if not better. All conversations with the wife/son were extremely cringey and forced.
That being said, there were a few minor parts where I chuckled, like the long hair guy being a superfan of Loqueesha and acting like a teenage girl seeing one direction or something, the main dude asking his wife if her sex change was successful (reminded me of Billy Madison, "oh Eric is pregnant!") the lady who came in to act as Loqueesha thinking it was a porno got a few laughs, her failing miserably when she tried to take his job and just abusing people was worth a chuckle.
Overall, quite a mediocre movie, not much comedy or drama and nothing really of note. It made some good political points about racism and sexism, like how it's wrong to only hire for diversity (and that is discriminatory, in and of itself).
I can't say it's the worst movie I've ever seen. I can't even say it's the worst attempt at comedy I've ever seen (see: Masters of Disguise or Meet the Spartans), but it's definitely a forgettable movie that wasn't really worth the time watching. There aren't even any parts that are worth a meme because they're so bad (see: The Room or any of Neil Breen's movies).
2.5/10 wouldn't recommend.
I hate that people talking about movies in front of white walls have been ruined by a certain person.
My background is so varied, probably to compensate for not wanting it to look like... that certain person... 🤣
Why isn't Matt Ammar famous. 😦
I ask myself that question all too often... 😂
@@mattammarofficial it seems weird. you're doing everything right. you probably got dunked in the algo for pooping on Zack Snyder
Love your videos Matt, always happy to see you’ve updated - even a total turd like Loqueesha is made more bearable via one of your smart, funny reviews :)
Thank you so much! Comments like this literally mean the world to me. I'm always worried about the videos not being up to par. But I keep at it!
idk why but I want the "Fookin' Genius!" bit to be my text message notification.
Haha what a... GENIUS idea! 🤣
Great Video as always Matt.
Thank you! Hopefully there's more where it came from!
You deserve so many more views
Thank you! I need to find a way to get my work out there for people to see. But I'm happy the people who've found it like it! 😊
Why does it sound like Cole Sprouse wrote Joe's dialogue.
SPECIFICALLY from Riverdale! 😂
8:41 - 8:52 killed me 🤣 I had a friend that would use fancy words all the time, thinking it made him seem intelligent. His go-to word was 'ergo.'
Oh, I think we all have THAT pretentious friend... 🤣 I'm glad I hit the nail on the head! 😅
Jimmy here is the poor man's Norm Mcdonald and that sad. Also, Racism is Not Okay!
2:28 LOL nostalgia matt also LOL on the Arthur reference
I felt dirty wearing that...
@@mattammarofficial idk i thought i was pretty funny
I remember when I was doing research on this film when I was working on a video about it, I recalled there being something fishy about the amount of 5 star reviews on its amazon prime listing.
If you go look, its very obvious that Jeremy Saville loaded the movie with fake 5 star reviews trying to blast the critics for being too harsh. A good amount of them only ever reviewed Loqueesha ever on Amazon, one of them reviewed his first film when it came out, along with like 2 random product reviews until it made its own Loqueesha review blasting critics. There was also one that was promoting a book written by Dwayne Perkins, who played Jeremy's accomplice in the movie.
A very weird attempt to salvage a movie that was dead on arrival, after being very disingenuous to the public already and pissing off Marlon Wayans.
These troglodytes think no one will notice when they do crap like this, but it's so obvious and embarrassing. I remember I studio I used to work for encouraged us to do that, and it was humiliating.
Like bad movies? Boy i got something for ya...
A 2003 italian comedy called "Natale In India" (Christmas In India) If you can find a subtitled version or a translator i highly recommend to review it because it's everything wrong with cinema
I've never even heard of this, so I'll have to take a look! Thanks for the recommendation! 😊
This is the sort of thing that can best be summed up by our man on the street. Take it away, Syr!
"YIKES! Yeah, that's gonna be a fuckin yikes from me, dude! HOLY SHI-" - Eddy Burback
Haha I may have quoted this several times editing this video!
I watched this video on my ˢᴹᵃᴿᵗphone.
But I thought you hated ƨmɒɿt phones?
@@mattammarofficial I mean... where's the lie, though?
"Kept you waiting, didn't I?" 😄
That's how I feel before every upload recently. May as well be a Big Boss and wear an eyepatch... 👀
Another amazing video to add to the Matt Ammar pantheon 👏🏻👏🏻 Also, fuck this movie with its racist plot and trans jokes.
Thank you so much! I don't know why I'm always so shocked to find movies like this. But I for sure thought it wouldn't exist in 2019. Boy, was I wrong...
I kid you not my brother took one glimpse of scene where The main character does a racist Indian accent and his jaw dropped to the floor
Haha literally within the first FIVE MINUTES! 😂
The whole concept of white-washing characters is a huge problem with the movie industry, but when movies actually depict white people impersonating people of color be it physically with black face or utilizing stereotypical mannerisms and voice it’s racist and creates more harm than good.
It’s interesting you brought up White Chicks as a counter argument being similar in terms of being racist, sexist, and unfunny as most people see that movie as a cult classic and funny. I absolutely would love to see you review it and analyze it, because the movie is supposed to be a indirect satirization and commentary of white privileged women, and along the way the Wayans brothers better appreciating women be it their wife or woman they are trying to date.
Granted the humor is hit or miss, but I think you could definitely get a lot of material from the movie as the act of “white face” used in the film is more for comedy rather than satire with Loqueesha, which makes it similar to Soulman, but at least the message in White Chicks the Wayans Brothers was trying to tell was that men should better appreciate the little things the women in their lives do. But I absolutely understand why someone might not like White Chicks
I guess, to be fair, it's been over a decade since I've seen White Chicks, but it oddly stuck with me. I didn't find it funny then, but I'm totally willing to give it another shot. I could be either pleasantly surprised, or it can conclude my racism trilogy. 😂
Yeah, I guess you right about white-washing characters being a huge problem within the film industry and stuff.
@@mattammarofficial Black actors playing White women isn't racism, neither is a White guy playing a White guy acting as a black woman.
The problem is that, "White Chicks" is used as a counter-argument by people who ignore dominant culture power dynamics.
As someone whose dealt with depression for a good portion of his life, that part where he was talking to the girl who was wanting to die...... made me ill. I don't think a movie clip had ever upset me so much. This movie kind of reminds me of Neil Breen's movies. Where Neil writes himself as this messiah, untouchable being who can do no wrong. Joe's never in the wrong in this movie 🙄🤮. The fact he gets a happy ending made me sick.
What's more upsetting is that there could have been an ok story here, hear me out. Take out all the stupid racist and sexist stuff (and while we're at it Jeremy also) and have it simply be about a guy trying to start a podcast or talk show and in order to do it he becomes more abrasive and upfront but in turn, it starts effecting his life since he's basically putting on an act for entertainment. What started out as a simple talk show is now turning into something horrible and negative.
Stuff like this happen in real life and itd be an interesting journey for a character to go through......
Oh wait, if the main character is put into a negative light and goes through "*cough*" hardships, then how can the other characters suck their dick and praise them like super jesus 🙄
Because we all know, every great story centers around characters who do no wrong and are seen as great despite being horrible people
Atleast Soul Man tried to have a moral at the end....
It’s absolutely disgusting how Saville depicts depression in this movie. At least Neil Breen’s stuff rides a line closer to Tommy Wiaeau than Jeremy Saville.
And I agree! Actually, I think no plot is inherently off limits. It’s all about execution. But your plot sounds infinitely better than what we ended up with in Loqueesha. 😊
@mattammarofficial Yeah, st least Neil Breen seems somewhat self aware. But movies like this co.fuse me as to why they exist to begin with.
Even sadder when great writers are often disregarded or ignored. Then stuff like this gets enough attention to not only be made, but also manage to get other people's involvement
Dude, don't you EVER talk about Neil Breen like that. He's a master of cinematography and doesn't do the hollywood thing of going big budget and getting big actors. You wouldn't understand the man, the myth, the legend that is Neil Breen.
Note: Neil Breen is terrible but his movies are worth watching to laugh at and meme, this movie wasn't even worth that. There was nothing racist or sexist either, except that they only wanted to hire minorities (i.e. discriminating against race in the workplace), and that was only used as a dramatic device, nobody really agreed with it in the movie anyway.
@jazzabighits4473 😂, yeah I feel bad comparing the two. At least Neil is entertaining
Never in my life have I not regretted calling someone out on Twitter
It's like he was drawing a target on his forehead by putting his @ in the movie
I don't understand how, with everyone calling him out, he didn't take a step back, and say "maybe not."
Black Panther and Chadwick Boseman are saying NOOOO!!!!
Dude, Jeremy Saville had the gall to Tweet about Chadwick Boseman's passing, as if Saville's voice mattered there...
For part 2 we can see the script writer trying to write woman according to as good as it gets "how do you write women so well?" part.
That would be... GENIUS! 🤣
I think "Fokkin genius" guy might have overtaken Calm Eddie as my favourite sketch character....
Also, you gotta do To Boldly Flee... I know it's been done by other people but... cahmahnnn.
Haha I've been holding onto the "genius" phrase for almost ten years, so I'm glad it paid off! And I love playing Calm Eddy, so you'll see more of all the characters in the future!
As for To Boldly Flee, I'm saving a certain something for 10,000 subs, so let's hope I get there!
@@mattammarofficial I don't remember Calm Eddie, what videos is he used inm
100% unrelated to the video, but King Crimson is an amazing band that I recommend any Pink Floyd fans listen to.
And I thought Soul Man was the only one with the stereotypes!
oh trust me there are a LOT of movies and shows with stereotypes like these
There's enough that I've considered making a series tackling movies with these plots! 😅
@@mattammarofficial Godspeed Matt
Even Jeremy's shtick of mocking his closeted homosexuality is a rip-off of one of Norm Macdonald's jokes: he is a man who is so deeply closeted as a gay man that he won't admit that he is gay!
"Hey, Jeremy, stop stealing my moves!"
He'll never admit it though, because he's deeply. Closeted. 😂
Jeremy Saville reminds me so much of film pundit, John Campea.
Holy whit, he does kinda resemble him doesn't he?!
@@mattammarofficial lol indeed!
I actually know someone (a man) named Rene Michel, so every time you say the character’s name, I can’t help but think of my male acquaintance. 😂
I’m sure your pal was a better person than the female character from Loqueesha! 😂
All Jeremy needed to say was "phone" and let his audience fill in the blanks lol. It's such lazy amateur writing. Also, I think he gets a hard on every time he gets to show off one of his accents.
He thinks he's the modern day Mel Blanc, with the writing talents of Quentin Tarantino. Needless to say, that's not the case...
"Gus-lighting" 😂💀
Hahah I’m still proud of that one!
21:53
God bless Sir Rich Evans
Ellen's own Rich Evans!
It's not just that there's trans jokes, it that they're LAZY trans jokes.
Lazy AND unfunny. I'm of the mind that you can joke about anything, with the right context. Saville just slapped the word "satire" on the film, and called it a day. It doesn't work like that.
You're a far braver man than I for putting yourself through this. What an awful movie. It's easy and accurate to sum up the whole thing with words like "racist" and "LGBT-phobic" but I think one word that really captures the movie's essence is "insecure." The be yourself message falls flat not only because of the poor writing, but also because Seville has revealed too much of himself with it. He's a small man whose sense of self feels threatened by successful minorities, especially Black people, and he has so little security in his identity that the mere suggestion of him being gay or trans terrifies him. He desperately wants to seem brilliant compared to us plebs, but he lacks actual skill to prove it, so he made this flick to have a cast of characters praise him. I don't know what his intention was with making this movie, but the result is that he outed himself as insecure and lacking talent.
This has to be the best description of Jeremy Saville I've seen yet. You're 100% right. He comes across as insecure and angry. Kinda reminds of Tommy Wiseau and the Room, except the Room is fascinatingly bad. This is pathetic.
He's probably Gen X but god this is everything wrong with current Facebook like Boomer humor
That's exactly how this feels. Like if current Facebook users made a movie.
20:15 don’t you think this channel has had enough Chris Chan?
Haha for now...
I think I watched all the review of this movie on yt
It’s honestly better than sitting through it normally.
I could see the show being a hit if the audio made it to TH-cam and Loqueesha became a meme and in turn sparking an interest in traditional talk radio again. Local TV clips have become memes before. But the movie isn't creative enough to do that.
Joe wants to benefit from pretending to be a black woman without the day-to-day racism and sexism. The white guy on the phone would have hurled the N-word at him and hung up if this was realistic. At no point does he have to see the racism and misogyny that black women get. "You are a better black woman than me", seriously? He has never experienced the bad stuff that happen to black women all the time.
The radio station could have also sued him for fraud because he took their money and had to sign legal documents to do this show. Fraud is a crime.
What was the Gus lighting thing about? Did I miss something that happened with him?
He said some pretty questionable things to his ex-girlfriend when she was going through difficult mental health episodes. The whole situation is a mess.
Wait....BOB and KEN?....Something sounds suspiciously familiar about the pairing of those names. Is this an attempt to slam KFI...or...or even prop it up? I have to wonder. John and Ken have been regarded as racist loudmouths for years and years by now, and the actors even resemble them a little bit. Wondering if some other assbackward twist of GEEEEEEENYUS was attempted by this glorious moron that was shut down by those guys once they found out about it - or at least by the same lawyer who maybe thought saying iPhone would be a bad idea. Weird shit. I'm stunned a movie like this could get funding by anyone in these times, honestly.
I didn't even know about these guys until I read this comment, but that is a eerie coincidence... I guess, to be fair, I'm pretty sure Loqueesha was self-funded, and I know most of filming locations are spaces low budget productions can rent out. But it was incredibly hard to find anything about the making of this besides BTS photos...
Jeremy Seville is to racism, what Sia is to ableism. Like Sia, Seville belives that he's helping treat unpopular issues, but only winds up showing his backside..
I thought people hate Loqueesha because it's a 100% whitewashed movie, but I never expect the movie to screw up so bad in many things other than black stereotypes.
You come for hating the racism, you stay for the inept filmmaking!
100% whitewashed?
Did you even watch the movie? There's only a few White people in the movie, his love interest is a black woman, the actress they hire to play Loqueesha is a black woman, his best mate who he gets to do his technical stuff for radio is a black man....do I need to go on?
Just watched the movie. The dialogue is forced and the opposite of subtle, the relationships between characters aren't very believable and the movie takes too long to get going, could've cut a good 20+ minutes out of the run time and had the same movie, if not better. All conversations with the wife/son were extremely cringey and forced.
That being said, there were a few minor parts where I chuckled, like the long hair guy being a superfan of Loqueesha and acting like a teenage girl seeing one direction or something, the main dude asking his wife if her sex change was successful (reminded me of Billy Madison, "oh Eric is pregnant!") the lady who came in to act as Loqueesha thinking it was a porno got a few laughs, her failing miserably when she tried to take his job and just abusing people was worth a chuckle.
Overall, quite a mediocre movie, not much comedy or drama and nothing really of note. It made some good political points about racism and sexism, like how it's wrong to only hire for diversity (and that is discriminatory, in and of itself).
I can't say it's the worst movie I've ever seen. I can't even say it's the worst attempt at comedy I've ever seen (see: Masters of Disguise or Meet the Spartans), but it's definitely a forgettable movie that wasn't really worth the time watching. There aren't even any parts that are worth a meme because they're so bad (see: The Room or any of Neil Breen's movies).
2.5/10 wouldn't recommend.
Eager for more.
Can I rip off your editing without really ripping it off?
Haha depends. How do you mean? 😂
@@mattammarofficial Not sure how to explain. haha
The rapid cuts from further away to closer while speaking.
I've got multiple cameras of varying quality I was planning on cutting to from different angles, but I'm now reconsidering.
@@RW-cp8gp I don’t think I’m the first one to come up with the concept, so go for it! As long as you make it your own! 😊
Honestly, I can see something like this working. With all of the tales of affirmative action going pretty far recently, I'd think a story about a straight(?) white male using the appearance/voice/etc of a non-white person for a job could be interesting. Especially if it tackles the issues that comes with it with a clear understanding and tack for both, or more, sides. The attempts of being funny via trans 'jokes' and 'Are you gay?' comments, the pretentiousness writing, and the overall ego and attitude that can come up when writing a story with you as the main character really ruins this movie just as much as the bigotry. At least Soul Man was just a typical "X disguised as Y for profit. Hijinks ensues" comedy movie, but obviously pushed it in the wrong direction.
It all depends on context, subtext, talent, and intention. I'm never going to say "this can't work" because you never really know. But Soul Man and Loqueesha are NOT the direction to go.
Christ, this movie is so racist that it makes Birth of A Nation look like a protest against segregation!!! It's like an amalgamation of every shitty/racist Rob Schnider performance from those Happy Madison movies!!!
Oh, damn it! I went two whole weeks without remembering that Rob Schneider was a thing!
The Birth of a Nation has had a poisonous effect on this country. No movie is worse. It's a stain that Hollywood will never wash off.
One more thing. While I like your video, I want to point out that when "White Chicks" is criticized, they ignore dominant culture power dynamics. "Loqueesha" is punching down on a marginalised group. "White Chicks" isn't. Other than that, good video.
Bought this on TH-cam in HD for $9.99 plus tax. Best money I ever spent.
Wait, it's available on TH-cam?!
I swear I could write something at least a slight bit better (and probably a lot less racist/sexist) than this garbage, and I write pokemon fanfic a majority of the time :/
Haha I guarantee most fanfics, regardless of fandom, are better written than Loqueesha! 😂
Tell me what is racist or sexist in this movie? Other than the notion that people shouldn't be hired because they're White (i.e. discrimination based on race), which was used as a plot device that none of the characters really agreed with (other than the employers, perhaps)?
I didn't get a funny race condition this time. I'm very sad.
...so hey Matt Ammar are you in or talking with Nebula yet?
Hey! I don't know much about Nebula, but I'm open to other platforms. I'm taking this month to really work on TH-cam, and try to learn the ins and outs of TikTok. So, I'm not opposed to it, but my plat is full at the moment. 😅
@@FionavanDahl +/Or I should come down from being a bit manic. Yikes, thanks, deleting much of it now. Peace!
Dude, I know it doesn’t help, but it’s crazy to me you only have 6k views on this vid.
I’ve watched reviews on this crap ass movie by others who have hundreds of thousands of views that aren’t near as good as yours. I even somehow have vids with tens of thousands of views that are actually terrible lol. The algorithm is nonsense and I hope you start steam rolling and blowing up.
Dude, thank you so much. Sometimes, I’m not gonna lie, it gets disheartening for me, dealing with the algorithm, and trying to make videos people will like while staying true to myself. But it makes my day when people say they like my stuff and are surprised it doesn’t have more views. Thank you again. 😊
I really hope you were using Sarkeesian as an example of a straw man and not actually accusing her of misandry...
It is absolutely baffling to me how much people hate her.
I really tried to give her the benefit of the doubt, because I really don't like internet vitriol. But, in doing my own research, not persuaded by anyone, I really don't jive with her.
@@mattammarofficial That's fair. I get if people disagree with her or maybe don't like her personality or whatever.
I watched her video games trope videos as they were coming out and found them pretty insightful and she always made it clear that a criticism of one aspect of a game didn't mean the game was bad or people were bad for liking it. I can't understand the people who watched those videos and decided what she was saying was that she hated all men and therefore she deserved to be threatened with death and rape and stalked for years and years.
I haven't kept up with her work other than that series so I don't have a strong opinion on her outside of it. But there are so many people out there that just straight lie about what she said in order to turn her words into what they think feminism is. It's so insane.
Anyway, that's not to say everyone has to agree with or like her. Good on you for making your own opinion.
Hey Matt Ammar! Check out my best impression of you!
This is racist.
Pretty good, huh?
Damn, you got me down pat! 🤣
@@mattammarofficial Haha! (Would you believe that I wrote that before watching the full video?) Yeah, my sisters say that I’m good at impressions.
dude, Anita Sarkeesian discourse in the year of our Lord 2023. Let it go already.
This video wasn’t made in 2023? And there’s no discourse?
@@mattammarofficial okay, the date/year of release of the video I'll agree to, but you showed her photo when you talked about a misandrist TH-camr.
she's an academic feminist who tried to do first-year collegiate-level feminist studies videos. most of the assumption that she's misandrist comes largely from people who hear her say "patriarchy" to refer to the system itself (where men are more likely to be advantaged) and think she's talking about a shadow government.
As a feminist, I feel like she did a lot of harm to how people view feminists. Her saying “patriarchy” is not why I dislike her. But you’re right, it’s 2023. I haven’t even thought about her since I made the video. I actually had to scrub it to see what you were referring to.
@@mattammarofficial thank for you understanding. and props to the Loqueesha video - I watched the movie back in 2019 and it was...arduous. very. so this review is very cathartic.
Thanks for watching! Like I said, it had been recommended to me, and it made for an… interesting watch. I always try to see every facet to an argument, the whole “you’re either pro or con” is so conservative and not at all who I want to be. So, trying to find positives here was a challenge! 😅