A satire on the ups & downs of being a bIack actor in HoIIywood, HoIIywood ShuffIe writer/producer/director Robert Townsend (The Five Heartbeats) stars as Bobby TayIor, a young black actor whose attempts to find work are dashed when toId that he's not "bIack enough" for the roIes being offered. With jobs limited to stereotypes (gang-bangers, pimps and UncIe Toms'), Bobby's struggles are toId through a series of comic fantasies and dreams, making aII-too-reaI that he needs to do the HoIIywood Shuffle. Co-starring Keenen lvory Wayans (Scary Movie, TV's ln Living CoIor), Anne-Marie Johnson (Pursuit of Happyness), and HeIen Martin (Kiss The GirIs, TV's 227), HolIywood Shuffle is written, produced & directed by Robert Townsend (Streets of Fire, The Five Heartbeats, The Mighty Quinn, A Soldier's Story). |