January 6 movie: Foxy Brown. Part 2 of the Pam Grier special on TCM Underground last night. Foxy Brown was pretty much exactly the same as Coffy, except the violence was much uglier and the boobies were much fewer. Honestly, I didn't enjoy Foxy Brown. It reached the "unpleasant to watch" level of violence repeatedly.
I wonder why Foxy Brown is so much more famous than Coffy, which in my opinion was a better movie? I remember that when Jackie Brown came out, every time Pam Grier's name came up in the press, Foxy Brown would be mentioned too. I had never even heard of Coffy before TCM started running those promos. Although I probably would have, if I knew more about movies from the 70s. Georg had heard of it (though he hadn't seen it).
So far I've seen 3 movies from the TCM Underground series. I almost regret Foxy Brown. Not like it will give me nightmares or anything, it was just a bit more extreme than I was expecting. The other two -- Coffy and Electra Glide in Blue, which I saw last year when I wasn't writing up movies -- were both terrific. Movies I'd never heard of but am very glad to have seen. Which I guess is the point of the series.
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